Google Forced to Pay Man After Showing Him Naked on Street View
An Argentinian man recently won a legal battle against tech giant Google after being photographed naked in his own yard and then posted on Google Street View for everyone to see. Although the lawsuit filed by the unnamed man only recently ended, the incident goes back to 2017, when a Google Street View car passed […]
Man Spends 21 Days in Jail After Police Mistake Talcum Powder for Drugs
An Argentinian man was wrongfully imprisoned after police mistook 18 containers of talcum powder for cocaine and it took three weeks to analyze the true nature of the substance. In early October, Maximiliano Acosta got on a bus in the town of Mendoza towards the capital, Buenos Aires. Shortly after, the bus was stopped in […]
Jealous Woman Stabs Boyfriend After He Greets Another Woman on the Street
A 23-year-old Argentinian man tragically lost his life at the hands of his jealous girlfriend who attacked him with a knife for simply greeting another woman on the street. A little jealousy can actually be good for a relationship, but too much of it can be fatal! Take the tragic story of Mariano Grinspun, a […]
Woman Files Lawsuit to Stop Paying Alimoney to 22-Year-Old Daughter
An Argentinian woman filed a case in family court to be allowed to stop supporting her 22-year-old daughter financially because she neglected her university studies and didn’t have a job. The unnamed woman told family court judge María Laura Dumple that her 22-year-old daughter had been enrolled at the National University of Río Negro since […]
Argentinian Town Struggles to Cope with Yearly Parrot Invasion
Every year, Hilario Ascasubi, a town in the south of Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, is invaded by tens of thousands of noisy cliff parrots that cause millions of dollars in damage. The people of Hilario Ascasubi have been “under siege” by a giant colony of parrots for several years now, but many are complaining that […]
The World’s Widest Avenue Has 16 Lanes, Takes an Eternity to Cross
Avenida 9 de Julio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, holds the Guinness Record for the widest avenue in the world, at approximately 140 meters. It features a total of 16 lanes, so crossing from one side to the other is quite an undertaking. The history of Avenida 9 de Julio can be traced back to the […]
60-Year-Old Woman Qualifies for Miss Argentina Contest Thanks to Shockingly Youthful Looks
Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a 60-year-old lawyer and journalist from Buenos Aires, recently won the title of Miss Buenos Aires and qualified for the Miss Argentina beauty pageant. At the end of last year, the Miss Universe beauty contest became more inclusive by eliminating an age limit that had been enforced since 1958. Starting this year, […]
Man Barricades Himself Inside Car Dealership That Failed to Deliver Promised Truck
An Argentinian man became an overnight sensation in South America after reportedly barricading himself inside a car dealership and refusing to leave without the truck he had made an advance payment for. Abelardo Usandivaras, aka the “gaucho of Salta’, has been making international news headlines for over two weeks and has become somewhat of a […]
Man Goes to Hospital for Gallbladder Surgery, Walks Out with Accidental Vasectomy
An Argentinian man got the shock of his life after undergoing what he thought was surgery on his gallbladder, only to later learn that the doctors had performed a vasectomy instead. Earlier this week, 41-year-old Jorge Baseto went to the Florencio Díaz Provincial Hospital in Cordoba, Argentina, for a gallbladder surgery. The operation was scheduled […]
Leda Bergonzi, Argentina’s Church-Backed Charismatic Faith Healer
Leda Bergonzi, the so-called Healer of Rosario, is a popular faith healer who managed to capture the attention of an entire country and even gain the backing of Argentina’s Catholic Church. Argentina has had its share of religious faith healers throughout history, but none with a meteoric rise quite like that of 44-year-old Leda Bergonzi, […]
Woman Locks Boyfiend in Her House for Three Days to Prevent Him from Cheating
An extremely jealous woman in Argentina was recently arrested for keeping her boyfriend a prisoner in her house for three days to make sure he didn’t cheat on her. On Saturday, police in the Argentinian city of La Plata rescued a 29-year-old man from a locked room in his girlfriend’s house. He claimed to have […]
Business Gets Robbed Twice in One Day, Once by Robbers, Then by Police
A travel agency in Argentina recently had the misfortune of being robbed twice in one day, once by a couple of aggressive robbers and then by the police officers that were supposed to catch the criminals, not copy them. Last Wednesday, two armed robbers entered the offices of a travel agency in Buenos Aires and […]
Woman Accuses Son’s Teacher of Seducing Her Husband with Giant Banner Outside Her School
An Argentinian teacher must have had the shock of her life when coming to school for the opening day to find a large banner accusing her of sleeping with the married father of one of her students. The first day of school is usually one full of joy and excitement for both students, teachers and […]
Argentinian Farmers Plant Lionel Messi’s Face in Their Corn Fields
Over twenty Argentinian farmers and massive fans of football legend Lionel Messi, grew a giant portrait of the popular player in their corn fields, as a tribute. Lionel Messi has millions of fans all around the world, but nowhere is he more beloved than in his home country of Argentina, where most people see him […]
Football Fan Hijacks Bus Full of People to Catch World Cup Game
An Argentinian football fan was recently arrested after allegedly hijacking a bus full of people to make sure he gets home in time to watch his country’s game against Croatia at the World Cup. Argentina is one of the few countries on this planet where football is as close to a religion as you can […]