A new wave of brutal crimes in which women are burned alive by their partners has raised new concerns about domestic violence in Argentina. Sarah van den Boogaard investigates.

As part of our shantytown series, we revisit Hannah Mendoza’s story on the Amistad o Nada, a social and artistic project run out of Villa 20.

Mundo Villa is a publication that was developed with the mission of giving a voice to the unrepresented, unheard populations of the villas, the shantytowns of Buenos Aires.

The quintessential image of the gaucho and his herd grazing in the pampas may soon be a thing of the past. Patricia Di Filippo asks why farmers are turning to feedlots, and the consequences of this system.

One in six Argentine couples suffer from infertility, but less than half have access to treatments. Cecilia Cartoceti looks at the possibility of infertility becoming a recognised illness in the country.

As part of The Indy’s on-going villas series, we revisit Laura Mojonnier article on ‘curas villeros’ – priests who have been working out of the capital’s shantytowns for 40 years.

As part of our shantytown series, we revisit Kristie Robinson’s 2006 article on El Milenio Continua, a radio station run out of Villa 31.

As part of our on-going villa series, we revisit Anthony Bale’s 2008 article on paco, a by-product of cocaine that is wreaking havoc on the lives of many villa inhabitants.

Helen Morgan heads down to Congreso to meet with the volunteers of Ayudanos a Ayudar, a charitable group that feed the city’s homeless on a daily basis.

As part of the on-going villa series looking at Buenos Aires’ poorest neighbourhoods, we re-visit Charlotte Turner’s 2007 story on the ‘Ciudad Oculta’.