The quake was followed a magnitude 5.0 aftershock about a quarter hour later, the USGS said.

A casket procession was the sort of honour usually given heads of state, but few heads of state have ever aroused such loyalty or passion.

Across Latin America, three other nations are expected to reach the 1 million case milestone in the coming weeks — Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Argentina hit 809,728 confirmed cases on Monday, with a seven-day rolling average of around 12,500 new daily infections.

Juan Manuel Ballestero embarked on a harrowing 85-day solo journey from Portugal to Argentina that he completed in a small sailboat.

The parrot is thought to have heard the final cries of its owner, Elizabeth Toledo, before she was killed.

An Albertan couple are stuck in Uruguay during the COVID-19 pandemic after reaching the southernmost part of South America on motorcycle.

The measure, which had earlier passed the lower house of Congress, declares a public emergency through Dec. 31, 2020.

In a tweet posted just after 6 a.m., Trump said the countries have been "presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies" which he says is bad for American farmers.

The discovery is the culmination of years of research and a collaboration between the University of Alberta and Universidad Maimónides in Buenos Aires, Argentina.