The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ruled Argentina's maritime territory includes the area around the Falklands—a blow to British offshore oil interests.
Obama's visit to Argentina on the 40th anniversary of the coup that opened the "Dirty War" met protests—but he pledged to release files on US complicity in the atrocities.
Peruvian journalist Walter Chávez, a key campaign advisor to Bolivian president Evo Morales, was arrested in Argentina on charges of collaboration with the MRTA guerillas.
A court in Buenos Aires found that Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was the victim of murder, allowing a long-stalled investigation of his death to go forward.
Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear-gas at protesting public-sector workers laid off by budget cuts mandated under new President Mauricio Macri in Argentina's La Plata.
Residents in the Argentine town of Famatina celebrated a major victory as La Rioja provincial authorities announced cancellation of a gold mine project following local protests.
Police troops broke up a roadblock at San Juan Jáchal, Argentina, where residents are mobilizing in the wake of last month's cyanide spill at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine.
Thousands of protesters marched on government offices in Argentina's Chaco province after housing advocate Angel Verón died from wounds sustained in a beating by police.
A peaceful march against a gold mine in Argentina's La Rioja province was dispersed by police using tear-gas and rubber bullets to enforce a court order barring protests at the site.
Residents of a town in northwest Argentina took to the streets in protest after a pipe carrying cyanide to Barrick Gold's Veladero mine fractured and spilled its contents in the area.
Indigenous Mapuche residents blocked access to oil and gas wells to press demands over territorial rights, nearly shutting down production in Argentina's Neuquén province.
A transport strike to oppose a wage cap in Argentina brought Buenos Aires to a standstill, but pro-government labor unions called the walk-out politically motivated.
