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A security guard stands outside the G20 summit venue at the Costa Salguero Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Thousands of police and security agents will guard Group of 20 industrialized nations' world leaders during the two-day meeting that starts Friday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Security concerns arise as Argentina hosts G-20

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Trump is to meet with Xi at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) ** FILE **

Global trade is at stake as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping come face to face

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Riot police stand in line with their shields outside Antonio Vespucio Liberti stadium prior to the final Copa Libertadores match between Boca Juniors and River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Boca-River Copa Libertadores final postponed after attack

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Ground staff collect the corner flags after the final Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's Boca Juniors was suspended, at Antonio Vespucio Liberti stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. South American soccer body CONMEBOL said on Sunday that the second leg of the final will be rescheduled after Boca’s bus was attacked by River fans on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Boca-River Libertadores final postponed again after attack

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Ramón Abila of Argentina's Boca Juniors waits with his team on the pitch of the Antonio Vespucio Liberti stadium after the final soccer match of the Copa Libertadores was rescheduled for Sunday, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. The match was rescheduled after the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players was attacked by River Plate fans, injuring several players including Perez. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Boca wants Copa Libertadores final suspension after attack

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2018 photo, statues lay outside a hospital for statues in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires operates a sort of &quot;hospital&quot; to restore missing appendages or even whole statues. Run by the city’s Department of Monuments and Artworks the facility is dedicated to bringing battered art back to life. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A ‘hospital’ for statues patches up Argentine monuments

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro salutes Attorney General Raquel Dodge, left, during a visit to the Public Ministry, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. Bolsonaro will be sworn in as Brazil's next president on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Jair Bolsonaro Brazil win signals power shift in South America

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

Severe turbulence injures 15 on flight to Buenos Aires

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Argentines line up for a small meal outside a soup kitchen at a community center in a shantytown on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Analysts say that poverty, which affects about a third of the population, will rise this year, and the economy will take a dive. (Associated Press/File)

Mauricio Macri downplays Argentina’s economy problems

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

A seller offers handkerchiefs reading in Spanish &quot;Church and state- Separate issues&quot; in Buenos Aires, Argentina Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. People formed lines on Saturday as part of a nationwide movement in the homeland of Pope Francis to file forms with their name and signature to renounce their religious affiliation, after a bill to legalize elective abortions in the first 14 months of pregnancy was finally rejected by Senators in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Movement encourages Argentines to quit Catholic church

By PAUL BYRNE and LEO LA VALLE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and Argentina's Defense Minister Oscar Raul Aguad shake hands in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Mattis is on an official visit to several South American countries. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

James Mattis: South American countries selling sovereignty to China, Russia

By Martin Arostegui — Special To The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and Argentina's Defense Minister Oscar Raul Aguad arrive for a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Mattis is on an official visit to several South American countries. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

U.S. to provide military security for G-20 summit in Argentina

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People hold cutouts that look like light bulbs with signs that read in Spanish "no to the price hike" during a protest against the economic policies of of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Unions and opposition grassroots movements marched in downtown Buenos Aires against hike in tariffs, inflation, and a loan by the International Monetary Fund requested by the government after a currency crisis that weakened the peso in the past weeks. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Argentina’s peso plunge incites frustation at Mauricio Macri

By Federico Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

While Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (left) and Argentine President Mauricio Marci may share a title, they couldn't be more ideologically divided. And that divide is matched by a personal animosity. Just last month, Mr. Macri told reporters he wants "what's happening in Venezuela to come to an end." He also pulled out of the UNASUR. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Nicolas Maduro-Mauricio Marci feud defines foreign relations

By Federico Puglie -- SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Feb 22, 2014, Gianni Infantino gestures during a press conference at the Acropolis Convention Centre in Nice, southeastern France. FIFA President Gianni Infantino wants to team up with American, Chinese and Saudi Arabian interests to launch an expanded 24-team Club World Cup, played every four years starting in 2021, and a two-yearly global competition for national teams. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, FILE)

FIFA keen on expanding World Cup to 48 teams for Qatar 2022

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Venezuelans shout anti-Trump slogans during a protest against the Summit of the Americas, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, April 12, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump had planned to attend the 8th Summit of the Americas in Lima canceled his plans, choosing to stay in Washington to manage the U.S. response to an apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)

Venezuela collapse creates immigration wave in South America

By Federico Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

A man outside the Mar de Plata Naval Base wipes a tear after the navy announced a sound detected during the search for the missing ARA San Juan submarine is consistent with that of an explosion, in Mar de Plata, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. A Navy spokesperson said the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the submarine, adding there was no sign the explosion might be linked to any attack. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Argentina president: Search for missing sub will continue

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

Relatives of missing submarine crew member Celso Oscar Vallejo, react to the news that a sound detected during the search for the ARA San Juan submarine is consistent with that of an explosion, at the Mar de Plata Naval Base in Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. A Navy spokesman said that the relatives of the crew have been informed and that the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the submarine. He said there was no sign the explosion might be linked to any attack on the sub. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Explosion heard when Argentine submarine went missing

By Almudena Calatrava and Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

Relatives of ARA San Juan submarine crew members are seen at the Mar de Plata Naval Base after they were told a sound detected during the search for the missing submarine is consistent with that of an explosion, in Mar de Plata, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. A Navy spokesman said that the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the missing submarine. He said there was no sign the explosion might be linked to any attack on the sub. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

AP Explains: The search for Argentina’s missing submarine

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Comandante Espora Argentine ship sails off the navel base in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. This ship is is part of a searching crew to find a submarine that hadn't been heard from in three days. Authorities last had contact with the German-built diesel-electric sub, the ARA San Juan, on Wednesday as it was on a voyage from the extreme southern port of Ushuaia to Mar del Plata. (AP Photo/Vicente Robles)

AP Explains: The search for Argentina’s missing submarine

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press