Carlos Sául Menem (born 1930) was the first Peronist president to come to power in Argentina after the overthrow of Isabel Perón by the military in 1976 and the first legally elected civilian president to succeed another civilian...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former model Carla Bruni join a long list of politician-celebrity couples who have made headlines. Some others:Argentine President Carlos Menem and former Miss Universe Cecilia Bolocco of Chile.The president, 77, married Bolocco, 42, in 2001, but announced in May 2007...

A federal court threw out amnesties Wednesday for two leaders of Argentina's military dictatorship, saying they must serve their life terms in prison for crimes against humanity.Former military President Jorge Videla and Navy chief Eduardo Massera were leading members of the 1976-1983 military junta that...

Perhaps Argentines aren't so leftist after all.Polls suggest President Nestor Kirchner's conservative, pro-market rivals will take control of Argentina's capital city on Sunday, despite Kirchner's personal intervention in the mayoral race.That's bad for the ruling center-left coalition, which has framed the city election as a...

President Nestor Kirchner has tapped his wife to take his place as the ruling coalition candidate in October presidential elections, the official government news agency said late Sunday.The Telam agency quoted the president's Cabinet chief as saying Kirchner's powerful wife, Sen. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,...