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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pumas could offer Pussetto in deal for Álvaro Angulo
Once the FIFA signing impediment has been resolved, Pumas is already working on its reinforcements to become a competitive team during the Apertura 2025. This time, the auriazul team would have already made a formal offer to Independiente del Valle for Álvaro Ángulo, who had expressed his desire to leave the club, reports César Luis Merlo. Among the negotiations, in addition to a good sum of money, the Felinos would be willing to use Ignacio Pusetto as a bargaining chip to achieve their goal. Advertisement This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 Hector Vivas - 2025 Getty Images
Yahoo
20 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Atlético Madrid star's departure confirmed
La Liga giants Atlético Madrid are primed to bid farewell to a long-time member of the club's attacking ranks over the days ahead. That's according to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, who points towards Ángel Correa as the player in question. Advertisement Frontman Correa has of course long seen his name take its place centre stage in the media chatter in Spain's capital. This comes with the Argentine, fresh off another season as a 'super sub' in Diego Simeone's squad, having been attracting mounting interest from clubs across the globe. Correa came close to sealing an Atlético departure during the January transfer window, only for a move to Saudi Arabia to fall through at the last minute. As alluded to above, though, this time round, the 30-year-old's exit will come to fruition. As per a report from Fabrizio Romano, citing journalist César Luis Merlo: Advertisement 'Ángel Correa to Tigres, here we go! Deal confirmed for the forward to leave Atlético Madrid and move to Mexico. After talks at advanced stages in May, deal now done and five year contract for Correa.' Conor Laird – GSFN
Washington Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Large crowds protest in support of Argentine ex-President Fernández as she starts house arrest
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Vowing that a conviction on corruption charges and a permanent ban from public office would not end her decades-long political career, Argentina's former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began serving a six-year sentence under house arrest as tens of thousands of her supporters rallied in the streets. Her detention marked an ignominious turn for one of the most polarizing and influential political leaders on Latin America's left who served one term as Argentina's first lady (2004-2007), two terms as its president (2007-2015) and one term as its powerful vice president (2019–2023), dominating the country's politics for the last two decades. Still today, Fernández represents the face of opposition to radical libertarian President Javier Milei . Polls suggest that she and her left-wing brand of Peronism , Argentina's nationalist populist movement championing workers' rights, retains the support of some 30% of the country. 'We will return, and, what's more, we will return with more wisdom, with more unity, with more strength,' Fernández, 72, told her ardent supporters in a speech recorded from home confinement and broadcast through loudspeakers into the streets of downtown Buenos Aires. The case in which she was first convicted in 2022 found that she defrauded the state in awarding public works contracts to a friendly businessman. She vehemently denies the charges, accusing her opponents of weaponizing the justice system against her. Before the court decision this month , she had been planning to run for a seat in the Buenos Aires provincial legislature. 'The real economic powers know this model has no future; they know it's collapsing, and that's why I'm in prison,' she said in her speech from her second-floor apartment in the southern Constitución neighborhood of the Argentine capital. The scene of huge crowds setting off flares and chanting 'We will return' underscored the sharp divisions in this South American nation that has long been shaped by Fernández, who vastly increased welfare and public employment during her tenure in a dramatic expansion of the state that left Argentina with sky-high inflation and massive deficits. 'We are all here to fight for Cristina's freedom. If they restrict her more, we will do more,' said Gloria Araya, 64, a retiree protesting on Wednesday. The economic shambles she bequeathed her successors helped vault her nemesis , political outsider Milei, to the presidency in late 2023 . Milei has succeeded in his flagship campaign promise of lowering inflation. In May Argentina's monthly inflation rate plunged below 2% for the first time in five years, the government statistics agency reported last week. But while prices have stabilized, the cost of living remains high in a country where wages are comparatively low. Investment has lagged. Many Argentines say they're still waiting to collect on the economic revival that Mieli promised would follow the pain of austerity . Some analysts say that anger over Fernández's claims of political persecution could add fuel to those economic grievances and help rally an otherwise confused opposition to Milei. 'The conviction and sentencing of Cristina is a unifying force for Peronism,' said Sebastián Mazzuca, an Argentine political scientist. 'If the opposition can link this claim that there was some injustice in her trial with concerns over income and purchasing power, they have an agenda.'
Associated Press
2 days ago
- Politics
- Associated Press
Large crowds protest in support of Argentine ex-President Fernández as she starts house arrest
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Vowing that a conviction on corruption charges and a permanent ban from public office would not end her decades-long political career, Argentina's former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began serving a six-year sentence under house arrest as tens of thousands of her supporters rallied in the streets. Her detention marked an ignominious turn for one of the most polarizing and influential political leaders on Latin America's left who served one term as Argentina's first lady (2004-2007), two terms as its president (2007-2015) and one term as its powerful vice president (2019–2023), dominating the country's politics for the last two decades. Still today, Fernández represents the face of opposition to radical libertarian President Javier Milei. Polls suggest that she and her left-wing brand of Peronism, Argentina's nationalist populist movement championing workers' rights, retains the support of some 30% of the country. 'We will return, and, what's more, we will return with more wisdom, with more unity, with more strength,' Fernández, 72, told her ardent supporters in a speech recorded from home confinement and broadcast through loudspeakers into the streets of downtown Buenos Aires. The case in which she was first convicted in 2022 found that she defrauded the state in awarding public works contracts to a friendly businessman. She vehemently denies the charges, accusing her opponents of weaponizing the justice system against her. Before the court decision this month, she had been planning to run for a seat in the Buenos Aires provincial legislature. 'The real economic powers know this model has no future; they know it's collapsing, and that's why I'm in prison,' she said in her speech from her second-floor apartment in the southern Constitución neighborhood of the Argentine capital. The scene of huge crowds setting off flares and chanting 'We will return' underscored the sharp divisions in this South American nation that has long been shaped by Fernández, who vastly increased welfare and public employment during her tenure in a dramatic expansion of the state that left Argentina with sky-high inflation and massive deficits. 'We are all here to fight for Cristina's freedom. If they restrict her more, we will do more,' said Gloria Araya, 64, a retiree protesting on Wednesday. The economic shambles she bequeathed her successors helped vault her nemesis, political outsider Milei, to the presidency in late 2023. Milei has succeeded in his flagship campaign promise of lowering inflation. In May Argentina's monthly inflation rate plunged below 2% for the first time in five years, the government statistics agency reported last week. But while prices have stabilized, the cost of living remains high in a country where wages are comparatively low. Investment has lagged. Many Argentines say they're still waiting to collect on the economic revival that Mieli promised would follow the pain of austerity. Some analysts say that anger over Fernández's claims of political persecution could add fuel to those economic grievances and help rally an otherwise confused opposition to Milei. 'The conviction and sentencing of Cristina is a unifying force for Peronism,' said Sebastián Mazzuca, an Argentine political scientist. 'If the opposition can link this claim that there was some injustice in her trial with concerns over income and purchasing power, they have an agenda.'
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Latin America's Data Center Gold Rush Comes With Some Big Risks
From Querétaro to Valparaíso, a digital revolution is quietly unfolding across Latin America. The region is capturing unprecedented investments for the construction of data centers, the physical facilities that house servers, networks and data storage units to run applications and other digital services. Despite its political and economic upheavals, Latin America offers important advantages for these capital-intensive projects, including abundant renewable energy and natural resources such as metals and rare earths, a skilled local workforce and, in some cases, favorable jurisdictions or even tax incentives.
