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AFA President Claudio Tapia charged over alleged tax evasion
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (462+ words) A Buenos Aires City court specializing in economic crimes has formally charged" the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, and several executives for alleged tax evasion. The investigation stems from a complaint filed by the customs…...
Santa Fe student opens fire in school, kills 13-year-old classmate
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (622+ words) Santa Fe province is in shock after a student, 15, opened fire inside his school and killed a 13-year-old boy. Two other injured students were hospitalized. The shooting took place in a public school in San Crist'bal, a city north of…...
BREAKING: YPF case: U.S. court reverses US$16 billion sentence against Argentina
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (353+ words) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York overturned a lower court's ruling in the prolonged trial over the expropriation of the state-owned oil company YPF." Argentina is, for the time being, exempt from paying a sum…...
Argentine tourist accused of racism will not have to serve jail time, Brazil judge rules
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (705+ words) A Brazilian judge ruled that Argentine lawyer Agostina P'ez, who was accused of racism while visiting Rio de Janeiro in mid-January, will not have to serve jail time and will be able to return to her country. P'ez was accused…...
Forensic anthropologists identify 12 bodies found in dictatorship detention center
2+ week, 5+ day ago (350+ words) The Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF, for its Spanish initials) has identified 12 bodies that were found during an excavation at the site where a" clandestine detention center known as La Perla operated during the dictatorship in the central province…...
YPF expropriation case: court suspends discovery until Argentina's appeal is settled
1+ week, 4+ day ago (406+ words) The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted a motion Argentina had filed, requesting the discovery process over the 2012 expropriation of state-owned energy company YPF be postponed until the country's appeal on the case is resolved." The…...
Cristina Kirchner testifies in court in the ‘Cuadernos’ corruption trial
1+ week, 6+ day ago (12+ words) Cristina Kirchner testifies in court in the "Cuadernos" corruption trial'Buenos Aires Herald...
US tourist found dead while trekking in Ushuaia
1+ week, 6+ day ago (465+ words) United States national Sean Christopher Bartel, 37, was found dead on a trekking trail in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, on Sunday, after three days missing. Local police are" investigating the circumstances of his death. Although a formal identification is pending, local…...
Identities of two dictatorship victims found in La Perla detention center announced
2+ week, 3+ day ago (14+ words) Identities of two dictatorship victims found in La Perla detention center announced'Buenos Aires Herald...
AFA president Claudio Tapia appears in court: ‘We complied with what the judge ordered’
2+ week, 4+ day ago (17+ words) AFA president Claudio Tapia appears in court: "We complied with what the judge ordered'Buenos Aires Herald...