The periphery rings of slums and irregular settlements surrounding the city of Buenos Aires first flourished in the 1930s and 1940s along railways, but 66% of them have just over 15 years and 65% ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the impoverished Buenos ... later earning him the nickname of "papa villero", or slum pope. Reuters spoke to half a dozen residents and churchgoers in those ...

As archbishop in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis championed the work ... "He liked this style that we priests of the slums have, of living in a neighborhood and building the life of the church in ...

In the last two decades of the 19th century, the dance known as the tango emerges out of the immigrant culture of Argentina's dockside slums ... in the brothels of Buenos Aires, where it is ...

Maradona was a uniquely gifted player who rose from the tough streets of Buenos Aires slums to reach the pinnacle of his sport. The 1986 World Cup included a quarter-final game against England ...

BUENOS AIRES — In the impoverished Buenos Aires neighborhood of ... later earning him the nickname of "papa villero," or slum pope. Rita Fernandez, 70, walks outside the Virgen de Caacupe chapel.