Arturo, the only remaining polar bear in the Mendoza Zoo outside of Buenos Aires, has been dubbed the "world's saddest polar bear" by animal rights activists, and for good reason. (If there is a sadder polar bear out there, then I'm pretty sure that we have no way of being sure that our earth isn't a terrible… » 7/14/14 6:15pm 7/14/14 6:15pm

The focus of this week's episode of the U.K.'s Secrets of South America was Argentina (last week's, featuring the clip of the beauty queen with mesh sewn to her tongue, was Venezuela). The show, a sort of modern imagining of the Prosperi/Jacopetti Mondo movies as hosted by a perky cross between Alexa Chung and Fiona… » 2/13/14 5:19pm 2/13/14 5:19pm

Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, is going to take a month off after doctors informed her Saturday that she had a “chronic subdural collection” stemming from “skull trauma” she suffered back on Aug. 12. » 10/06/13 1:15pm 10/06/13 1:15pm

The people of Pico Truncado, Argentina bore witness to a not-so-touching Valentine's Day marriage this on Thursday when Edith Casas married the man currently incarcerated for killing her twin sister. Romance! Chalk candies! Long-con revenge plot? » 2/17/13 12:30pm 2/17/13 12:30pm

A helpful new law that simplifies the process for changing one's name and gender on an ID card (and covers sex procedures like sex reassignment under health care) aims to make joining the mainstream population a much more attainable goal for transgender citizens in Argentina. In other countries, the gender/name change… » 10/02/12 12:25pm 10/02/12 12:25pm

Argentina's Martin Rodriguez, bottom, is tackled by South Africa's Francois Hougaard during their Rugby Championship second round match in Mendoza, Argentina, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) » 8/26/12 2:30pm 8/26/12 2:30pm

Wow: Argentina just passed an unprecedented "Gender Identity" law that will allow adults seeking sex-change surgery or hormone therapy to get expenses covered under private or public health plans without a stamp of approval from a doctor or judge. » 5/10/12 1:20pm 5/10/12 1:20pm

For Analia Bouguet the past week has been the very definition of an emotional rollercoaster. First the woman, who lives in Argentina, gave birth in her local hospital to a baby that was born three months premature. The girl was pronounced stillborn immediately. Without allowing Analia to see the baby, they sent her… » 4/12/12 10:00am 4/12/12 10:00am

Long believed to be a mythical archipelago populated exclusively by penguins and three elderly British wizarding couples who all have tea together on Sundays and exchange potion recipes, the Falkland Islands recently proved that it is a very real and newsworthy place when one of the local papers, Penguin News, took a… » 2/12/12 2:30pm 2/12/12 2:30pm

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… » 12/28/11 5:45pm 12/28/11 5:45pm

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… » 12/28/11 10:30am 12/28/11 10:30am

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… » 12/20/11 11:55pm 12/20/11 11:55pm

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) » 7/31/11 6:08pm 7/31/11 6:08pm

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! » 12/26/10 3:35pm 12/26/10 3:35pm

[Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 26: Tattooist Victor Peralta pierces the lip of an unnamed woman during the Tattoame tattoo exhibition. Image via AP.] » 11/27/10 5:50pm 11/27/10 5:50pm

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.'" » 11/01/10 10:08am 11/01/10 10:08am

[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] » 8/30/10 7:39pm 8/30/10 7:39pm

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. » 7/16/10 2:08pm 7/16/10 2:08pm

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. » 7/15/10 9:56am 7/15/10 9:56am

[Rosario, Argentina; June 9. Image via Getty] » 6/10/10 1:10pm 6/10/10 1:10pm