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The Buenos Aires Times newspaper – News from Argentina and beyond in English. A weekly journal you can find inside @perfildiario, every Saturday.
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    Oct 26, 2020
    #LatinAmerica #Chile Chile voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to scrap its Pinochet-era constitution and draft a new one. With 36% of votes counted, 77.7% backed a fresh charter, a key demand by protesters that took to the streets last year in huge numbers.
    Aerial view showing demonstrators supporting the reform of the Chilean Constitution waiting for the referendum's official results at Plaza Italia square in Santiago on October 25, 2020.
    Chileans overwhelmingly vote to scrap Pinochet-era constitution
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    Oct 29, 2022
    #BTS #Jin #ArJINtina K-pop superstar Jin draws fans in huge numbers as he performed new single 'The Astronaut' alongside Coldplay at River Plate's Monumental stadium; Performance is last before he heads off to perform mandatory military service.
    Jin performs with Coldplay, pictured with singer Chris Martin, during the British band's concert in Buenos Aires.
    K-pop star Jin performs with Coldplay on 'magical night' in Buenos Aires
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    Nov 25, 2020
    #Maradona #Diego #Football #Sport The body of Diego Maradona, the legendary footballer who died Wednesday at the age of 60, will lie in state at the Casa Rosada for three days starting Thursday, government confirms.
    A scientific police van carrying football star Diego Maradona death body leaves the gated community where he died, in Benavidez, Buenos Aires Province, on November 25, 2020.
    Maradona's body to lie in state at Casa Rosada
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    Nov 26, 2020
    #Argentina #Maradona #Diego #GraciasDiego #Football #BuenosAires Officials make preparations for Maradona's wake at Casa Rosada. Government estimates as many as one million people will want to pay their respects to legendary late footballer.
    View of an improvised altar set up by fans of Argentinos Juniors, where Diego Maradona began his career, outside the club's Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in La Paternal.
    Argentina prepares for a huge and emotional farewell to Maradona
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    Oct 27, 2022
    #Argentina #BTS #ArJINtina BTS singer and international heart-throb Jin draws out thousands of Argentine fans in advance of live Coldplay collab.
    A fan of the South Korean band BTS shows her cellphone covered with a picture of the band members while camping near River Plate's Monumental stadium to attend Coldplay's Friday concert in Buenos Aires, on October 26, 2022.
    'Ar-JIN-tina'- K-pop star sparks fan craze in Buenos Aires
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    Jun 27, 2021
    #Interview #Argentina #UK British Ambassador Mark Kent will bid farewell to Argentina next week after a five-year stint in Buenos Aires. Prior to his departure, @KentArgentina sat down with @JamesGrainger0 to answer some serious (and silly) questions.
    British Ambassador Mark Kent.
    God save the King of the Redes: Mark Kent bids farewell to Argentina
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    Jun 29, 2020
    #Argentina #GenderViolence #Femicide #Coronavirus From March 20 to June 25, 75 women were murdered as a result of gender violence, according to the latest report from La Casa del Encuentro, a campaigning gender violence observatory. By @Nadiagalan
    Claudia Repetto, Cristina Cattaneo, Cristina Iglesias y su hija Ada, Florencia Santa Cruz, Jesica Minaglia, María Julieta Riera, Rocío Ocampo, Romina Videla and Verónica Tottis.
    NGO: More than 70 femicides in Argentina during quarantine period
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    Apr 3, 2022
    #Culture #Music #LatinAmeirca Brazilian pop star Anitta, whose booty-grinding reggaeton hit "Envolver" claimed the top spot on Spotify last week and has become a viral dance phenomenon, says her international success shows "Latinas are reaching the top."
    Brazilian pop star Anitta claimed the top spot on Spotify last week with reggaeton hit 'Envolver.'
    'Latinas are reaching the top,' says Brazil's Anitta
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    Dec 18, 2022
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    Jul 6, 2019
    We are greatly saddened by the news that famed writer and journalist Andrew Graham-Yooll passed away in London yesterday. Andrew, a former editor of the Buenos Aires Herald and a weekly columnist for us at @theBAtimes, was a giant of the English-speaking community in Argentina.
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    Jan 19, 2018
    In defence of #Friends: why millennial anger at the legendary 1990s TV sitcom is just plain wrong. @NicolasLucca on why Friends is anything but sexist, homophobic and racist. @DavidCrame @MatthewPerry @DavidSchwimmer @CourtneyCox @Matt_LeBlanc @LisaKudrow
    Friends for Millennials
    Explaining Friends to new generations
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    Jun 14, 2018
    #Breaking #Sports Sources tell @theBAtimes Marcelo #Bielsa has finalised his deal to become head coach of #LeedsUnited (@LUFC). The Argentine coach has signed his contract, worth around €4 million year, and the paperwork is now with the English club. Update to follow.
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    Dec 30, 2020
    #BREAKING #Argentina #Abortion #AbortoLegal2020 Argentina's Senate has voted in favour of an historic bill to legalise abortion, with 38 votes in favour, 29 against and 1 abstention. #ABORTOLEGAL
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    Mar 16, 2020
    #Argentina #Covid19 #Coronavirus President Fernández announces kindergarten, primary and secondary schools to be suspended until March 31; Argentina's borders to be closed to all non-residents effective immediately; Number of confirmed cases rises to 56
    Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, President Alberto Fernández and Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof hold a press conference at the Olivos presidential residence.
    Argentina to close schools for two weeks, borders to visitors
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