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NEWS ABOUT: Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires stories: 14 news summaries

Buenos Aires Grants First
Gay Marriage License 

Lawmakers consider officially legalizing it after court strikes down ban

Nov 17, 09 9:17 AM CST
(AP) - Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital yesterday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that a ban on gay marriage violates... More »

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gay marriage • marriage • Argentina • Buenos Aires

 Voters Pummel 
 Argentina's 
 Power Couple 

Kirchners' dynasty may be over as husband loses Congress bid

Jun 29, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters in Argentina delivered a stinging verdict on President Cristina Kirchner last night, ousting the ruling Peronists from the lower house of Congress in mid-term elections. Her husband, former president Néstor Kirchner, suffered a humiliating defeat in his own bid for a seat. The result makes it unlikely the... More »

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Argentina • Nestor Kirchner • Cristina Kirchner • Buenos Aires • election

Sanford Mistress: Divorced, Mom of 2, 'Beautiful Brunette'

Local media dishes details on Argentinian divorcee

Jun 25, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s mistress is a 43-year-old businesswoman who works in agriculture, Argentine media is reporting. A divorcée with two kids, Maria Belen Shapur speaks English, Portuguese, and Chinese and lives in an upscale Buenos Aires apartment, Fox News reports. Witnesses described the beautiful brunette with big eyes canoodling... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • governor • Buenos Aires • Mark Sanford • Maria Belen Shapur

(Newser) - The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says she asked him to leave the house two weeks ago when she learned of his affair. Jenny Sanford says she still loves her husband and is willing to welcome him home if he works on their marriage with "humility and... More »

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South Carolina • affair • governor • Buenos Aires • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford

(Newser) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted today that he has been having an affair with an Argentine woman, Politico reports. “I’ve been unfaithful to be my wife,” the Republican said at a teary and rambling news conference in which he explained his mysterious absence. “It began... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • press conference • vacation • governor • Buenos Aires • Republican Governors Association • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Appalachian Trail

(Newser) - Mark Sanford is missing no more. The AWOL South Carolina governor surfaced early today at an Atlanta airport, saying he had just returned not from hiking the Appalachian Trail, but from cruising the Buenos Aires coastline, The State reports. As to why his staff said he was hiking, Sanford... More »

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South Carolina • hiking • Argentina • vacation • governor • Buenos Aires • AWOL • Mark Sanford • Appalachian Trail

(Newser) - An Air France flight scheduled from Buenos Aires to Paris was delayed last week because of a phoned-in bomb threat, according to Brazilian media. Authorities searched the plane for 90 minutes before allowing it to take off. Nothing was found. The delay occurred just three days before Air France flight... More »

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France • Brazil • bomb • Rio de Janeiro • crash • Paris • bomb threat • airplane • Buenos Aires • Air France • airplanes • accidental • Air France Flight 447

 Jews Rattled by Anti-Semitic Riot in Argentina

Armed youths attack event celebrating Israel's independence day

May 19, 09 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A violent attack on an Israel Day celebration in Buenos Aires has shaken Argentina's Jewish community, CNN reports. Community leaders—who warn there has been a surge in anti-Semitic incidents—say the event was attacked by an armed group of youths shouting pro-Palestinian slogans. Three Jews were injured and five... More »

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Israel • Argentina • riots • Buenos Aires • anti-Semitism

 Argentine Diggers Find 
 18th-Century Galleon 

300-year-old Spanish wreck found by team building Buenos Aires apartment block

Dec 31, 08 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Workers digging the foundations for a riverside apartment complex in Buenos Aires stumbled across the buried wreck of an 18th-century Spanish galleon, Reuters reports. Experts believe the ship is at least 300 years old and was likely driven ashore by a storm and then buried in mud. Archaeologists are combing... More »

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shipwreck • ship • Argentina • excavation • Buenos Aires

Miami Man Convicted in $800K Suitcase Scandal

Businessman was Chávez agent, jury says

Nov 4, 08 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The international political funding scandal known as Suitcasegate took a new, diplomatically fraught turn yesterday when a Miami court convicted a businessman of conspiracy and of acting as an "unregistered agent" of the Venezuelan government. The trial concerns a suitcase filled with $800,000 that was intercepted in Buenos... More »

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Venezuela • Miami • corruption • Argentina • Hugo Chávez • Cristina Kirchner • Buenos Aires • Suitcasegate

glossies

 The Gnocchi Puzzle
 of Buenos Aires 

The city dines on the pasta once a month—but why?

Aug 2, 08 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most restaurants in Buenos Aires only serve gnocchi on the 29th of the month—but why? Marisa Robertson-Textor scoured the city for answers for Gourmet, and uncovered conflicting accounts. Gnocchi day may be a Genovese tradition, one diner said—or perhaps Uraguayan. Another claimed it is meant to give people... More »

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food • cuisine • Argentina • pasta • Buenos Aires

Shakira Shakes Cash Loose
for Charity

Pair of star-studded shows take on Latin American poverty

May 18, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shakira, Ricky Martin, and dozens of other Spanish-speaking pop stars performed at simultaneous fundraising concerts in Mexico City and Buenos Aires yesterday, reports the LA Times. “It is doable, we can really eradicate poverty,” said the Colombian singer, whose shows benefited Alas, a charity that helps Latin America's... More »

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philanthropy • music • Latin America • Mexico City • charity • fundraiser • concert • Buenos Aires • Shakira • Ricky Martin

 Torch Untroubled in Argentina 

Heavy security but relatively few protesters for Buenos Aires leg of torch tour

Apr 12, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A few water balloons were the worst threat to the Olympic flame yesterday in Buenos Aires, where the torch relay enjoyed an uninterrupted run, the BBC reports, after major disruptions in London, Paris, and San Francisco. Groups of pro- and anti-China protesters gathered along its route, guarded by some 5,... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Argentina • Tibet • Jacques Rogge • Olympic torch • International Olympic Committee • Buenos Aires • Olympic protests • torch relay

Argentina's New Woman Takes Reins (in Bed)

Female assertiveness born during dictatorship keys sexual revolution

Jan 3, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - President Cristina Fernandez isn't the only empowered woman in Argentina, the Miami Herald reports: Her female compatriots may not be burning their bras in the streets, but they are at the helm of their own sexual revolution. They're the ones shopping at discreet all-female sex shops and dragging their boyfriends... More »

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feminism • Argentina • Buenos Aires • sexual revolution

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