Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

The Secretaría de Inteligencia allegedly got its start helping Nazis move to Argentina. It’s now a powerful spy agency that the president of Argentina is blaming for the recent murder of a prosecutor, and is trying to disband.

Argentina defaulted for the second time in 13 years after last-ditch talks with US hedge funds collapsed. Many Argentines worry that unless a deal is reached, another default could crash the peso and lead to inflation and unemployment.Argentina defaulted for the second time in 13 years after last-ditch talks with US hedge funds collapsed. Many Argentines worry that unless a deal is reached, another default could crash the peso and lead to inflation and unemployment.

Nestor Kirchner, former Argentine president and husband to Argentina’s current leader, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday. Mark Jones of Rice University talks about what this leader’s death means for his country.

“In general, we’re all lazy. No one wants to get up early on a Sunday 3morning to go vote.” That’s what one teenager in Argentina says, but national polls and others paint a drastically different picture.

Many Argentines prefer to convert their pesos into dollars complicating the government efforts to repay Argentina’s foreign debt.