Read more Argentina stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3944/argentina.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74219/buenos-aires-grants-first-gay-marriage-license.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital yesterday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that a ban on gay marriage violates...http://www.newser.com/story/74219/buenos-aires-grants-first-gay-marriage-license.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 9:17:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71029/two-pilots-face-extradition-in-dirty-war-death-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo Argentines charged with piloting notorious "death flights" during the country's brutal military dictatorship are facing extradition. The pilots, one arrested in Argentina and the other in Spain, are accused of flying the flights from which more than 1,000 drugged and blindfolded students, intellectuals, and trade unionists were hurled...http://www.newser.com/story/71029/two-pilots-face-extradition-in-dirty-war-death-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 5:23:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70920/voice-of-latin-america-mercedes-sosa-dead-at-74.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMercedes Sosa, the Argentine folk singer who became a powerful voice of resistance to authoritarian Latin American regimes, died today in Buenos Aires. A leading light of the "nueva canción" (new song) movement that pushed for social justice in the 1960s and '70s, Sosa was 74. "It's hard to overestimate...http://www.newser.com/story/70920/voice-of-latin-america-mercedes-sosa-dead-at-74.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 14:31:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70682/uns-dance-dance-resolution-protect-the-tango.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tango is a cultural treasure worthy of the same kinds of protection as the Great Wall of China or the California redwoods, the United Nations declared today. The dance, submitted for such recognition by Uruguay and Argentina, “embodies and encourages diversity and cultural dialogue,” the UN Educational, Scientific and...http://www.newser.com/story/70682/uns-dance-dance-resolution-protect-the-tango.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70121/spain-nabs-alleged-pilot-in-dirty-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpanish police have arrested a commercial pilot they say flew "death flights" that dumped political malcontents into the sea for Argentina's junta during the Dirty War, the BBC reports. Julio Alberto Poch was nabbed in Valencia as he was preparing to fly a Transavia passenger plane to Amsterdam.http://www.newser.com/story/70121/spain-nabs-alleged-pilot-in-dirty-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 12:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69411/del-potro-dethrones-federer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJuan Martin del Potro dethroned five-time defending US Open champ Roger Federer today, the New York Times reports, earning his first Grand Slam title with a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory. Del Potro, a 20-year-old from Argentina, had never beaten Federer, the 28-year-old Swiss who has won...http://www.newser.com/story/69411/del-potro-dethrones-federer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 20:00:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67857/sanford-i-wont-be-railroaded-out-of-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign today, two months after he admitted an affair, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office and plans to finish his term. At a news conference hours after Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer called for him to step...http://www.newser.com/story/67857/sanford-i-wont-be-railroaded-out-of-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 18:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67787/argentina-court-rules-pot-prosecution-unconstitutional.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Argentine supreme court yesterday ruled against punishing personal use of marijuana, calling such laws unconstitutional, the BBC reports. Argentina joins a growing wave of Latin American countries supporting decriminalizing personal use of the drug, a marked contrast to US-backed drug war policy. Perhaps hoping to deflect criticism from churches...http://www.newser.com/story/67787/argentina-court-rules-pot-prosecution-unconstitutional.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 2:37:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67489/ahmadinejad-taps-fugitive-for-iran-cabinet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s pick for Iran’s defense minister is wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina, the Guardian reports. Eight-five were killed and 150 injured in the attack, the worst on a Jewish target outside Israel since World War II; Ahmad Vahidi was at...http://www.newser.com/story/67489/ahmadinejad-taps-fugitive-for-iran-cabinet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 21:35:01 CDT