Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, who fled into exile during dictatorship, dies aged 103
Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala dies aged 103 Defiant Diego Maradona offers no apology for profanity-filled tirade on live televisionBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Diego Maradona won’t apologize for a profanity-filled tirade on live TV that prompted a FIFA investigation and could result in a five-game suspension and nearly $20,000 fine for the Argentina coach. Argentines line streets, applauding in honor as hearse carries folk legend Mercedes Sosa awayBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentines bid farewell to folk singer and human rights activist Mercedes Sosa with flowers and cheers Monday as her body was taken from Congress to the capital’s Chacarita cemetery. Argentine folk legend Mercedes Sosa dies, inspired opponents of Latin America’s dictatorshipsBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the “voice of Latin America” whose music inspired opponents of South America’s brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. She was 74. Doctors: Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa in ‘pharmacological coma,’ organs weakeningBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Doctors say Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa’s health is deteriorating further at the Buenos Aires clinic where she is in critical condition. Famed Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa hospitalized, breathing with a respiratorBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa was in critical condition, breathing on a respirator after suffering liver, kidney, heart and breathing problems. Her son said it’s a time for prayer. Japanese couple swirls to top honors in Argentina’s World Tango competitionBUENOS AIRES — A Japanese couple outdanced the Argentines and more to win the traditional salon category at the Tango Dance World Championship. Well-traveled rare American goose decoy to be auctioned in NYC after time in Pa., ArgentinaNEW YORK — A rare, 19th century hand-carved goose decoy that once plied Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River before being sold in Argentina, and considered by some to be a floating sculpture, is going on the auction block. It could bring in as much as $400,000. Correction: Argentina-Opus Dei Film storyBUENOS AIRES — In an Aug. 24 story about a biopic of Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the film is being financed by the Catholic organization. The films investors include Opus Dei members, but the organization itself is not funding the film, according to Opus Dei spokesman Brian Finnerty. Director Roland Joffe in Argentina filming controversial Opeu Dei-funded movie on founder
SC first lady calls husband’s actions ‘inexcusable’ but says she is willing to forgiveCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman “inexcusable” but said Thursday she is willing to forgive him. Book ‘I could not write’: Robert Cox’s tale of confronting Argentine junta told by sonCHARLESTON, S.C. — Robert Cox risked his life chronicling the first years of Argentina’s Dirty War (1976-83) that left thousands missing. Decades later, though, he still couldn’t bear to write his own story of confronting a deadly junta. 2009 Pritzker Prize recipient Peter Zumthor compares creative process to love affairBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Peter Zumthor, winner of the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize, compares his creative process to the arc of a love affair. |
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