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Fernandez promises 'caring' Argentina as he assumes presidency
Alberto Fernandez, whose vice president is controversial former leader Cristina Kirchner, will govern until 2023 in a country beset by recession, high inflation, rising unemployment and poverty

Peronist Alberto Fernandez wins Argentine presidential election
Alberto Fernandez, a 60-year-old law professor, garners nearly 48% of the votes – crossing the threshold for outright victory – after 94% of the votes had been counted

Macri suffers crushing defeat in key Argentina primaries
Center-left nominee Alberto Fernandez leads by around 15 points after partial results were revealed as Mauricio Macri admits it had been 'a bad election'

Former Argentine president de la Rua dead at 81
'I share in the pain of his family,' says President Mauricio Macri, in announcing his death. 'His democratic journey deserves recognition by all Argentinians.'

General strike against inflation paralyzes Argentina
Workers' unions in Argentina lead a general strike as they demand government action on rising inflation

G20 opens under assault from Trump on collective action
Shortly before the summit kicks off, Donald Trump's 'America First' charge will bear fruit with the signing in Buenos Aires of a successor to the North American free trade pact NAFTA

The week in photos: August 4-10, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world

Argentina's Macri orders probe for 'truth' over missing submarine
Argentina's navy has been fiercely criticized for the way it mismanaged the operation since first reporting the submarine overdue at its Mar del Plata base on November 16

Satellite signals offer hope in hunt for missing Argentine sub
(UPDATED) 'We are working to pinpoint the exact location of what is emitting the signals,' presuming it could be the missing ARA San Juan, Argentina's defense ministry says

Argentine unions to lead protest against president
Unions say 100 000 workers have lost their jobs in the public and private sectors since Mauricio Macri took office

Cameron, Argentina's Macri caught in Panama Papers swirl
British Prime Minister David Cameron admits benefiting from his father s offshore trust while prosecutors have opened an investigation into Argentine President Mauricio Macri

Argentina passes bill to end 15-year debt battle
The vote clears the final legislative hurdle for the deal and paves the way for the government to pay off creditors that rejected Argentina s efforts to restructure its mountain of defaulted debt

Obama in Argentina after Cuba milestone
Obama who hopes to remake the United States image in Latin America meets Argentina s new free market friendly President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires on Wednesday morning

Man threatens bombing in Argentina near Obama visit
The man threatens to blow up the National Radio building in central Buenos Aires where security forces are on high alert

From Cuba, history-laden trip takes Obama to Argentina
The delicate issue of US involvement in Latin America s violent history will rear its head during his visit to Buenos Aires

Argentina, 'vulture' funds end 15-year debt battle
UPDATED The deal opens the door for the South American country to escape financial pariah status

Obama to make historic visit to Cuba in March
UPDATED The White House hopes the trip will be a Berlin Wall moment crowning a policy they see as being among Barack Obama s greatest foreign policy achievements

New Argentine gov't resumes talks with 'vulture' creditors
President Mauricio Macri says he hopes for a reasonable agreement with the creditors

Argentine president-elect Macri won with 51.3% – officials
The margin is slightly narrower than the provisional count released at the end of voting day

Argentina elects pro-business Macri after 12 years of Kirchner rule
Conservative president elect Mauricio Macri promises a marvelous new era was starting for his country beleaguered by years of economic instability

Argentina votes on big economic, political change
Polls show that the mayor of Buenos Aires former Boca Juniors football executive Mauricio Macri 56 could beat his left wing rival Daniel Scioli 58 an ex power boating champion

Scioli leads Argentina vote but may face runoff
The next president will inherit a country troubled by inflation an overvalued currency and an economy facing what the International Monetary Fund predicts will be a 0 7 contraction next year
