Outbreaks of looting have spread across Argentina as mobs take advantage of strikes by police demanding pay raises to match inflation.

Opponents of Argentina’s president are pouncing on a warning she gave to her government appointees, saying it has no place in a democracy.

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.

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