Buenos aires
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A young man pedestrian drowned himself to the tracks at the path of a train line San Martín near the level crossing at Honduras street in Palermo neighbourhood. Train service was interrupted for two hours during rush hour before.
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Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died at the age of 87 years. Jorge Rafael Videla is a former senior commander in the Argentine Army who was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981.
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Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva met with the Argentinian premier, Cristina Kirchner, to inaugurate the Metroplitan University for Education and jobs (Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo) in Buenos Aires.
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The newly elected president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, gave a speech in Buenos Aires to crowds of supporters, many waving Venezuelan national flags.
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A group of retirees held a rally in the capital Buenos Aires demanding an increase in their pensions and in opposition to the planned closure of some services in the French Hospital.
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People gather at Plaza de Mayo, in Argentine Capital, to support the legalization of marijuana.
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People take part in a rally to support marijuana decriminalization in Buenos Aires.
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by Katie LinHipódromo Argentino de Palermo hosts one of the country's biggest international horse-racing events of the year in Buenos Aires.
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The International Workers Day was celebrated in Buenos Aires with marches and rallies sponsored by left-wing parties. People with banners demanding better salaries, justice in the work place and an end to patronage corruption attended the rally.
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by Katie LinAs lawmakers debate judicial reform, politicians address the public outside of the National Congress in Buenos Aires. The poor state of the justice system in Argentina has been one of the principal causes behind recent anti-government protests.
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Paraguayans in Argentina vote for their candidates in the elections to be held in their country. Over 16 thousand Paraguayans were registered and voted in Buenos Aires and in the provinces of Corrientes and Formosa.
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Argentinians turned out onto the streets to protest against the government of Cristina Fernandes de Kirchner. In Buenos Aires, thousands gathered at the Obelisk and marched towards Plaza de Mayo.
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by Katie LinMario Poli is inaugurated as the new archbishop of Buenos Aires and successor of Jorge Bergoglio, who was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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The favourite designer of the new Dutch (The Netherlands) queen Maxima Zorreguieta is the Argentine Benito Fernandez.
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Labor Party members get life imprisonment for the murder of Mariano Ferreyra, who was killed on in 2010 while participating in a claim for outsourced workers among the defendants is the secretary general of the Union
