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Argentines grill more steak despite pressures of 109% inflation

Argentines are expected to eat the most beef in five years in 2023, extending the country's reign as the No. 1 steak consumer per capita despite the painful impact of 109% inflation on food prices, a Rosario grains exchange report showed on Friday.

Reuters

Argentina boosts security forces in violence-plagued Rosario

Argentina’s president says he will send hundreds more federal security forces to the central city of Rosario where drug violence has drawn international attention due to a recent threat against soccer superstar Lionel Messi

The Independent UK

Argentina: Police arrest suspect in killing of 12-year-old

Police in Argentina have detained a man on suspicion of killing a 12-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his house amid anger over escalating drug-related violence in the city of Rosario

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‘We’re waiting for you’: Gunmen threaten Lionel Messi in attack on wife’s family supermarket

Two men on motorbikes were seen shooting the supermarket in Messi’s hometown Rosario

Evening Standard

Dramatic footage shows gunmen attacking Lionel Messi's wife's family business

Footage has emerged of an Argentinian supermarket which is owned by the family of Lionel Messi’s wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, being attacked by gunmen, who left a chilling message

Daily Mirror

Gunmen Leave Messi a Menacing Message

Gunmen left a threatening message Thursday for Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi and opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina’s third-largest city, police said. Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in…

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Gunmen leave Argentine soccer star Messi a menacing message

Police say gunmen have left a threatening message for Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi and opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina’s third-largest city

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Lionel Messi left chilling message by gunmen in attack on wife's family's supermarket

Gunmen opened fire on a supermarket in Rosario, Argentina owned by Antonela Roccuzzo's family and left a harrowing message for Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi

Daily Mirror

Antonela Roccuzzo — the first lady of Argentinean football

From childhood sweetheart to one-half of sport’s couple of the moment — this is Mrs Messi

Evening Standard

Dublin-based Argentine backs Lionel Messi to sign for hometown club Newell’s Old Boys

Former Newell's Old Boys player Fabian Costello, who hails from the same neighbourhood as Lionel Messi, watched Argentina's World Cup win on Sunday from his home in Glenageary, Co Dublin.

Irish Mirror

‘We have the best players here’: Lionel Messi’s hometown of Rosario celebrates World Cup win

The streets of Rosario erupted in celebration as Argentina dramatically beat France to win their third World Cup title

The Independent UK

Birth of Lionel Messi - inside gritty district urging their hero to win the World Cup

Lionel Messi dazzled Rosario from the age of four with his prodigious talent - flourishing on the scruffy, sun-scorched pitches in gang-ridden neighbourhood to become arguably the greatest footballer of all time

Daily Mirror

How Argentina fans brought a bit of Buenos Aires to ‘Barwargento’

Barahat Al Janoub was renamed ‘Barwargento’ by Argentinian supporters who have brought a touch of their home to Qatar.

Al Jazeera

Behind Argentina’s FIFA World Cup magic, an army of witches

Magalí Martínez knew something was off: The seemingly invincible star Lionel Messi was scuffling on the soccer pitch. To her, it looked like he was afflicted with a supernatural curse that has roots in different cultures across history, the “evil eye.”

The Times of India

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Miami Herald

Michelle Kaufman: World Cup final Sunday is so much more than just a game for South Florida Argentines

MIAMI — It is hard to fathom just how much Sunday’s World Cup final means to Argentine soccer fans, but you get a pretty good idea after five minutes on the phone with Patricio Colazo, a 41-year-old handyman who runs a small construction company in Pembroke Pines.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Messi's Hometown in Argentina Yearns for World Cup Victory

Fernanda Quiroga still remembers how Lionel Messi played soccer in what were then dirt roads around their working class neighborhood in Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city. “(Messi) was always kicking something, a ball, a bottle cap,” said Quiroga, who at 35 is the same age as the captain of Argentina’s national…

Belfast Live

South Belfast Youth club and church come together to help vulnerable at Christmas

Rosario Youth Club and the Ballynafeigh Methodist Church will be holding a special dinner for those in need on Christmas Day

Daily Mirror

Former Man Utd star Carlos Tevez gets first win as manager against 10-man opposition

Carlos Tevez took over as manager of Argentinian side Rosario Central after retiring from playing earlier in 2022, but had a slow start to his new life in the dugout

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Reuters

Argentina trucker strike ends, boosting grains exports

An Argentine truckers strike ended on Thursday, after some unions upset with diesel shortages reached a deal to lift the one-week protest around the major port of Rosario, which is expected to help the flow of grains for export going forward.

Reuters

Argentine trucker protest slashes grains delivery, threatening exports and milling

A truck driver protest in Argentina is threatening to paralyze the country's grains exports, slashing the number of freight vehicles carrying grains to the country's main port on Wednesday.

Reuters

Argentine truck protest enters third day, grain ports operational

Argentine truck unions extended a widespread protest over fuel price hikes and diesel shortages on Friday, but the dismantling of some road blockades meant that truck traffic and operations in the country's key Rosario grains ports returned to normal.

Reuters

Argentine maritime workers plan 24-hour strike; key grains ports seen unaffected

Argentine ship workers will stage a 24-hour strike on Thursday to protest what they call delays by the government in awarding tenders to the sector, although the action is not expected to affect activity at key grains ports in and around Rosario.

Leeds Live

Leeds United fans take out advert in Rosario paper in Argentina to thank former boss Marcelo Bielsa

The Argentine left the club at the end of February

The Guardian - UK

Rosario v Newell’s Old Boys delayed after ‘number of grenades’ damage pitch

Rosario v Newell’s Old Boys was forced to kick off late owing to explosives that had been thrown on to the field by fans

Daily Mirror

Grenades thrown and explode on pitch prior to Rosario Central vs Newell's Old Boys clash

A grenade exploded on the pitch just moments before the Clasico Rosarino between Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys clash, one of Argentina's most fierce rivalries

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