Argentina 1919 La Semana Trágica ("The Tragic Week") witnessed the deaths of more than 100 protesters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a general strike was quashed with machine guns by the army and by employers' private...

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. After the internal conflicts of the 19th century, Buenos Aires was...

JULY I'm reliably informed that people visit Buenos Aires for reasons other than tango. Granted, it's quite a city, full of crumbling grandeur - and the resting place of one rather famous First Lady. But to me, as one of the more recent...

GETTING THERE: United Airlines offers overnight direct flights from Washington, arriving nine to 11 hours later. But because there is only a one- or two-hour time difference (depending on the season), you won't have to worry about jet lag. Other carriers offer connecting service,...

The idea came to Tito Loizeau in a Buenos Aires shopping mall three years ago: Build a Barbie-themed store and little girls and their parents' money will follow.Loizeau's marketing company had set up a small "House of Barbie" promotion for Mattel Inc. inside the mall....

Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital's first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region.Wet snow fell for hours in the Argentine capital, accumulating in a mushy but thin...