Top 10 cafes in Buenos Aires

The residents of Buenos Aires love their steak. They grow giddy about their wine. But all would be nought without their morning café con leche. Life in this bustling, no-sleep city would grind to a halt without caffeine. The place is charged on the stuff.
But the city’s cafes are more than just venues for intravenous [...]

Bolivia and Paraguay agree border

Bolivia and Paraguay have signed an agreement settling a border dispute, which led to a bitter war in the 1930s.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who signed the pact in Buenos Aires with Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo, described it as historic.
Argentina has played a key role in resolving the dispute.
via BBC NEWS | Americas | Bolivia and [...]

Argentine President’s Media Reform Suspicious

A drive by Argentina’s president to overhaul an outdated media law is arousing suspicions she wants to punish the country’s biggest media group and hush her critics during an election campaign.
President Cristina Fernandez, a center-leftist, says the proposed reform of media regulations dating from a 1976-1983 military dictatorship will strengthen democracy by reducing the control [...]

Argentina’s GDP forecast to fall

Argentina’s gross domestic product is expected to decline by about 2 percent in 2009 following several years of robust growth, according to the Latin American Economic Research Foundation (FIEL), an independent think tank based in Buenos Aires.
After years of high prices for its agricultural exports, Argentina, one of the largest economies in Latin America, is [...]

Argentine ex-President Menem refuses to testify

Former Argentine President Carlos Menem has refused to testify in his trial on charges of illegally trafficking arms during the 1990s.
Maximiliano Rusconi is the ex-president’s lawyer. He says he advised Menem not to testify before the three-judge panel because the accusations are “illegitimate.”
Menem did not make public comments Friday and the courtroom was closed to [...]