This past November, a hotly divisive election in Argentina concluded with the victory of controversial right-wing libertarian Javier Milei. The first months of his presidency have been as contentious as one would expect from an eccentric conspiracy t...
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This past November, a hotly divisive election in Argentina concluded with the victory of controversial right-wing libertarian Javier Milei. The first months of his presidency have been as contentious as one would expect from an eccentric conspiracy t...
A street artist is painting on a canvas of pesos. Families are taking handfuls of money to the grocery store, just to encounter confusion about the price of groceries. In Argentina, runaway inflation has dire consequences—the treasury issued a 2,00...
A street artist is painting on a canvas of pesos. Families are taking handfuls of money to the grocery store, just to encounter confusion about the price of groceries. In Argentina, runaway inflation has dire consequences—the treasury issued a 2,00...
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian government. They stood packed together, nervous with anticipation and ready to celebrate. And that evening, they ...
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian government. They stood packed together, nervous with anticipation and ready to celebrate. And that evening, they ...
“In Argentina, Blacks do not exist. That is a Brazilian problem,” remarked Carlos Menem, the former president of Argentina. His problematic statement exemplifies the country’s tense relationship with race. Contrary to Menem’s statement, h...
“In Argentina, Blacks do not exist. That is a Brazilian problem,” remarked Carlos Menem, the former president of Argentina. His problematic statement exemplifies the country’s tense relationship with race. Contrary to Menem’s statement, h...
The community members of Villa Soldati, a slum on the southwest end of Buenos Aires’ sprawling outskirts, are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, nearly half of the residents live in decrepit public housing developments and find...
The community members of Villa Soldati, a slum on the southwest end of Buenos Aires’ sprawling outskirts, are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, nearly half of the residents live in decrepit public housing developments and find...
On September 23, Colombians awoke to the unexpected news of a peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerrilla group better known as FARC. The agreement, which has the potential to bring an end to year...
On September 23, Colombians awoke to the unexpected news of a peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerrilla group better known as FARC. The agreement, which has the potential to bring an end to year...
On his deathbed, Oscar Wilde is reputed to have quipped, “I am dying as I have lived — beyond my means.” This sense of gallows humor is no doubt one that strikes a nerve with Argentines everywhere as the country slips into default for the secon...
On his deathbed, Oscar Wilde is reputed to have quipped, “I am dying as I have lived — beyond my means.” This sense of gallows humor is no doubt one that strikes a nerve with Argentines everywhere as the country slips into default for the secon...
President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential sash in a ceremony outside the Chile Congress building. Her first term spanned from 2006 to 2010, during which ...
President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential sash in a ceremony outside the Chile Congress building. Her first term spanned from 2006 to 2010, during which ...
The history of targeted mob violence in this country is not pretty. The act of lynching – heavily racialized in the American context – was characteristic of a dark period of the past, when ignorance and violence was the norm for relations between...
The history of targeted mob violence in this country is not pretty. The act of lynching – heavily racialized in the American context – was characteristic of a dark period of the past, when ignorance and violence was the norm for relations between...
More on Argentina and “hotly contested” rocks. Only this time the topic is not news anymore, and it didn’t even capture the headlines while it was. But it’s interesting nevertheless, and also a recurring source of tension between the United K...
More on Argentina and “hotly contested” rocks. Only this time the topic is not news anymore, and it didn’t even capture the headlines while it was. But it’s interesting nevertheless, and also a recurring source of tension between the United K...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...