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A make-shift bed of a homeless person, with a sign on top that reads "I'll be right back," in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 11.

A third of Argentina is poor. That’s not what the government used to say.

Economics

Former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had boasted that Argentina’s poverty rate was one of the lowest in the world, “below 5 percent.” Turns out, it’s over 30 percent.

A sign marking the base of the Uritorco hill is seen in the Argentine city of Capilla del Monte, in Cordoba province, December 20, 2012. The mountain is popular among UFO spotters in Argentina.

The rise and fall of Argentina’s real-life X-Files unit

Science
Argentina's former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has lost her verified Twitter status, but not her prolific style.

Argentina’s outgoing president has refused to give up her official Twitter account

Global Politics
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner walks on the carpet before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 5, 2015.

Argentine president in China to negotiate deals on ‘lice and petloleum’

Culture
Dean Parker, a commercial housepainter and avid surfer from Florida, traveled to northern Iraq to fight with the Kurdish Peshmerga against ISIS.

Some foreigners fight for ISIS, but this American joined the fight against it

Global Scan
Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, sitting in a wheelchair, addresses the nation during a televised speech in Buenos Aires announcing an attempt to disband SIDE, the country's intelligence agency.

Argentina’s president declares war on ‘the power behind the power’ — her country’s spies

Global Politics

The Secretaría de Inteligencia allegedly got its start helping Nazis move to Argentina. It’s now a powerful spy agency that the president of Argentina is blaming for the recent murder of a prosecutor, and is trying to disband.

A man looks at a poster placed on an advertising board that reads "Yesterday, Braden or Peron - Today: Griesa or Cristina", in Buenos Aires on July 29, 2014. Argentine debt negotiators held talks in New York on Tuesday with the U.S. mediator in the South

The new Argentine debt crisis resurrects painful memories and fears of economic disaster

Economics

Argentina defaulted for the second time in 13 years after last-ditch talks with US hedge funds collapsed. Many Argentines worry that unless a deal is reached, another default could crash the peso and lead to inflation and unemployment.Argentina defaulted for the second time in 13 years after last-ditch talks with US hedge funds collapsed. Many Argentines worry that unless a deal is reached, another default could crash the peso and lead to inflation and unemployment.

The World

Will Nestor Kirchner’s death leave a power vacuum in Argentina?

Global Politics

Nestor Kirchner, former Argentine president and husband to Argentina’s current leader, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday. Mark Jones of Rice University talks about what this leader’s death means for his country.

What would global cartoonists do without US spying revelations?

Global Scan

Continuing revelations from Edward Snowden are feeding the political humor mill around the world, as they also feed anger among US allies. In today’s Global Scan, we find at least one leader who doesn’t have to worry about US electronic eavesdropping. And we find new uses for ktichenware, from spamming to political protest.

A young supporter of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at an election rally. The president hopes to harness the power of teen voters at elections later this month.

Apathy? Argentina’s newly empowered teen voters say ‘no way’

Global Politics

“In general, we’re all lazy. No one wants to get up early on a Sunday 3morning to go vote.” That’s what one teenager in Argentina says, but national polls and others paint a drastically different picture.