05/10/2012 | Argentina

CFK meets with officials at Olivos

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner carried out her agenda at the Olivos Presidential residence, where she met several officials.

19/12/2012 | Argentina

Subway debate postponed at City Legislature

Subway workers have set a rally at the City Legislature’s front door to repudiate the subway transfer bill law proposed by Mayor Mauricio Macri, as City lawmakers decided to postponed the parliamentary session until 4pm.

27/06/2012 | Argentina

CGT's Hugo Moyano accuses Gov't of 'extortion'

The boss of the CGT Labour Confederation Hugo Moyano gave a hard-hitting speech this afternoon before a crowd of over 25,000 trade union members in the Plaza de Mayo, in which he slated the national government's approach toward workers. Moyano accused Fernández de Kirchner's administration of “extortion” and of “keeping workers' money."

27/06/2012 | Argentina

Moyano: 'This will not be the only strike followed by a demonstration'

Speaking before today’s rally at the Plaza de Mayo Square, in downtown Buenos Aires, the CGT's secretary-general Hugo Moyano said this will not be " the only strike followed by a demonstration" against the Government.

24/09/2012 | Argentina

Buzzi's FAA to join CGT-CTA October anti-gov’t protest

The head of the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA in Spanish), Eduardo Buzzi, confirmed that the entity he rules will join CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, and dissident CTA union umbrella’s leader Pablo Michelli in the October 11 protest against the national government.

27/04/2012 | Argentina

CFK thanks support over YPF, called to work 'united and organized'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that "the major consensus of Argentina's political forces that accompanied the country, despite this government, allowed the recovery of YPF," during a massive Kirchnerite rally held at the José Amalfitani stadium.

06/06/2012 | Argentina

'My dollar fixed-term bank deposit will be pesified,' CFK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today insisted on the need of saving in pesos instead of dollars and announced that she would "pesify" her dollar fixed-term bank deposit.

11/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK suspends agenda due to son's condition

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner postponed all presidential activity for the day due to the sudden hospitalization of her older son, Máximo Kirchner. Thus, the Head of State cancelled an early rally scheduled at 11:30 am in the Western Greater Buenos Aires district of Morón.

28/02/2012 | Argentina

Once train crash victims' families lead rally at Obelisk

Family members and relatives of the 51 Once train crash victims headed a demonstration in front of the Obelisk, in the crossroads of 9 de Julio and Corrientes Avenues. They claimed for justice and that TBA's contract is terminated "because the service never improves."

29/03/2012 | Argentina

'We're running out of patience,' Moyano warns at CGT rally

While speaking at a union rally, CGT leader Hugo Moyano warned on Thursday that “if the National Government doesn’t address the organization’s demands,” they will all march to Plaza de Mayo.

26/04/2012 | Argentina

'I'll die being the workers' candidate and not the one of whoever is in power,' CGT's Moyano

CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano led a massive rally at Parque Roca in the City neighbourhood of Villa Soldati where he announced the payment of 7,000 compensations to garbage collectors and took some time to throw jabs at the national government.

19/10/2011 | Argentina

CFK ends campaign, calls for unity, hopes 'real country keeps growing'

By Liliana Franco
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called for unity and hoped "the real country keeps growing" as she adressed supporters as she closed her campaing in a rally held at the City Coliseo theatre.

01/01/2012 | Argentina

Dakar Rally: Argentine Jorge Martínez Boero dies in accident

Argentine race driver Jorge Andrés Martínez Boero died after suffering a serious accident on board of his RR 450 Beta motorbike during the first stage of the Dakar Rally 2012 in the Buenos Aires province Atlantic seaside city of Necochea.   

02/01/2012 | Argentina

Father, son flying over Dakar rally die in plane crash

A man and his 12-year old son died after their ultralight plane crashed while they were flying over the Dakar Rally in the coastal town of Orense, in the Buenos Aires province.

09/05/2011 | Argentina

Tomada, Boudou and Filmus lead electoral rally, blast Macri

Victory Front mayoral pre-candidates Amado Boudou, Daniel Filmus and Carlos Tomada led a rally and vowed to enact the policities of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the City, regardless of whoever is chosen to run. They also criticized City Mayor Mauricio Macri.

05/07/2011 | Argentina

'If all voting workers rally behind me, we can be invincible,' Moyano

While attending a lunch with several top ranking CGT officials, the umbrella union’s leader Hugo Moyano assured that “if he manages to talk the over twelve million voting workers” into rallying behind him, his organization will become “invincible.”

19/09/2011 | Argentina

'We've always focused on promoting scientific research,' CFK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inaugurated the new building for Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute, which belongs to the State-run Conicet scientific think-tank, and met with local entrepreneurs in Rosario, Santa Fe province.

28/12/2010 | Argentina

Roadblocks in place throughout city for Dakar Rally

More roadblocks were set throughout the city in preparations for the Dakar Rally 2011, which is scheduled to begin next Saturday in front of the Obelisk and covers large portions of both the Argentine and Chilean territory.

