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" On June 28 a coup deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, ending his attempt to hold a referendum that would permit his re-election. That same day in Argentina, former president Nestor Kirchner was defeated in a mid-term election that many people viewed as a test of whether or not he or his wife Cristina, Argentina's current president and ...

Like many of his students back at Argo Community High School in Summit, District 217 Superintendent Kevin O'Mara could have just texted everyone to describe his utter excitement over his 3-week educational excursion to Argentina through a Fulbright exchange program: Instead, the first-year school leader expressed his enthusiasm over the first-ever ...

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on the tax-funded trip to Buenos Aires where he says his friendship with an Argentine woman turned physical, e-mails released Thursday show.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez reshuffled her cabinet on Tuesday, but the shake-up suggests few policy changes as she attempts to shore up her government after a crushing defeat in a mid-term vote.

Prehistoric communities in one part of Peru's Andes Mountains may have gone from maize to amazingly complex.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been the clear winner so far in Honduras' political crisis, leading the hemispheric condemnation of the military ouster June 28 of President Manuel Zelaya while orchestrating Zelaya's most audacious attempt to regain power, analysts said.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner shuffled her cabinet, replacing the economy minister and cabinet chief, following her ruling coalitiona s defeat in mid-term elections last month.

Buenos Aires, Jul 6 One of the most beautiful places of south Argentina is the city of San Martin de los Andes and in it the "La Pastera" museum, the first anniversary of which was on June 20.

The parliamentary elections held on Sunday, June 28 across Argentina have left a negative balance for the government of President Cristina FernA ndez de Kirchner, and her husband NA©stor. Their representation fell in both the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate.

Christian Von Wernich's story is one of the darkest chapters of the 'Dirty War'. He was the priest who heard the confessions of political prisoners, passed them on to the police, and then stood by as the detainees were tortured.

Nestor Kirchner, the former president of Argentina, resigned his post as leader of the Peronist Party on Monday, a day after he and his supporters suffered a crushing defeat in national congressional elections.

President Cristina Fernndez's Peronist ruling party suffered a major defeat, losing its legislative majority, in the nationwide June 28th congressional elections.

As Argentina struggled Wednesday to control a fast-spreading outbreak of swine flu , some health officials criticized the government's decision to go ahead with national congressional elections last weekend.

A worker cleans the entrance of a closed bingo hall in Pergamino, Argentina, Wednesday, July 1 2009.

Efforts by some state senators and Republican Party activists to oust Gov. Mark Sanford lost steam Monday: There were no plans to collectively call for the governor's resignation.

A man, wearing a face mask as a precaution against swine flu, is seen through a glass window as he seeks medical attention at a waiting area of a hospital in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

News and Resources about Pandemic Influenza June 29, 2009 Argentina: Two new deaths; three provinces close schools Argentine provinces of Santa Fe, San Luis and Santiago del Estero decided to suspend classes due to the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza.

Three men who worked at a DuPont Co. nylon plant in Argentina are suing the chemical manufacturer, claiming that it failed to protect them from asbestos that has left them seriously ill.

Néstor Kirchner, the former president and head of the governing Peronist Party, conceded defeat early Monday in critical congressional elections that became a referendum on his leadership and that of his wife, the current president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

The former president of Argentina and husband of the current President Cristina Kirchner Monday resigned as head of the FJPV Peronist Front for Victory party after the couple suffered a huge defeat in parliamentary elections.