Economy minister surprises by beating populist in first round of Argentina's presidential election
Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa is leading right-wing populist Javier Milei in early returns from Sunday’s presidential election
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Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa is leading right-wing populist Javier Milei in early returns from Sunday’s presidential election
Argentina’s economy minister and the anti-establishment upstart he faces in a presidential runoff next month have begun competing to shore up the moderate voters they need
Long lines have formed at gas stations throughout Argentina as surging demand outstrips supply, becoming a campaign issue just weeks ahead of the second round of the country’s presidential race
Bolivia’s government has severed diplomatic relations with Israel, accusing it of carrying out “crimes against humanity” in the Gaza Strip
Politics was suddenly a topic of conversation as thousands of Taylor Swift fans eagerly lined up for the superstar’s first-ever concert in Argentina
Batman and the Joker, a man decked out in a full-body lion costume, another whose head and arms have been replaced by chainsaws
Right-wing populist Javier Milei will become the next president of Argentina after promising a dramatic shake-up to the state in a fiercely polarized election campaign held amid deep discontent over soaring inflation and rising poverty
What many deemed impossible just months ago is reality: Right-wing populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina’s presidency
His legions of fans call him “the madman” and “the wig” due to his ferocity and unruly mop of hair
Argentina’s president-elect has given the first signals of how he plans to shake up South America’s second-largest economy
The exchange rate is top of mind for millions of Argentines coping with triple-digit inflation
Argentine President-elect Javier Milei is getting a meeting with a top Biden aide
Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei met Tuesday with senior Biden administration officials at the White House
Leftists in Chile were tortured, tossed from helicopters and forced to watch relatives be raped during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet
Economy Minister Sergio Massa and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich adapted shrewdly over their combined seven decades in Argentine politics
Argentina’s firebrand populist presidential candidate Javier Milei is coming under fire from his rivals who are blaming him for a sharp depreciation of the local currency in the parallel market
Argentina is celebrating a decision by a United Nations conference to include a former clandestine detention and torture center as a World Heritage site
Right-wing populist Javier Milei has been president-elect just four days and already Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and even protests if he makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies
Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet
Both jeers and cheers for Argentina’s right-wing presidential candidate resounded with acoustic perfection inside the country’s legendary Colón Theater, laying bare the country’s polarization
As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old populist movement known as Peronism is on shaky ground
Israel has criticized Bolivia, Chile and Colombia after the South American countries undertook a series of diplomatic moves to protest Israel's military operations against Hamas in Gaza
Uruguay’s foreign minister has resigned shortly after audio messages were published in which he appears to ask a former official to not hand over evidence in an investigation over a passport issued to an accused drug trafficker
Former Argentine presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich has endorsed right-wing populist Javier Milei for next month’s runoff
Millions of disaffected voters in Argentina are planning to cast their ballots Sunday for right-wing populist and self-described anarcho-capitalist, Javier Milei