Entertainment

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  60-year-old lawyer qualifies for Miss Argentina contest

  

  Sixty-year-old lawyer and journalist Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez was chosen to represent the province of Buenos Aires in the Miss Argentine for Miss Universe contest. The winner outperformed 34 other contenders to qualify for the May 25 showdown with candidates from the other territories, aged between 18 and 40. Buenos Aires' runner-up was aged 73.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 10:10 UTC

  South African sailboat in distress rescued by Uruguayan Navy

  

  A South African sailboat that declared an emergency some 400 kilometers off the exclusive beach resort of Punta del Este was rescued Monday by the Uruguayan Navy and escorted to La Paloma for repairs. The K'Lai lost one of her masts and was stranded at sea, it was explained.

• Monday, April 22nd 2024 - 12:24 UTC

  Plácido Domingo show marks reopening of bullfighting ring for cultural purposes

  

  Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo was the leading attraction on Saturday evening before a crowd of 3,300 at the newly-refurbished San Carlos Bullfighting ring in the Uruguay city of Colonia del Sacramento.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

  Commonwealth Games future in doubt: financial benefits clash with a post colonial legacy

  

  The 2026 edition of the Commonwealth Games, are again in trouble with no hosts on sight. In April 2022, the Australian state of Victoria was awarded hosting rights for the 2026 edition, when over 70 nations were expected to participate. But just over a year later, it backed out.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Louis Charles Baillon, the first Olympic gold medal for the Falklands, London 1908

  

  Argentina is usurping the name of Falkland Islands born Louis Charles Baillon, as the first “Argentine Malvinas” Islander to win a gold medal in the London 1908 Summer Olympics, 'mistakenly' playing for the wrong side, the English field hockey national team. Such are the reports in some Buenos Aires media who insist in considering Louis Baillon an Argentine, born in the Falklands, (Fox Bay 1881) and who left the Islands forever in 1888 when he was seven years old.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

  Presidents Peña and Lacalle Pou fly together to Uruguay

  

  After attending a South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) event in Luque on Thursday, Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou and Santiago Peña flew to Uruguay for further engagements.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 - 19:02 UTC

  Oldest man on earth dies aged 114

  

  Venezuelan national Juan Vicente Pérez Mora passed away Tuesday due to respiratory complications at the age of 114 in San José de Bolívar, Francisco de Miranda municipality, in the state of Táchira. He was certified by the Guinness World Record on Feb. 4, 2022, as the oldest man on earth. He had been born in El Cobre, Táchira State, on May 27, 1909.

• Monday, April 1st 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  Argentine woman arrested after taking her dog to be slaughtered

  

  A 55-year-old woman in the Argentine city of La Plata, capital of the Province of Buenos Aires, was arrested after showing up at her Villa Elvira neighborhood nearest butchers' to have her Golden Retriever pet dog slaughtered, it was reported Sunday. Store workers alerted the police and the animal was left in the care of a shelter. According to local media, the potential client also asked how much the service would cost her.

• Monday, March 25th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

  Paraguayan president gets along with Milei, but not quite so with Alberto

  

  Paraguayan President Santigo Peña said during a TV show aired this weekend in Buenos Aires that he had a tough time dealing with former Argentine President Alberto Fernández but was pretty much on the same page with Javier Milei.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 05:00 UTC

  Geoblocking restrictions you might face when traveling

  

  Traveling can be an exciting experience. You’ll be able to see the Wonders of the World while sampling street food that rivals top-tier restaurants. Even just the chance of being able to immerse yourself in a foreign culture presents opportunities, so it’s no surprise that more and more people are choosing to live their lives on the road. With that being said, traveling the world does come with its challenges, one of the biggest being geoblocking.