On Friday night at 2am in Argentina, the Argentine men’s soccer team took on Nigeria for the Olympic Gold Medal and won, 1-0. Their victory gave them their second gold medal in a row (they won the gold in Athens in 2004) and it also erased their loss to Nigeria in the finals of the 1996 games in Atlanta.According to Reuters UK, Argentina’s victory can be attributed in large part to the country’s ability to produce talented young players, like Lionel Messi.  Argentina has been very successful in the Olympics, which is a under-23 tournament with each team getting three exceptions. They have also won five of the last seven World under-20 Championships.Now, Argentina’s coach is looking ahead to the World Cup in 2010, for many the ultimate prize in soccer, even above a gold medal.

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Argentina’s first gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games was won yesterday by Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez in cycling, specifically the track cycling event the “Madison.”According to La Voz, Curuchet is 43 years old and this is his final Olympic Games.This is also the first time he, or any Argentine, has won a medal in cycling.When he and Perez accepted the medals on the podium and heard the Argentine national anthem, they and their families in the audience all cried.In the race, Spain finished second behind Argentina and Russia finished third.The other events that Argentina is anticipating gold in are yet to come; they hope to reach the finals and win in field hockey, basketball, and soccer.

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July 7th, 2008 by Kathy - NWA WorldVacations

Have you ever imagined what it was like in the Wild West and yearned to go digging for gold? You’ve seen the movies, the dusty towns, and the cowboys on horses. Ok, so this is not quite the Black Hills of today, but when you are there it is easy to find yourself going back in time and imagining history in action in every place you visit. There is something wild in just about everything you do and experience in the wild west of Rapid City, South Dakota and the Black Hills.

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Yamana Gold Inc. has announced that they will be expanding the lower west deposit of their gold mining site, Quebrada Del Diablo, which is part of its Gualcamayo project.Gualcamayo is located in the San Juan province of Argentina, a province just north of Mendoza which also borders Chile. According to Forbes, Yamana is expanding the mine because they believe that the reserves of gold there are larger than they thought. If all goes well, the mine should be producing 300,000 ounces of gold per year by the year 2010. In today’s world of fluctuating currencies and uncertainty, gold is one of the few truly stable, reliable commodities.

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