17/03/2011 | Argentina

2012 Dakar Rally to start in Mar del Plata, CFK confirms

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the 2012 Dakar Rally shall begin in the  seaside resort of Mar del Plata. She also stated that domestic tourism during the Carnival holiday long weekend broke records, with 2.5 million people traveling along Argentina.

29/04/2011 | Argentina

Moyano to CFK: 'If you run for reelection, Perón, Evita and Néstor will rest in peace'

During the Labour Day Rally,CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano underlined his support for President Cristina de Kirchner asking her to run for re-election. He also highlighted the "worker union's responsibility" to discuss wage hikes, putting forward that workers will "work to achieve the 'fifty-fifty' scheme" that general Juan Perón had spoken of.

12/06/2012 | World

Russians protest against Putin despite pressure

Tens of thousands of Russians marched through Moscow amid a stream of banners demanding President Vladimir Putin step down and challenging new laws designed to curb protest against his strongly centralised rule.

13/08/2012 | World

Thousands rally in Tunisia for women's rights

Thousands of Tunisians rallied to protest against what they see as a push by the Islamist-led government for constitutional changes that would degrade women's status in one of the Arab world's most liberal nations.

09/02/2013 | World

Tunisian Islamists rally in show of strength

Thousands of Islamists marched in Tunis in a show of strength a day after the funeral of an assassinated secular politician drew the biggest crowds seen on the streets since Tunisia's uprising two years ago.

27/12/2011 | World

Peres urges Israelis to mobilise to thwart zealots

President Shimon Peres urged Israelis today to rally against ultra-Orthodox Jewish zealots trying to impose their strict religious code on a troubled town near Jerusalem.

17/03/2012 | World

Protesters return to NY park for Occupy Wall Street anniversary

More than 200 protesters gathered on Saturday in New York's Zuccotti Park to mark the six-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and clashed with police, resulting in several arrests and three officers injured, officials said.

13/05/2012 | World

Spaniards keep up anniversary rally against crisis

Spaniards kept up protests against politicians' handling of the economic crisis in Madrid's Puerta del Sol on Sunday after police evicted people from the central square in the pre-dawn hours and made 18 arrests. 

11/06/2011 | World

Thousands rally for reform in Bahrain

Thousands of Bahrainis shouting "we are victorious" gathered for a rally for political reform, in the first large demonstration since the Gulf Arab state crushed a democracy protest movement in March.

17/08/2011 | World

Thousands rally in Spain against cost of Pope visit

Thousands of protesters marched in Madrid against the cost of the Pope's visit to Spain this week at a time of growing public anxiety and economic hardship in the country.

22/12/2011 | World

Egypt activists call mass rally against army rule

Egyptian activists have called a mass rally in Cairo against the army's handling of protests that killed 17 people and drew international criticism of the ruling generals.

11/06/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez stages cancer-comeback rally

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez led his biggest rally since he was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, seeking to stage a show of strength as he heads into a re-election campaign to extend his 13 years of socialist rule.

20/08/2012 | Latin America

Ecuadoreans rally behind president over Assange asylum

Hundreds of Ecuadoreans marched in support of the government's decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a saga that could help President Rafael Correa if he seeks re-election.

17/09/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's Capriles slams Chávez for blocking broadcast

Venezuela's opposition candidate Henrique Capriles slammed President Hugo Chávez for blocking a live broadcast of an opposition rally, highlighting criticism the leftist leader abuses state resources to guarantee his re-election.

20/01/2013 | Sports

Proud Patronelli celebrates as Dakar rally comes to an end

The winner of the quad bike category of the Dakar Rally 2013, Marcos Patronelli, along with Orlando Terranova, who reached the 5th position in the car category, celebrated on the podium at the race’s closing ceremony in Chile.

11/01/2013 | Sports

French motorcyclist dies during Dakar Rally in Chile

14/01/2013 | Sports

Bike's Casteu loses top after crashing into a cow

15/01/2013 | Sports

Terranova achieves historical triumph in tenth stage

03/08/2012 | Sports

Men's Hockey: Argentina draw Australia

06/10/2012 | Sports

Loeb extends lead to close in on ninth title

Sebastien Loeb moved closer to a record ninth consecutive world title after pushing hard to extend his lead in the Rally of France on Saturday.

08/01/2013 | Sports

Patronelli leads the way through the desert

Argentine quad rider Marcos Patronelli ratified his position after winning the fourth stage of the Rally Dakar 2013, which covers 288 kilometres from the Peruvian towns of Nazca and Arequipa.

09/01/2012 | Sports

Coma returns to the top after Despres' mistake

Spain’s bike driver Marc Coma (KTM) reached the first place at the Dakar Rally 2012 eighth stage 17 minutes and 20 seconds over French Cyril Despres (KTM) and is the new leader of the overall ranking.

