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A detective's guide to Buenos Aires architecture

Buenos Aires' neighborhoods offer a sampling of the city's heritage and utopian ambitions.

More than a tourist destination

PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina — Maria Celia Wilson sensed something suspicious in the weeks before her daughter Paula disappeared. Phone calls were coming to the house from relatives whom she didn't know well, asking where Paula went to school and when she would get out of classes.  Wilson believes that her daughter was abducted by people who wanted to exploit her for domestic or sexual slavery. The perpetrators, she says, were distant family members involved in a human trafficking ring.

Solving the Dirty War's mysteries

BUENOS AIRES — Julia Delgado's parents were arrested by Argentine military officers in the city of Cordoba in 1976. Her mother was six months pregnant. Three months later, Julia was born in a military hospital and returned to the care of her grandparents. Her parents were never seen again. “I hope that someday we'll be able to recover their remains,” Delgado said. “Because we don't know where they are or what happened to them.”

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Pope Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury trade marriage views at Vatican

Francis praised Welby's stance on gay marriage as England prepares to legalize same-sex unions.

Forget Superman and the "Man of Steel," Argentina's Captain Everyman is on the scene. And he is real.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Women swoon and children cheer when Argentina's own caped crusader takes to the streets. He calls himself Captain Mengano, a name that can be loosely translated as Captain Everyman, and, like many of his more famous counterparts, keeps his identity a secret.

On Location: Step aside Superman, Captain Everyman is on the scene

Buenos Aires, Argentina — Women swoon and children cheer when Argentina's own caped crusader takes to the streets. He calls himself Captain Mengano, a name that can be loosely translated as Captain Everyman, and, like many of his more famous counterparts, keeps his identity a secret. 

Lionel Messi faces determined new foe in taxman

Authorities in Spain say Lionel Messi and his father filed fraudulent tax returns from 2006 to '09.
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Lionel Messi of Barcelona receives the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011 trophy on January 9, 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Scott Heavey/Getty Images)
Forbes says Messi earned $41 million last year, including $21M from companies like Adidas and Pepsi.
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Latin America: Divided we stand

LIMA — Of all Hugo Chavez’s grandiose dreams, perhaps none was quite as lofty as his vision of unifying Latin America. Yet how far has Latin America actually advanced on the road to unification?
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