Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Argentina's Vice President, Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner narrowly escaped assassination after a bullet got stuck in the barrel while a man held a gun pointed at her.
The assassin was arrested.
Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner was greeting supporters outside her home when a man emerged from the crowd and pointed a gun at her face.

Argentina's government authorized currency controls on Sept. 1in an about-face by President Mauricio Macri, who had previously lifted many protectionist practices of his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

Former Argentinean president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is due to begin a visit to Greece over the weekend.

Brexit looks set to unleash a new scenario in the Falkland Islands, the remote archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean currently held by Britain that Argentina claims under the name “Malvinas.”

Falkland Islanders did not support Britain’s exit from the European Union in last June’s referendum, but they must face its consequences.

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is accused of being involved in a corruption case by granting state tenders to a family friend/businessman in road building contracts. During the trial in Buenos Aires, the federal judge decided to freeze Kirchner's assets worth $633 million.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The United Nations' Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has asked the government of Argentine President Mauricio Macri to "immediately" release Milagro Sala, a social activist and an MP in the Parlasur, following her "arbitrary and baseless" arrest in January of this year.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - After attempting to break completely with his predecessor Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's policies on the Malvinas/Falkland Islands and take a softer stance, Argentine President Mauricio Macri has earned criticism not only from political opposition but even from within his own government.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin struck agreements on nuclear energy cooperation with Argentinian counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

Under the deals, the Russian company Rosatom is to take part in the construction of Atucha NPP's Unit 3.

Relations between the two countries are "strategic" ones, Argentinian daily Clarin quoted Putin as saying.