21/03/2012 | Sports

Dakar Rally confirms 2013 South American edition

Dakar Rally’s organization confirmed that next year’s 35th edition of the world’s most famous race will also be the 5th to take place on the South American continent, which has hosted the event since 2009.

13/04/2012 | Sports

Injured Latvala out of Argentina Rally

Jari-Matti Latvala has withdrawn from this month's Rally of Argentina after breaking his left collarbone while cross-country skiing in Lapland, his Ford team said.

27/12/2011 | Sports

Dakar vehicles head to Mar del Plata

The vehicles that will be part of the Rally Dakar began arriving at the North breakwater of Mar del Plata City to get ready for the competition. The convoy left Lima, in Zárate, this morning and headed towards the coastal city.

03/01/2012 | Sports

Roma wins stage, Holowczyc heads cars' ranking

Spain’s Joan “Nani” Roma (Mini) won the third stage of the Rally Dakar 2012, from San Rafael to San Juan, before his teammate, Polish Krzysztof Holowczyc, who is the new leader in the cars category.

04/01/2012 | Sports

Coma gains ground in Rally Dakar bikes

Spaniard Marc Coma (KTM) left aside the negative results of Tuesday at the Rally Dakar 2012 with an important victory in the bike category at the fourth stage that covered 750 kilometres, from San Juan to Chilecito.

13/01/2011 | Sports

Patronelli closer to the victory

By Leandro Compton Hall, special correspondent. Argentine Alejandro Patronelli remains on the top of the Dakar Rally quads’ overall results after the eleventh stage covering from Chilecito to San Juan. Other two Argentine pilots complete the podium.

14/01/2011 | Sports

Patronelli ends 3rd, but still leads Dakar's overall

Argentine quads pilot continue on the podium of the Dakar Rally 2011 during the twelfth stage of the competition. Sebastián Halpern (Yamaha) won the stage, followed by Tomás Maffei (Yamaha) and Alejandro Patronelli (Yamaha), who leads the overall results.

15/01/2011 | Sports

Patronelli wins quad bike category of Dakar 2011

06/01/2011 | Sports

Alejandro Patronelli leads quads in Dakar Rally

By Leandro Compton Hall, special correspondent.

Argentine Alejandro Patronelli won the fifth stage of the quads Dakar Rally after a close battle with fellow patriot Tomás Maffei in the Chilean desert.

07/01/2011 | Sports

Patronelli, firm in the leading place of Dakar quads

Argentine Alejandro Patronelli keeps leading the general results after the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally covering the 456 kilometres between Iquique and Arica in 06:41:33 hours.

11/01/2011 | Sports

Patronelli returns to the top

By Leandro Compton Hall, special correspondent. Argentine Alejandro Patronelli (Yamaha) won the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally covering the desert of Copiapó and arrived 5 minutes and 21 seconds before Czech Josef Machacek (Yamaha) and 10 minutes and 15 seconds before Polish Lukasz Laskawiec (Yamaha).

04/01/2011 | Sports

Marcos Patronelli pulls out of Dakar Rally

Last year’s Argentine quad champion Marcos Patronelli decided to pull out of the Dakar Rally after he had a new accident which complicated his recovery from a fibula fracture he suffered while he was training in November.

05/01/2011 | Sports

Maffei leads quads in Dakar Rally

By Leandro Compton Hall, special correspondent. Argentine Tomás Maffei (Yamaha) won the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally 2011 in the race covering the road from Perico, Jujuy province and Calama, Chile, and currently leads the quads division.

06/01/2011 | Sports

Argentine Lucas Moreno pulls out of Dakar Rally

Argentine pilot Lucas Moreno, from the Team Palau Kawasaki, suffered a severe accident during the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally 2011 in the race covering the road from Calama to Iquique, Chile, and had to retire from the competition.

02/01/2011 | Sports

Trouble for Patronelli as Dakar Rally begins

Local Marcos Patronelli, who won the quads competition in the Dakar Rally last year, could not start the competition on time due to a problem with his bike’s voltage regulator.

03/01/2011 | Sports

Alejandro Patronelli leads in rally second stage

Alejandro Patronelli, brother of last year’s Argentine quad champion Marcos Patronelli, was the first to reach the finish line in the second stage of the Dakar Rally, followed by Czech Machaek, who came 1 minute 46 seconds behind.

04/01/2011 | Sports

Argentine podium in Dakar’s third stage

Argentines Tomás Maffei, Sebastián Halpern and Alejandro Patronelli, the three of them driving Yamaha’s quads, were the first ones to reach the finish line in the third stage of the Dakar Rally.

11/01/2013 | Entertainment

French comedian rallies broad front against gay marriage

When the opponents of gay-marriage take to the streets in Paris on Sunday, their protest will be led neither by politicians nor priests, but by a sassy comedian in a pink T-shirt who goes by the stage name Frigide Barjot.