Fiona Ortiz
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/ 4 February 2008

Argentina sees comeback of tango

Tango impresario Juan Fabbri can’t get a table at the 500-seat dinner theatre he runs. That’s because Esquina Carlos Gardel in Buenos Aires is packed with tourists every night. Fabbri’s clients pay to each to slice into steaks while watching a movie about the 19th century roots of tango, Argentina’s signature melancholy music and dance.

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/ 29 October 2007

Argentina’s First Lady cruises to victory

Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband’s popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country’s first elected woman leader. Fernandez, a glamorous lawyer and centre-left senator, will take over from President Nestor Kirchner in December.