A yet-to-be-identified man has been apprehended following his assassination attempt on ex-Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Fernandez was welcomed by supporters outside her residence when a guy brandished a pistol at her – he was quickly overpowered by security personnel and taken into custody.
A video which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York shows a man in a throng of people pointing a gun at the vice president’s face from close range, however, the politician was lucky – the gun didn’t fire.
Following the event outside her Buenos Aires residence, Ms. de Kirchner was unharmed.
The …
PSG hitman Lionel Messi inspired Argentina to their second international trophy within one year on Wednesday, as they defeated Italy 3-0 in the 2022 Finalissima on Wednesday night.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Albiceleste ended their 18-year drought with silverware when they won the Copa America title in July 2021.
That title ensured their participation in the 2022 Finalissima against Italy, the European champions.
Inspired by the peerless Messi, Argentina raced into a two-goal lead in the first half of the prestigious friendly thanks to strikes from Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria.
Paulo Dybala capped Argentinaβs …
Argentina ended their 28-year title drought on Saturday morning when an Angel Di Maria goal gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil for a record-equalling 15th Copa America.
The victory was a personal addition for Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, who picked up his first-ever title in a blue and white shirt after more than a decade of club and individual honours.
Messi finished the tournamentβs joint-top goalscorer with four goals and was elected joint-best player along with Neymar.
But the talisman was barely instrumental throughout and uncharacteristically missed a golden opportunity to wrap the game up with two minutes …
Alberto Fernandez had long been a discreet backroom operator throughout his career in Argentine politics, but having been sworn in as president on Tuesday he announced big plans to rid the country of its political polarization.
Little known outside Buenos Aires politics until now, the 60-year-old law professor and Bob Dylan fan first burst onto the international stage by trouncing outgoing president Mauricio Macri in August primaries that were seen as a dress rehearsal for the presidential election.
Two months later he repeated the trick in elections, winning outright in the first round.
After he was sworn in on …
Diego Maradona has quit as coach of Argentinian Superliga side Gimnasia, less than three months after taking over, the club announced on Tuesday.
“Maradona is no longer the Gimnasia coach,” club president Gabriel Pellegrino said on Argentina’s Radio La Red.
“He said he was here to add to things, not to divide,” was Pellegrino’s explanation for the World Cup-winner’s decision.
Reports in Argentina suggested Maradona’s departure was linked to an imminent management shake-up at the club in La Plata, 50 kilometres from Buenos Aires.
Maradona was no longer keen on remaining at the club after Pellegrino, the man who brought …
The striker was then handed a three-month suspension for comments he made after the game, in which he accused CONMEBOL, the governing body of South American football, of corruption.
In Messiβs absence, Argentina has played four friendlies, drawing against Chile and Germany while beating Mexico
