Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem has been charged with tax fraud, accused of failing to declare a Swiss bank account containing £400,000 in US dollars.

Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem has been charged with tax fraud, accused of failing to declare a Swiss bank account containing €569,000 in US dollars.

Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem was today charged with tax fraud, accused of failing to declare a Swiss bank account containing €272,760 in US dollars.

Former Argentine President Carlos Menem has become a father again at the age of 73.

FORMER president Carlos Menem and Santa Cruz province Governor Nestor Kirchner will face off in Argentina’s first-ever presidential run-off on May 18, battling it out over how best to solve the crisis that has crippled Latin America’s third-largest economy.

The Argentinian presidential election on Sunday will be one of the closest in decades, according to opinion polls today.

Relatives of former Argentinean president Carlos Menem today denied claims that Iran bribed him to cover up a 1994 anti-Jewish bombing that killed 84 people.

Tens of thousands of Argentines gathered in Buenos Aires’ central square to mark the 26th anniversary of the country’s last military coup.

Argentina teetered on the brink of economic collapse today after anti-government protests and looting prompted the president to declare a state of siege and the entire cabinet to resign.

Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was arrested today as part of an investigation into illegal arms sales by his government during the 1990s, local media reported.