An Argentine prosecutor found dead in mysterious circumstances last month had drafted a request that President Cristina Fernandez be arrested for conspiring to derail his probe into the deadly bombing of a Jewish centre, the investigator into his death said.

The man who gave Argentinean prosecutor Alberto Nisman the pistol that killed him said Nisman feared for the safety of his daughters and did not trust the policemen protecting him.

Argentina’s president has called for an overhaul of the country’s intelligence services, using her first public comments since the mysterious death of a prosecutor to reject accusations against her.

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez said she’s “convinced” prosecutor Alberto Nisman did not commit suicide as more questions arose into the death of the man who had accused the president of a cover-up in the nation’s worst terrorist attack.

Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez says she’s “convinced” prosecutor Alberto Nisman did not die by suicide.

A special prosecutor who had accused Argentine president Cristina Fernandez of ordering impunity for Iranian suspects in the South American country’s worst terrorist attack has been found shot dead, authorities said.

As the USA’s “war on drugs” was fought in Mexico and Colombia, the drug lords were forced to move further and further south until they found a home, and some believe, a willing sponsor, in South America’s second largest country says Almudena Calatrava

Talks aimed at averting Argentina’s second default in 13 years has ended with bitter recriminations as the South American country said it could not accept a deal with US hedge fund creditors it dismisses as “vultures”.

Argentina’s second largest city has been rocked by waves of looting and robberies after police went on strike for higher pay .

Britain will not invite the Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral next week in a snub likely to deepen a long-running diplomatic dispute over the Falkland Islands.

Merkel, Biden and president Higgins among VIPs attending, reports Catherine Shanahan in Rome

By abandoning much of the baroque pomp of his predecessor Benedict, the new pope has already won many admirers, write Philip Pullella and Catherine Hornby

Pope Francis is the first ever from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernised Argentina’s conservative Catholic church.

Brian Murphy and Michael Warren profile the man formally known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio

Argentina squared off with a group of US hedge funds in a court case that has the potential to unravel its deals over the past decade to emerge from a $100bn (€76bn) pile of bad national debt.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has defended the Olympic movement's protection of their sponsors but insisted London 2012 spectators will not be prevented from wearing T-shirts bearing branding of rivals.

William Hague hit out at Argentina tonight after the government said it was seizing a Spanish-controlled energy firm.

British defence secretary Philip Hammond rejected claims that Britain would be unable to defend the Falklands against an Argentinian assault as both countries marked the 30-year anniversary of the war in the South Atlantic.

Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez’s campaign to force Britain to hand over the Falkland Islands may have reached its high point with the 30th anniversary of her country’s failed occupation of the remote South Atlantic archipelago.

Spain’s new conservative government approved sweeping labour market reforms as part of a drive to revive a sick economy and solve Europe’s worst unemployment nightmare – a jobless rate of nearly 23%.

ARGENTINE president Cristina Fernandez does not have cancer, top doctors say.

Argentina’s president was recovering tonight after an operation to remove her cancerous thyroid gland.

Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez got nearly half the votes against a divided opposition in a primary, giving her re-election campaign a feeling of invincibility.

Argentina's president has publically criticised David Cameron after remarks the British Prime Minister made about the Falkland Islands.

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla was sentenced to life in prison for the torture and murder of 31 prisoners in 1976.

Thousands of shocked Argentines gathered early today to pay tribute to former president Nestor Kirchner, who died suddenly of a heart attack.

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner died today after suffering heart attacks, state television said.

Argentina asked for US help in resolving the brewing dispute with the UK over the Falkland Islands, where Britain has begun drilling for oil.

Tensions between the UK and Argentina mounted today as a British oil rig began drilling off the Falkland Islands.

Ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he doubted he would live to see the end of Barack Obama’s four-year US presidential term and instructed officials to start making decisions without him.

Ailing ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro has broken a five-week silence with an essay in which he calls US president Barack Obama “honest” in his ideas.

Argentina’s government is to buy back troubled Aerolineas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral from a Spanish travel conglomerate.

A summit of Latin American leaders aimed at cooling Colombia’s growing border crisis turned into an angry showdown today, with the president of Colombia accusing his Ecuadorian counterpart of having been financed by Colombian rebels.

Cristina Fernandez was being sworn in as Argentina’s first elected female president today, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure continued recovery from an economic meltdown.