The presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay have confirmed their participation in an urgent meeting of the Union of South American Nations, also known as UNASUR, in Peru on April 18 to express support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro, MercoPress reported.

Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected as the new pope, CBS News reported.

The United Kingdom's deployment of submarines capable of carrying nuclear weapons to the Falkland Islands violates the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which bans nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Zuain said Feb. 25, La Nacion reported.

Argentine authorities arrested Henry de Jesus Lopez Londono, the leader of Colombia's Los Urabenos cartel, at a restaurant south of Buenos Aires on Oct. 31, AFP reported.

An estimated 200,000 people took part in massive cacerolazos, or protests involving the banging of pots and pans, across Argentina on Sept. 13 to demonstrate against the government, La Nacion reported.

Argentina is set to produce a near-record soybean crop in the coming season, which will help augment the reduced crops from a drought in the United States, according to Argentina's soybean farmers, Reuters reported Aug. 28. Argentina exports the third most soybeans in the world and experienced its rainiest August on record, creating optimal conditions for the October soy planting.