Jezebel: Argentina

Hugo Chavez Subtly Suggests That The U.S. Government Is Shooting World Leaders Full Of Cancer

Cassie Murdoch — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:45:00 EST

After Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the president of Argentina, was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's disturbingly kooky president, has begun insinuating that perhaps the United States is running around secretly infecting his region's leaders with the disease. His proof? Five Latin American presidents have recently suffered from cancer, a number which includes Mr. Chavez himself. He claims he's been cured of his disease, though he never disclosed what kind of cancer he had. (Probably the secret American kind!) Here's what Chavez said in a speech to the military on national TV: More »

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Diagnosed With Cancer

Jessica Coen — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:30:00 EST

Just two months after her re-election to a second term, Argentina's popular president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, 58, has thyroid cancer. With early detection and treatment, the survival rate is high, and Kirchner's prognosis is good; the cancer hasn't metastasized or spread to her lymph nodes. She plans to step away for about three weeks starting next week. Her husband, former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, passed away last year after a heart attack. More »

Eva Perón Was Lobotomized As Part Of Cervical Cancer Treatment

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:55:00 EST

New research provides a sad look at both the last days of former Argentinian first lady Eva Perón and how severe pain caused by cancer and other diseases was sometimes treated back in the 1950s. It's well-known that Perón died of cervical cancer when she was only 33, but a Yale researcher says that several months before she died "Evita" was given a lobotomy. More »

Presidente, Presidente

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:08:00 EDT

Brasilia, Brasil, July 29: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, right, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speak during a welcoming ceremony at the Planalto Palace. Fernandez is on a one-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) More »

Argentina's Gay Wedding Industry Booming

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:35:00 EST

Even during the recession, Argentina, the only South American country where it's legal for gays to marry, is experiencing a bit of a boom. Dear American Government: Legalize gay marriage. Many fabulous careers depend on it! More »

I Want to Be Adorned

Lauri Apple — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:50:59 EST

[Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 26: Tattooist Victor Peralta pierces the lip of an unnamed woman during the Tattoame tattoo exhibition. Image via AP.]

Brazil Elects First Female President

Irin Carmon — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:08:55 EDT

Dilma Rousseff was elected Brazil's first female president yesterday. She said in her victory speech that she wanted "fathers and mothers to look their daughters in the eyes and say, 'Yes, a woman can.'" More »

Amazing Arms, Courtesy Of World-Class Field Hockey Players

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:39:00 EDT

[Rosario, Argentina; August 29. Spain's Montse Cruz, left, battles for the ball with England's Kerry Williams during a 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup match in Rosario, Argentina. Image via AP]

Mexico City Offers Free Honeymoon To Argentina's First Gay Couple

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:08:00 EDT

To "promote gay-friendly tourism in Mexico City," the tourism minister has offered a free honeymoon to the first gay couple to wed in Argentina, which yesterday became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. More »

Argentina Has Common Sense, Legalizes Gay Marriage

Irin Carmon — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:56:00 EDT

At 4am local time, after fourteen hours of debate, with thousands of protesters outside in the frigid cold, Argentina's Senate voted to legalize gay marriage and adoption, making it the first Latin American country to do so. More »

The Eyes Have It

Anna Holmes — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:10:00 EDT

[Rosario, Argentina; June 9. Image via Getty]

Cape/Horn

Anna Holmes — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:10:00 EDT

[Buenos Aires, March 17. Image via Getty]

Annie Get Your Gun

Anna Holmes — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:10:00 EST

[Buenos Aires, January 17. Image via Getty]

The Icing On The Cake

Anna Holmes — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:10:00 EST

[Buenos Aires, December 1. Image via Getty]

"A Woman Who Had Everything Lost Her Life For A Firmer Behind"

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:40:00 EST

Solange Magnano, a former Miss Argentina, died on Sunday from complications caused by plastic surgery. She went in for a gluteoplasty, but the procedure somehow went wrong, and wound up killing the 37-year-old beauty queen. [CNN, MSNBC] More »

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina

Anna Holmes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:10:00 EST

[Buenos Aires, November 7. Image via Getty]

Bang The Drum Slowly

Anna Holmes — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:15:00 EST

[Buenos Aires, November 3. Image via Getty]

