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A popular restaurant in Buenos Aires is staffed almost entirely by workers with neurological challenges, tapping into often-overlooked talent and harnessing their skills. Nacho Fernández Suárez winces when he recalls [...]

A year after becoming president, Javier Milei has been praised inside and outside Argentina for reining in galloping inflation. But his economic policies have inflicted widespread hardship. At home and [...]

A domestic violence scandal has rocked Argentina since Alberto Fernández, the country's former president, was accused of abusing his partner, Fabiola Yáñez. He has denied the allegations. Argentine prosecutors on [...]

Javier Milei has developed a public devotion to Judaism unusual for a leader of a predominantly Roman Catholic country. President Javier Milei of Argentina is a Catholic who leads Pope […]

On Thursday in Atlanta, the Argentine national soccer team will kick off the 2024 edition of Copa América, South America's biggest soccer championship, with a game against Canada. Fans around [...]

Nora Morales de Cortiñas, who was a founding member of a group of mothers who searched for their children who were disappeared by Argentina's military dictatorship in the 1970s, and [...]

The ruling opens the possibility for relatives of victims of the 1992 and 1994 attacks to make claims against Iran in international tribunals. A high court in Argentina ruled on [...]

El fallo abre la posibilidad de que los familiares de las víctimas de los atentados de 1992 y 1994 en Buenos Aires presenten demandas contra Irán ante tribunales internacionales. Un [...]

Javier Milei warned that things would get worse before they got better. Now Argentines are living it. Over the past two weeks, the owner of a hip wine bar in [...]

El nuevo presidente advirtió que las cosas iban a empeorar antes de mejorar. Los argentinos ya viven esa realidad. En las últimas dos semanas, el dueño de un bar de [...]

Javier Milei warned that things would get worse before they got better. Now Argentines are living it. Over the past two weeks, the owner of a hip wine bar in [...]

The attack on the building in Buenos Aires killed 85 people, showing that the terrorist organization's reach spanned continents. Nearly 30 years after a bombing at a Jewish community center [...]

Byline: DANIEL POLITI, ALMUDENA CALATRAVA; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA -- Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at [...]

Byline: DANIEL POLITI, ALMUDENA CALATRAVA; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES -- A parade to celebrate the Argentine World Cup champions was abruptly cut short Tuesday as millions of people poured [...]

Byline: DANIEL POLITI; ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTIAGO -- Chilean leaders on Monday began trying to chart a fresh course toward updating the country's dictatorship-era constitution after voters overwhelmingly rejected a progressive [...]

Byline: DANIEL POLITI; ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Chileans appeared set to reject a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet 41 years [...]

Byline: ALMUDENA CALATRAVA, DANIEL POLITI; ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES -- As Argentina's powerful VicePresident Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner stepped from her car outside her apartment building and began shaking hands [...]

The former leader has called the case politically motivated and denies that his government spied on relatives of sailors who died in a submarine accident in 2017. A judge in [...]

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, now the vice president, had been accused of conspiring with Iran to thwart an investigation into a 1994 attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. [...]

Argentina's vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, masterminded the plan to elect President Alberto Fernández. Now they're openly sparring. BUENOS AIRES -- A political marriage of convenience that once appeared [...]

South America was the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic early this year. Experts are trying to find out why new infections and deaths are falling so fast. RIO DE JANEIRO [...]

ROSARIO, Argentina -- The fisherman woke up early on a recent morning, banged on the fuel containers on his small boat to make sure he had enough for the day, [...]

In a remarkable act of defiance, thousands of Cubans took to the streets two weeks ago and chanted ''We're not afraid!'' Many are now terrified. The courage many Cubans showed [...]

Argentines no longer have to be identified as female or male on their national identity documents, the latest step in President Alberto Fernández's push for gender equality. BUENOS AIRES -- [...]

President Alberto Fern?dez tried to connect with the Spanish prime minister by highlighting Argentina's European heritage. Instead he caused offense across much of Latin America. BUENOS AIRES -- During a [...]

