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Lionel Messi, a native of Argentina, is known as one of the best football players in the world. The four-time FIFA "World Player of the Year" award winner has led Barcelona to three La Liga and Spanish Super Cup titles and one Champions League title.
As the Academy continues to receive submissions from a number of countries for the Foreign Film category, Argentina still has a difficult choice in front of them.
Lionel Messi and Argentina will look to book a spot to the World Cup Finals next summer when they take on Paraguay on Tuesday.
In the wake of two-and-a-half years of bloody conflict, Syrians are being displaced in droves. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), approximately 5 million Syrians have been uprooted from their homes internally and another 2 million have fled the country for the safety of a better life abroad. Considering that the entire country's population is only 23 million, that's an enormous number of refugees.
In Argentina, the story of an eleven years old girl who was "traded" for a refrigerator by her mother has shocked citizens.
Italy and Argentina will play for the pope on Wednesday in an international friendly.
New pictures of Lionel Messi's wild night out have surfaced in Argentinian tabloids this week.
Preparations are underway for the San Sebastian Film Festival, which has become one of the most important movie events of the year. This week some of the participating filmmakers for the 61st edition were announced, with no shortage of Latin American talent.
Colombian singer Shakira has sued her former boyfriend, Antonio de la Rua only days after a Swiss sided with the Latino superstar in a 100 million dollar lawsuit.
Amid tax fraud allegations being charged against him and his father, reigning FIFA Player of the Year Lionel Messi will continue to honor his role with the Argentina national football team as they take on Guatemala in an international friendly at Estadio Mateo Flores on Friday.
Argentina will look to separate itself from the pack when its takes on Ecuador in the World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.
Colombia is considered one of the best team in the world. They will have a huge chance to prove it when it visits Argentina in match day 13 of the World Cup 2014 Qualifiers.
The French Davis Cup team's chances of winning the 2013 Davis Cup got a little grimmer after an ankle injury forced Richard Gasquet to sit out of Friday's tennis quarterfinal event.
The Lujan Zoo in Argentina provides visitors with the opportunity to pet, feed and even cuddle with wild animals.
Argentina sits atop the CONMEBOL table with 20 points and will take on a desperate Venezuelan side that is trying to separating itself from Uruguay and Chile; all three sides are tied with 12 points for the fourth and fifth World Cup berths.
