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Argentina's Cristina Kirchner sweet talks international banks

Anil MundraApril 19, 2009 09:00
Just like the rest of the hemisphere, Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner seemed most concerned about Cuba in the run-up to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago this weekend. Speaking with the authority of one who paid a house call to Fidel Castro several months ago, Kirchner had some characteristically choice words to describe the status quo of U.S. Cuba policy: "absurd", an "anachronism". "The Washington consensus was a tragedy for our economies," Kirchner said Friday.

The take

Anil MundraApril 22, 2009 14:05Updated May 30, 2010 12:52
BUENOS AIRES — The Hotel Bauen looks like any other mid-range hotel in downtown Buenos Aires: 20 floors of glass and steel skirted by flags of the world that welcome tourists into a chic lobby. There's the grand piano here. An art deco chandelier there. It's hard to imagine that six years ago, this place was a gutted mess. And it's even harder to believe that the Bauen Hotel today remains illegally occupied territory, taken over by a group of former employees.

Argentina's Cristina Kirchner giddy to be at G20 table

Anil MundraApril 5, 2009 15:45
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (above) looked ebullient to the point of giddiness in her group photos at the G20 summit last week. And why shouldn't she be?

To be a job-seeker in Buenos Aires

Anil MundraApril 18, 2009 10:11Updated May 30, 2010 12:51
BUENOS AIRES — One of the more alarming measures of the economic crisis in the United States has been the number of states breaking 10 percent unemployment. But in Argentina, such numbers aren't news: Here, double-digit joblessness has been part of everyday life for years.

Visit Buenos Aires without leaving your chair

Anil MundraApril 19, 2009 10:44Updated May 30, 2010 12:48
BUENOS AIRES — In these days of recession, everyone likes free stuff — even those fortunate enough to be able to splurge on an international vacation. Buenos Aires native Gaston Cernadas and his partners started "BA Free Tour" in September 2008, just in time for the global economic downturn. Cernadas was inspired by the popular "New Europe," a tip-based walking tour company in nine European and Israeli cities. The concept has been hailed by international media as "recession-beating tourism."

Reporting from Argentina

Anil MundraMarch 17, 2009 17:24
Okay, I confess: I am not one of those reporters that relishes political squabbles. Frankly, I find the back-and-forth bickering of politicians back at home in the U.S. insufferable.

Argentina's anti-Semitic past

Anil MundraMarch 12, 2009 19:10Updated May 30, 2010 12:47
BUENOS AIRES — When Argentines discovered that they had a Holocaust-denying bishop in their midst, the public outcry was forceful and the government response swift. British-born bishop Richard Williamson was summarily expelled from the country last month, to the applause of Jewish rights groups and others. The official reason cited by immigration authorities was a visa technicality, but the message was clear: Argentina will not tolerate anti-Semitism within its borders.

The rise of Argentinian wine

Brian ByrnesMarch 8, 2009 17:08Updated May 30, 2010 12:46
MENDOZA, Argentina — Frank Ansel knows good wine when he tastes it. As a food and beverage executive with Hyatt International, Ansel spent 35 years crisscrossing the globe sampling the world’s finest culinary delights. When it came time to retire last year, he decided to leave Chicago and settle overseas. One country in particular stood out.

Messi the brightest star at start of World Cup

June 8, 2010 19:30Updated June 10, 2010 17:20
Can Lionel Messi lead Argentina to World Cup glory in South Africa?

Argentina World Cup soccer team needs to pull it together in 2010

June 1, 2010 13:19Updated July 6, 2010 10:07
Argentina World Cup Team Statistics: Group B Status: Advance to round 16, advance to quarterfinals, knocked out of semifinals. World Ranking: 7 World Cup 2010 Results: 4-0-1 Total goals scored: 10 Total goals scored against: 6
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