Ten years ago, 21-year-old Darío Santillán was killed by police during a protest. Celina Andreassi looks at how his short life and tragic death became so symbolic of the country´s social and political struggles.

The long-awaited UN Conference on Sustainable Development ended on Friday, leaving a sense of wasted opportunity. Daniel Schweimler analyses its outcome.

Vice President Amado Boudou is caught up in a messy tangle of crossed accusations in the ‘Ciccone case’. Celina Andreassi cuts through the media hyperbole and lays out what you need to know.

Jorge Santander investigates the phenomenon of renaming public spaces ‘Malvinas Argentinas’ since the 1982 war, and wonders what impact this has on society’s view of the islands.

On the 30th anniversary of the start of the Falklands/Malvinas war, Kelsey Wilson looks at the main areas of contention in the ongoing debate over the sovereignty of the islands.

Marc Rogers visits ESMA with Víctor Basterra, a survivor of the ex-clandestine detention centre in Buenos Aires, now a memorial for the 30,000 disappeared during Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship.

Once a matter of national pride, the Argentine educational system is today in crisis, and has become a microcosm of the challenges confronting the rest of the world. Patricia Di Filippo investigates.

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner covered all sorts of issues in her long speech before Congress yesterday, though stopped short of any major policy announcements. Celina Andreassi breaks it down.

From Paraguay, Indy contributor Guillermo D’Angelo weighs up the economic opportunities and social challenges presented by the country’s boom in soybean production.

Having vetoed more than 100 bills since coming into office in 2007, Celina Andreassi wonders whether Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri is undermining the city’s democratic system.