The Pigeon Express
An Argentine football player was arrested after punching a female referee in the back of the head during a match between Deportivo Garmense and Deportivo Independencia in a regional league in Buenos Aires. In interviews with local media outlets, referee Dalma Magali Cortadi said she had awarded a foul against Garmense player Cristian Tirone who […]
Adulterated cocaine has killed at least 20 people and left 74 in hospitals around the Buenos Aires region of Argentina, the authorities say. Investigators believe the illegal drug was either laced with some kind of poison or “cut” with another substance. The regional security minister called on any users who had bought cocaine in the […]
Thousands of truck drivers from Argentina were stuck at the Chilean border on Saturday due to slow Covid-19 testing, as Chile faced its second transport delay crisis. Since January 21, more than 3,000 trucks have been stranded at the customs checkpoint of Cristo Redentor in Mendoza, according to the Argentinean Federation of Business Entities for […]
A 13-year-old girl had her toe chewed off after she came under attack from piranhas while she was sitting near the bank with her legs inside the Parana River in Santa Fe in South America’s Argentina. According to a Daily Star report, 30 other people, who were cooling down in the river, were also left […]
An alleged double murderer who has been dubbed as the ‘Catman’ was removed from a court room in Argentina after he made a meowing sound 55 times during the hearing. Israeli Nicolas Gil Pereg, who is charged with killing his mother and aunt, was taken down to the cells after answering questions from the judge […]
Dinosaurs loved to gather gossip 200 million years ago, researchers have found. The giant beasts hung out in groups and probably had a way of chatting, they believe. The rethink follows the discovery of a nesting site belonging to mussaurus, a giraffe-sized early ancestor of long-necked dinosaurs such as brachiosaurus. Palaeontologist Diego Pol, 47 told reporters: […]
Physical debris obtained through on field research of alleged UFO crashes in Colombia and Argentina, is now being studied by scientists. Dr. Jacques Vallée purportedly collected metal debris from UFO cases dating as far back as 1947 Now a team of experts are analyzing them in a state-of-the-art laboratory at Stanford University. The breakthrough has […]
Brazil and Argentina’s World Cup qualifier was abandoned just minutes after kick-off on Sunday after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of three Argentine players they believe broke quarantine rules. The visitors walked off the pitch at the Corinthians Arena after the officials came out to stop the game. The dramatic intervention came hours […]
President Alberto Fernandez of Argentina faces charges for allegedly breaking a mandatory quarantine when he and his partner hosted a birthday party with friends last year. Local media outlets Dailies Clarin and La Nacion reported the news, citing prosecutors. The case against Fernandez has grabbed headlines in past weeks as Argentina imposed stricter lockdowns than most […]
Hernán Mastrángelo, a 100-year-old man in Argentina, has gone viral after it emerged that for years he had been taking handwritten notes of almost every goal scored by local hero and Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Mastrángelo, a chocolate maker by profession, made it his hobby to keep track of each of Messi’s goals, an achievement […]
Football icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a “prolonged, agonising period” before his death last year, an expert medical panel has concluded. The 60-year-old Argentinian succumbed to a heart attack on November 25, just weeks after undergoing brain surgery on a blood clot. His passing prompted a […]
Crowds attacked a minibus carrying Argentina’s president, Alberto Fernández, in the country’s Patagonia region. Dozens of protesters gathered around Mr Fernández and threw stones and punched his vehicle outside a community centre in the southern province of Chubut. The president was visiting an area devastated by forest fires, which have killed one person and injured […]