The travel industry is beginning to react as vacationers rethink their trips amid growing concern over the Zika virus, the mosquito-borne disease that experts say is possibly linked to microcephaly in babies. The spread of the virus in Brazil and Latin America has led the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to warn pregnant women…
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Uruguay’s shock 3-1 defeat to Costa Rica due to lack of dulce de leche?
Uruguay’s world cup squad have their dulce de leche confiscated in Brazil – perhaps the reason behind their so-far poor performance? Brazilian officials say they confiscated 39kg (86lb) of caramel spread from Uruguay’s world cup football team as they arrived in Brazil for the World Cup. The spread, called dulce de leche, is extremely popular…
Nacho Figueras’ James Bond-esque Polo Red Ralph Lauren ad wins Best Media Campaign
Polo Red Ralph Lauren wins Best Media Campaign featuring Nacho Figueras’s famous James Bond-esque ad campaign at last night’s Fragrance Foundation Awards 2014. The Mens fragrance also went on to win Fragrance of the Year Men’s Prestige and Consumer Choice Award for Men’s. The awards took place last night at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln…
Brazil World Cup Gossip: Iran players told not to wash shirts properly as they shrink!
The rumour mill has been in overdrive about everything from naked team photos to shrinking shirts since the Brazil World Cup started. Although there are a few red faces among some teams for some sneaky papparazzi shots, a tight fitting and poor quality team kit are problems that could surely have been avoided. But…
Messi makes his mark to score victory for Argentina against Bosnia & Herzegovinia
Last night saw Argentina beat Bosnia Herzegovina 2-1 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and saw Lionel Messi score his second World Cup goal for his country in his career. The Argentines got off to a perfect start through Sead Kolasinac’s own goal in the third minute to take them 1-0 up against…
Fossilized bones of LARGEST EVER dinosaur to roam the Earth found in Patagonia, Argentina
A local farmer in Argentina found the remains of the fossilised bones of the biggest dinosaur ever discovered. Palaentologists believe it is a new species of titanosaur- part of a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs that were characterised by their long necks and tails and small heads. The mega dino would have weighed in at…
Messi out for 2-3 weeks with injury and will miss Argentina’s next World Cup qualifiers
Argentina and Barcelona football star, Lionel Messi, will be out of action for two to three weeks after suffering a thigh injury. This means the captain will miss his nation’s latest World Cup qualifying clashes. Messi has pulled a right thigh muscle, and due to the necessary rest period it has put Messi out of…
Argentine polo superstar Adolfo Cambiaso clones 100 of his favourite horses
Adolfo Cambiaso – one of the world’s best polo players and friend of Princes William and Harry, has created around 100 clones of his favourite horses to ensure he continues to have the very best horses on the pitch. Some of the cloned horses will no doubt be competing in the sport later this year…
Argentine imports have increased despite restrictions and controls
Reports have shown that despite tight controls and restrictions, Argentine import industry has risen sharply over the last decade, but exports have also risen. A lack of access to international financing since the late 2001 massive debt default and the loss of monetary reserves, led Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s government to adopt measures designed to…
Latin America turns to bitcoins
The Bitcoin, a virtual currency that circulates outside regular financial systems is a trend that is now catching on in Latin American countries. Bitcoins, an online currency created by computer programmers is gaining in interest and popularity in Argentina and Brazil. The Bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto and the name is thought…
Argentina qualify for 2014 Brazil World Cup in a seven-goal thriller
Argentina has booked its place in the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup in a seven-goal thriller that saw Lionel Messi score twice in a 5-2 destruction of Paraguay. Needing a win to confirm their place in next year’s tournament, Argentina enjoyed a perfect start with Messi converted a penalty and put his side 1-0 up…
Historic winter heatwave hits Buenos Aires a month after snowfalls across Argentina
After much of the country saw snow just over a month ago, yesterday Buenos Aires basked in a winter heat wave. Tuesday saw Buenos Aires city and province areas hit by 34.4 degree temperatures and winter sunshine, breaking the historical records for highest temperature in September since 1944. The National Weather Forecasting Service (SMN) announced…