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina

Anna Holmes — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:10:00 EDT

[Buenos Aires, October 20. Image via Getty]

Fringe Group

Anna Holmes — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:10:00 EDT

[Buenos Aires, September 30. Image via Getty]

Riders On The Storm

Anna Holmes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:10:00 EDT

[Sao Paulo, September 8. Image via Getty]

They Call Her La Tigresa, The Tigress

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:30:00 EDT

Meet Marcela Acuña, Argentina's junior featherweight boxing champion and candidate for city council in the Peronist party in Sunday's midterm elections. Eva Peron inspires her: "She faced obstacles and she wasn't accepted by everybody, but she never stopped caring." [WSJ] More »

South Carolinians React To Governor Sanford's Tearful Confession

Megan Carpentier — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

When Mark Sanford took to the airwaves to apologize for his affair, he took the time to apologize not just to his wife, his children and mistress, but the people of South Carolina. Here's how some of them reacted. More »

Bow Wow Wow

Maria — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:20:00 EDT

Wow: A newborn baby girl who was abandoned by her 14-year-old mother was found naked, dirty, but being cared for by a mother dog and her new pack of pups in La Plata, Argentina. A farmer found the hours-old baby being kept warm by the mother dog (it is currently winter in Argentina) and although the baby had a few bruises she appeared to be in good health. It is not clear whether the child's mother left the baby with the dogs or if the mother dog found the baby on her own, but this story may show that dogs really do adopt a sense of morality when they are domesticated, as a recent study has suggested. [Reuters, Daily Mail] More »

Paco, a crude, yellow-colored type of crack...

Jessica G. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:45:00 EST

Paco, a crude, yellow-colored type of crack cocaine is ravaging the slums of Ciudad Oculta, Argentina, and one mother is doing her part to stop the vicious cycle. Bilma Acuña, 46, has formed a support group for mothers of Paco addicts, and according to the IHT, Bilma " fields dozens of calls a week from mothers seeking help with their children's addictions. She refers some to government-run psychiatric clinics, and urges others, some of whom are recovering from addiction themselves, to join the group." Her life has been ravaged by drugs: one of Bilma's sons, David, was killed by drug dealers at 16. Two of her other sons, Eche and Leandro, are addicted to Paco. Eche has been drug-free since October (and his fourth stint in rehab) and told the IHT, "Right now I can see all the little kids lining up to buy...Paco is a plague. Somehow we need to protect them from this." [IHT] More »

Help The Ugly, Tax The Pretty

Jennifer — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:40:00 EST

The ugly of South America have a new ally: The BBC reports that writer Gonzalo Otalora is taking to the streets for the cause of the less-than-beautiful, demanding that the Argentine government ensure equality for those possessing less-than-lovely looks by, among other things, taxing companies that "help us to think that way, that beauty is only aesthetics." (Do you hear him, Conde Nast?) Otalora, the author of the new book Feo! ("Ugly!"), feels that the homelier suffer at the hands of the handsome. He would know!

"I was a child with thick glasses, spots and braces. The kids made fun of me at school. Later the girls rejected me in the discos. And then when I was looking for work, I felt so ugly and insecure that I was rejected again and left without a job.

Buenos Aires, Where The Barbie Dream House Becomes A Reality

dodai — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:00:00 EST

When Tito Lizenau's marketing company set up a small "House Of Barbie" in a mall in Buenos Aires, he was amazed at the reaction: Girls waited for hours to get in, and their mothers wanted to buy the clothes he'd hung up as decoration, even though they had nothing to do with Barbie. So Lizenau persuaded Mattel to license a Barbie "fashion-tainment" venue — he and two associates put up half a million dollars of their own money — and the Barbie Store opened in September. Located in the chic Palermo neighborhood, the boutique features a $7 an hour playroom (which can be rented for birthday parties and special events), with dolls, toys, costumes, makeup, jewelry and a catwalk. More »

Men Bend It Like Their Imaginary Celebrity Girlfriends!

amparry — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:30:06 EDT

Workout craze pilates isn't just for rich white women like Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston anymore! It's for rich, beefy white dudes too. [LA Times]