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ARGENTINA - FOOTBALL
Government to broadcast football for free
The Argentine Football Association has approved a deal with the government to broadcast games free on television, a week after it tore up a contract with a private cable TV provider.
ARGENTINA
Cristina Kirchner shakes up cabinet after defeat
Argentina's embattled president, Cristina Kirchner, has carried out a minor reshuffle of her cabinet in the wake of a mid-term election defeat that saw her losing a majority in Congress.
A WEEK IN THE AMERICAS
Honduras, Argentina, Madoff and Jackson
The coup in Honduras, Argentina and the the 2011 presidential race, Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff gets 150 years jail, and issues after the death of Michael Jackson, from cancelled concerts to the custody of his children.
ARGENTINA
President Kirchner faces defeat in poll
The ruling coalition of President Cristina Kirchner appears to have lost control of Congress in a close electoral contest that saw the president's husband, Nestor Kirchner, concede a symbolic defeat in the key province of Buenos Aires.
ARGENTINA
Early results show Kirchner's party trailing in poll
After six years sharing power, President Cristina Kirchner and her husband, former president Nestor Kirchner, risk losing both their party's parliamentary majorities in Sunday's vote, preliminary results show.
ARGENTINA
Kirchner's party majorities at risk in legislative elections
After six years sharing power, President Cristina Kirchner and her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, risk losing both their party's parliamentary majorities in a Sunday vote amid rising discontent with Argentina's stagnant economy.
ARGENTINA
End of the line for the Kirchner dynasty?
After six years sharing power, President Cristina Kirchner (pictured) and her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, risk losing both parliamentary majorities in a Sunday vote amid rising discontent with Argentina's stagnant economy.
Argentina - Cristina Kirchner
Cristina Kirchner faces ballot test in Argentina
In this edition of our weekly round-up of the Americas: Argentina's presidential couple faces a potential banana skin in upcoming elections; and 40 years on, a look back at the violent birth of the United States' gay rights movement.
CUBA
Prominent Cuban dissident allowed to visit Argentina
Prominent Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina has said she received permission to leave Cuba to visit family in Argentina, 15 years after breaking ranks with former leader Fidel Castro over the communist-ruled nation's healthcare system.
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ARGENTINA
Nestor Kirchner to run for Congress
After weeks of speculation, ex-Argentine President Nestor Kirchner looks set to run for a seat in Congress. The move is seen as a bid to bolster the ruling party and his wife, President Cristina Fernandez, whose poll ratings have plummeted.
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