Tag: South America

Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo smiles during a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Carlotto, one of the most prominent human rights activists in Argentina, has located the grandson born to her daughter Laura in captivity during the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976-1983. Laura was kidnapped and killed by the military in August 1978. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Testimony for Argentina man taken in ‘dirty war’

almudena-callatrava · August 7, 2014 7:40 pm

Argentina asks world court to consider debt case

Toby Sterling · August 7, 2014 6:13 pm

Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, right, reacts before a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Carlotto, one of the most prominent human rights activists in Argentina, has located the grandson born to her daughter Laura in captivity during the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976-1983. Laura was kidnapped and killed by the military in August 1978. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

DNA test ends a mystery of Argentina’s ‘dirty war’

Ben Fox · August 6, 2014 12:46 am

A woman walks by a graffiti that reads in Spanish "Vultures," in reference to the dispute between the Argentine government and a U.S. hedge fund, known locally as "vulture funds," in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, August 4, 2014. The full graffiti reads "out vultures." The collapse of talks with U.S. creditors sent Argentina into its second debt default in 13 years and raised questions about what comes next for financial markets and the South American nation's staggering economy. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Argentina loses bid to oust debt dispute mediator

Ben Fox · August 4, 2014 10:43 pm

A trash recycler pushes his cart past a sign that reads "vultures" in reference to the dispute between the Argentine government and a U.S. hedge fund, known locally as "vulture funds," in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. The full graffiti read "homeland or vultures." The collapse of talks with U.S. creditors on July 30 sent Argentina into its second debt default in 13 years and raised questions about what comes next for financial markets and the South American nation's staggering economy. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

US judge scolds Argentina over debt crisis remarks

Larry Neumeister · August 1, 2014 6:38 pm

An office worker looks at a man sleeping inside the basket he uses to collect cardboard for recycling at the financial district in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 31, 2014. The collapse of talks with U.S. creditors sent Argentina into its second debt default in 13 years and raised questions about what comes next for financial markets and the South American nation's staggering economy. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Default fuels uncertainty, stock drop in Argentina

Almudena Calatrava · August 1, 2014 3:00 am

Argentina's economy minister, Axel Kicillof, speaks to the media after leaving negotiations aimed at avoiding his country's second default in 13 years, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in New York. U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa last week ordered round-the-clock negotiations to avert a Wednesday default deadline. But talks have been sporadic and have failed to bring representatives of Argentina to the table with lawyers for U.S. hedge funds. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Argentina, US bondholders meet as deadline looms

Claudia Torrens · July 30, 2014 4:22 am

CORRECTS DATE TO 2014 Former Venezuelan general Hugo Carvajal arrives at the Queen Beatrix International Airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, Sunday July 27, 2014 after being released by authorities. Aruba's government released Carvajal who was detained on U.S. drug charges when he arrived to serve as his country's consul on the Dutch Caribbean island, sending him home Sunday night and defusing a diplomatic fight with its neighbor.(AP Photo/Pedro Famous Diaz)

Official: Venezuela tried to pressure Aruba

geermandavid-mcfadden, Dilma Arends · July 30, 2014 2:53 am

Mediator Daniel Pollack arrives for a meeting in New York, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Argentina's government says it will make another effort to make a deal with U.S. creditors ahead of a looming deadline that risks sending the country into its second default in 13 years. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Argentina talks go long as debt deadline looms

Claudia Torrens · July 29, 2014 11:52 pm

Argentina in last-ditch effort to avert default

almudena-calatravaluis, Andres Henao · July 28, 2014 11:00 pm

FILE - In this July 14, 2014, file photo, an Argentina soccer fan waves Argentina's national flag the morning after his team was defeated by Germany at the World Cup final, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Local media reports say tens of thousands of Argentine fans have remained in the country after the tournament ended. But the prospect of a large number of foreigners selling handicrafts, juggling at intersections for handouts or relying on government social services for poor Brazilians has officials worried. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

World Cup over, but some Argentines won’t go home

Jenny Barchfield · July 25, 2014 3:47 pm

In this July 15, 2014, photo, a defaced billboard promoting Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with a message that reads in Spanish; "Following in Chavez's footsteps," towers over a main highway in Caracas, Venezuela. Announcements of foiled coups have long been a part of the Chavista discourse, but lately they have become more frequent and elaborate. Opponents say the drumbeat of alleged conspiracies helps the administration shift attention away from domestic problems such as soaring prices and rising crime. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuelan conspiracy theories a threat to critics

Hannah Dreier · July 23, 2014 2:29 pm