Frustrated with the lagging pace of vaccinations at home, well-off Latin Americans have been flying north for a shot -- and feeling guilty about those left behind. RIO DE JANEIRO [...]

Argentina is weighing whether to host the Copa América, due to start in mid-June, in a discussion that mirrors the one in Japan over holding the Olympics. BUENOS AIRES -- [...]

Before the pandemic, Carla Huanca and her family were making modest but meaningful improvements to their cramped apartment in the slums of Buenos Aires. She was working as a hairstylist. [...]

Alberto Fernández, who received early results on his 62nd birthday, was confirmed to have the virus in a later P.C.R. test. His symptoms were said to be mild. BUENOS AIRES [...]

Paraguay escaped the worst of the pandemic for almost a year, but no longer. For many people, the crisis has made the country's longstanding problems intolerable. ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay -- For [...]

Anti-abortion activists are suing to block a new law allowing the procedure, and many doctors in conservative areas have declared themselves conscientious objectors. BUENOS AIRES -- For the first time [...]

A wave of corruption scandals is exposing how the powerful and well-connected in South America jumped the line to get vaccines early. Public dismay is turning into anger. LIMA, Peru [...]

The fight for legalization began decades ago, but it gained traction only as more women became lawmakers and a massive grass-roots effort shifted the conversation. BUENOS AIRES -- It was [...]

The Senate vote on Wednesday was a major victory for Latin America's growing feminist movement, and its ripple effects are likely to be widespread. BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina on Wednesday [...]

A bill before the Senate would make abortion legal in the predominantly Catholic nation, the homeland of Pope Francis. Its approval likely would have significant effect across Latin America. BUENOS [...]

Argentina's President Alberto Fernández has made the rights of women and of gay and transgender people central to his government, even through a recession and a pandemic. BUENOS AIRES -- [...]

Dr. Vazquez was also a practicing physician who specialized in oncology and pushed some of the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the region. BUENOS AIRES -- Dr. Tabaré Vázquez, a former [...]

He helped propel a new wave of politically charged moviemaking and served as a lawmaker. He died of complications of the coronavirus. This obituary is part of a series about [...]

The authorities searched the home and offices of the soccer hero's doctor as part of an investigation into the circumstances of his death last week. BUENOS AIRES -- The authorities [...]

For many Argentines, Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday, was no mere soccer superstar. ''I feel like a member of my family just died,'' said one. BUENOS AIRES -- People [...]

Known for siding with leftist leaders and causes, the soccer legend's life, and his politics, never strayed far from his impoverished roots, and his fans loved him for it. BUENOS [...]

The new regulation also orders insurance providers to cover cannabis products prescribed by doctors. Some of the strongest champions of the government's move were mothers of sick children. BUENOS AIRES [...]

Joaquín Salvador Lavado drew the comic strip of the six-year-old Argentine girl, who was curious about the world and finely attuned to its injustices. BUENOS AIRES -- Joaquín Salvador Lavado, [...]

International going to great lengths Illustration By Katherine lam In most cases, the pandemic has limited travel: Countries around the world have required or strongly urged their citizens to stay [...]

The families had grown angry at the former government for delaying the search operation and giving them what turned out to be false hope. Now, the new government says spies [...]

A military operation targeting a small insurgent group has led to accusations of a government cover-up in the deaths of two young girls from Argentina. BUENOS AIRES -- Paraguay's president [...]

It took him decades before he felt comfortable sharing the horrors he witnessed during the Holocaust. He died of the coronavirus. This obituary is part of a series about people [...]

BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, is opposing a debt settlement deal with Argentina as the country grapples with soaring poverty and the pandemic. LONDON -- Laurence D. Fink [...]

An Argentine man stuck in Portugal because of the virus travels for 85 days the only way he could: in a small boat. BUENOS AIRES -- Days after Argentina canceled [...]

Inequality, densely packed cities, legions of informal workers and weak health care systems have undermined efforts to fight the pandemic, as some governments have fumbled the response. MEXICO CITY -- [...]