Argentina has always been the most European of South American countries: It has a vibrant literary culture, adores anything Italian, and dislikes anything that isn't a large piece of meat. And for a very long time, it even harbored a fair amount of Nazis. But no more, says Argentina.
It's not just the U.S.: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and other Latin American countries are subject to the NSA's wide-ranging data-mining operations, Brazil's O Globo reported yesterday, citing leaked documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
When Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane was rerouted last night on the suspicion that it was carrying NSA leaker Edward Snowden out of Russia, outraged, frantic South American leaders spent the evening on the phone in an attempt to seek justice.
A man in Argentina was either ripped off or not depending on your view of paying for a toy poodle and getting a giant ferret instead.
Last October, billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer tracked the course of a Argentine navy ship, Libertad, as it crossed the globe. When it docked in Ghana, his firm, NML Capital, convinced a judge there to hold the ship in port until Argentina could pay its 1.3 billion debt to him, debt still owed from when the…
During a live report on Argentina's ongoing anti-crime and government corruption demonstrations, Nestor Dib, a reporter for the local news channel Canal 5 Noticias was sucker punched from behind by a protester later identified as Nicolas Ayuso.
A New York hedge funder had a court in Ghana seize an Argentine Navy vessel because Argentina owes him money. Uhhh.
Seagulls in Argentina have changed from your standard beach pests into whale killing monsters, or so say Argentine authorities. It appears seagulls there have taken to pecking tiny bits of flesh from the backs of southern right whales as they surface for air, which naturally hurts the whales but, more importanly,…
By the unanimous consent of all voting lawmakers, Argentina yesterday approved a gender rights package that will allow all adult citizens to change their sex at will — even without undergoing surgery or hormone replacement therapy.
From Argentina, the land of completely naked Dancing with the Stars, comes this new ad for Axe Body Spray, the misguided aphrodisiac of the masses. Ads for Axe are always creepy and stupid and vaguely misogynistic, but is this one the brah-iest of the bunch?
Cry for her, don't cry for her, Cristina Kirchner don't care. Argentina's president has earned 55% of the vote, well on her way to becoming the first female, Latin-American leader in history to serve two terms. [Guardian, Photo via Getty]
When Nancy Grace slipped a nipple on Dancing with the Stars, it caused a huge uproar. Now imagine if Nancy Grace ripped off her top, exposed her breasts, humped her partner, took off her G-string, and appeared completely naked. Oh, and Nancy Grace was a gorgeous model. That's what happened Sunday on Argentina's…
Ramzan Kadyrov, murderous warlord and "president" of Chechnya, is trying to recast his country as a hub for international football. And to celebrate the opening of a new stadium he had built in Grozny, Kadyrov hosted a friendly match between his team, made up of various criminals and murderers businessmen, and a team…
It's safe to say that anyone who commutes to work gets a little annoyed with train delays. Fair enough. But there are ways to handle that frustration, and ways to not handle that frustration. In the video above from Argentina, we see the latter.
Thieves apparently rented a property adjacent to a Buenos Aires bank, dug a connecting tunnel, and looted the safety deposit boxes. What an original crime! In 1890, when Sherlock Holmes solved it. Get with the program, Argentinian bank.
On Bailando por un Sueño, the Argentinian equivalent of Dancing with the Stars, stripping the dancer, baring her breasts, licking them, and finger her nether regions are apparently not against the rules. How can we import this show?
Passengers aboard the luxury expedition ship MV Clelia II are probably wishing their biggest problem was subsisting off mayo sandwiches, after the ship lost an engine this week while on an Antarctic cruise and hit 30-foot swells.
Argentina is facing some major budget issues, and tensions among legislators are high. So when lawmaker Carlos Kunkel wouldn't shut up during an Upper House session today his colleague, opposition member Graciela Camano, smacked the shit out of him. Watch!
For liberals, tomorrow's midterm elections could be a bloodbath. Rand Paul, Christine O'Donnell, Carl Paladino: These are people who could soon rule America! If they do get elected, where can you go? What foreign cities will be your refuge?
After a 14-hour debate, the Argentinian Senate passed a bill to legalize gay marriage, making Argentina the first Latin American country to do so. And gay couples can adopt children. And the steaks there are great. [CNN]
