Argentina has passed a new media law. Given President Fernández de Kirchner's notoriously icy relationship with the press, detractors call it as a ploy for the government to gain more control over the media. But supporters argue that it replaces a more regressive law that dates back to the era of Peron.

Peter Eisner blogs about how La Valija (the suitcase) is turning into Argentina's version of Watergate. The scandal began with the August 2007 discovery that Guido Antonini, a Venezuelan-born American, was carrying a suitcase containing $800,000 when he landed at the Buenos Aires' airport.

Lucia Newman of Al Jazeera English reports from Buenos Aires on the uproar that Iran's appointment of a potential terror suspect is creating in Argentina. The cabinet appointee is suspected of carrying out the worst terrorist attack in Argentine history fifteen years ago.

The "Sea of Japan" or the "East Sea"? As Worldfocus blogger Peter Eisner writes, the dispute over geographical names -- the names of cities, countries and oceans -- can kill.

Argentina is in the grip of what seems to be a full-blown swine flu epidemic, writes Worldfocus blogger Peter Eisner, and there has been economic and political fallout following the country's recent congressional election.