The world is still learning much about the life and history of Pope Francis, and now the Vatican finds itself having to directly confront the most troubling story from his early life in Argentina.
A woman in Argentina says that her rejection of a young male suitor more than 60 years ago, drove the heartsick boy to join the priesthood. Oh, and his name just happened to be Jorge Bergoglio.
The Argentine Chamber of Deputies got into a little scuffle on Wednesday afternoon after Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named Pope Francis. Weird, right? You'd think they'd be celebrating.
You may have heard about former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's engagement to his longtime Argentine girlfriend, but did you catch the best part?
In news that ought to give pause to mass transit commuters everywhere, 49 are reportedly dead and 550 injured in a gruesome-looking (and sadly not unusual) train crash this morning in Buenos Aires.
Penguin News, a Falkland Island newspaper, slyly called Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner a "bitch" and, yes, people noticed.
The heir to the British throne, Prince William, also happens to be a helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force -- which means that from time to time he must take part in actual military missions, even when they have a whiff of colonialism.
A judge just sentenced Reynaldo Bignone, former leader of Argentina's military junta, to 15 years in prison for setting up a torture center in a hospital basement during the 1976 coup.
Yep, it's another controversial statement from Hugo Chavez -- but he really seems to dial up the Nut-O-Meter to 11 with this cancer conspiracy theory.
While the last shuddersome condom ad campaign from abroad has fake unborn children friend-requesting men, it's hardly the first bizarre way foreigns have peddles their rubbers.
Even historic defaulter Argentina can't believe a debt ceiling deal hasn't been reached yet
Or a lesson in how gaffes can be global
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