argentina

"When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of the Third Reich, Adolf Eichmann, the operational manager of the Final Solution, shed his SS uniform and vanished. Bringing him to justice would require a harrowing fifteen-year chase stretching from war-ravaged Europe to the shores of Argentina. Hunting Eichmann is the first complete narrative of this story, based on newly declassified documents and meticulous new research." "Alternating from Eichmann on the run to his pursuers closing in on his trail, Hunting Eichmann follows the Nazi as he escapes two American POW camps, hides in the mountains, slips out of Europe on the ratlines, and builds an anonymous life in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile concentration camp survivor Simon Wiesenthal's persistent search for the monster gradually evolves into an international manhunt that includes a bulldog West German prosecutor, a blind Argentinean Jew and his beautiful daughter, and a budding, ragtag spy agency called the Mossad, whose operatives have their own personal vendetta to settle. Presented in an hour-by-hour account, the capture of Eichmann and efforts by Israeli agents to smuggle him out of Argentina for one of the twentieth century's most important trials bring the narrative to a stunning conclusion."--BOOK JACKET.

Presents various aspects of life in Argentina through interviews with twenty-six people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.

Draws on exclusive testimonies to examine the life of Lionel Messi, discussing his parents, coaches, achievements in soccer, and more.

Two cellmates in an Argentine prison develop a close friendship despite efforts of prison officials to enlist one of them to betray the other.

Chronicles the history of the tango from its creation in the mid-nineteenth century to the late twentieth century.

Chronicles the life of Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, describing Che's early life, his revolutionary activities in Africa and Bolivia, and the circumstances surrounding his death in 1967.

When Carlos Rueda's wife suddenly disappears, he discovers he has visions of the fates of the desaparecidos, the disappeareds. However, he has none about his wife.

In Buenos Aires, where her father is the legal attach? at the U.S. Embassy, sixteen-year-old Tess falls in love and tries to live the fast and free life of her friends until she discovers the devastating consequences of ignoring rules.

Argentina's coup d'etat in 1976 began one of the bloodiest dictatorships in history. Thirty thousand people were abducted, tortured, and subsequently, disappeared. Hundreds of babies born to doomed mothers, who were in prison and would be killed, were handed over to families with military ties or who were collaborators of the regime. Victoria Donda was one of those children.

Presents the life of the spouse of Argentinian president Juan Per?n, chronicling her life of poverty as a child, her rise as an actress, her marriage, her work among the poor, and her early death at age thirty-three.