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/ 5 November 2007
A fire set by inmates swept through a prison in a north-eastern Argentine city, killing at least 29 people, authorities said on Monday. Many of the deaths were caused by asphyxiation as inmates were overcome by smoke, said Ricardo Daives, Justice Minister for the Santiago del Estero province.
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/ 30 October 2007
It wasn’t that long ago that the air in Buenos Aires was heavy with anguish prompted by a collapsing national economy. Now it seems the breeze is filled with the tunes of tango and men’s cologne. The Argentinian capital is riding high on a tourist boom — one that relies in part on two new kinds of visitors: tango students and gay people.