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The Operation Condor files: These kidnapped children were returned to their family — thanks in part to the Buenos Aires Herald
Throughout 2025, the Herald is publishing a special series to mark 50 years since the Operation Condor agreement was signed. The pieces were co-produced with the Plancondor.org project, coordinated by Dr. Francesca Lessa in collaboration with...

Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin accepts an honorary Oscar at the 10th Annual Governors Awards gala hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the the Dolby Theater at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on November…
Famed composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows – including the instantly recognisable Mission: Impossible score – died Thursday aged 93, US media reported. Born in Argentina, Schifrin...

Argentine intellectuals warn of aggressive US projection
Sponsored by the Cultural Center for Cooperation, the initiative is organized by the Argentine Chapter of the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity, a project bringing together thinkers created in 2003 at the suggestion of...

Argentina orders trial of Iranians and Hezbollah members in absentia over 1994 Buenos Aires bombing
More than three decades after a devastating bombing struck the heart of Argentina’s Jewish community, a judge has ordered the trial in absentia of 10 Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of orchestrating the attack. The 1994 bombing of the...

Jewish community center bombing suspects will be tried in absentia, Argentine judge orders
People hold pictures of victims during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing attack, Buenos Aires, July 18, 2024. Photo by Tomas Cuesta/AFP via Getty Images By Juan Melamed June 27, 2025 (JTA) — BUENOS AIRES...

Italian contemporary art arrives in Buenos Aires
Italian Ambassador Fabrizio Lucentini opened the contemporary art exhibition 'Italian Painting Today. A new scene'. The exhibition, reports a note, offers an overview of the most recent expressions of Italian painting, collecting works by 27...

Argentine judge orders AMIA bombing suspects tried in absentia

Suspects in 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires Jewish community centre to be tried in absentia
A judge in Argentina has ordered the trial in absentia of 10 Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people. The attack, which caused devastation in Latin America’s...

A Buenos Aires mural in honor of the 85 dead and more than 300 wounded in an 1994 attack on the Jewish community center of the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA)

Revolut Reportedly Acquiring Argentinian Lender Banco Cetelem
Digital bank Revolut is buying Banco Cetelem, a small Argentinian lender owned by BNP Paribas. “Argentina’s digital banking industry has seen significant growth in recent years, with the majority of the population actively using digital financial...

Buenos Aires Province Senate approves indefinite reelection of local lawmakers
The Buenos Aires Province Senate approved a bill on Tuesday granting provincial lawmakers indefinite reelection, a benefit national-level senators and deputies already enjoy. The lower house will now have to debate and pass the proposal for it to...

Argentine Midfielder Camilo Nuin Dies During Knee Surgery
Camilo Nuin, 18, who played for second-division club San Telmo, died on Thursday while undergoing the medical procedure. The cause of death has not yet been officially disclosed. Nuin, who joined San Telmo in 2022, had previously come through the...

PRO and LLA meet to discuss alliance in Buenos Aires Province
The round of negotiations between La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and PRO to form an electoral front in Buenos Aires Province continued on Tuesday evening in national deputy Diego Santilli’s offices. After the meeting, the libertarian camp highlighted...
British man and Argentinian woman on trial accused of smuggling cocaine in Bali
26 June 2025, 11:28 Briton Elliot James Shaw, left, and Argentine national Eleonora Gracia, right, at the district court in Denpasar, Bali. Picture: Alamy A British man and an Argentine woman have gone on trial on charges of smuggling cocaine to...
Argentine player, 18, dies during knee surgery
"The club will remain closed today as a sign of mourning. "We join his family, friends, and team-mates in this difficult time and remain at their disposal for anything they may need." The Argentine Football Association said: "The Argentine...

Workers at the Garrahan Children's Hospital in Buenos Aires protest against government policies, demanding improves wages and budget for the prestigious paediatric institution.
Doctors and staff at the Garrahan Children’s Hospital, Argentina’s leading paediatric institution, staged a 24-hour strike Wednesday as they ramped up calls for President Javeir Milei to tackle a perceived public health crisis. Workers at the...

Argentine Scientists Identify Key Genomic Regions to Boost Wheat Yields
A team of Argentine researchers has made a breakthrough that could help improve wheat yields through genetic breeding. Led by Fernanda González of CONICET at CIT NOBA and INTA Pergamino, the study identified two regions of the wheat genome linked...

Argentine judge resigns from Maradona death trial amid scandal
The Argentine judge at the center of the collapsed trial into Diego Maradona’s 2020 death has stepped down, her lawyer said Tuesday. Julieta Makintach’s secret participation in a documentary about the case triggered the trial’s annulment in May,...

IMF mission arriving in Buenos Aires to monitor progress
Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 10:12 UTC Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo's management fell short of the IMF's reserve target A technical mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Bikas Joshi, is due in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to...

A woman walks past the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2025.
Argentina’s government raised its national security threat level to ‘medium’ last Saturday and upgraded the alert level at its embassies in the Middle East to ‘high,’ a senior national government official has confirmed to Perfil. President Javier...