The Argentina Independent hits the streets to find out what the locals think about deforestation. Do you think that deforestation is a significant concern? Why is a problem in Argentina in particular?

Buenos Aires is taking steps to get plastic shopping bags out of the city with a regulation that will slowly take the product away from store checkouts. Kelsey Jost-Creegan hits the streets to see what locals think.

This week’s feature article investigates initiatives that are promising to generate green energy from rubbish. As one of the most visible problems on the streets of Buenos Aires, garbage is an issue generating a lot of debate. The Indy took to the streets to ask porteños (and visiting Latin Americans) what they thought of the […]

The Argentina Independent finds out what people from Latin America think about the potential legalisation of marihuana in Uruguay.

Argentine journalist and chief editor of Nueva Sociedad magazine, Pablo Stefanoni analyses the factors that conditioned Fernando Lugo’s presidency, and that eventually led to his impeachment.

On Monday, after a record turnout at the polls, Enrique Peña Nieto grabbed the presidency with 38% of the votes, bringing PRI back into power after 12 years. The results left many questioning the accuracy of the voting process, including López Obrador himself, who has yet to concede to Peña Nieto. Still, Mexicans are left to wonder what the future brings, if the new PRI really has changed, and if Peña Nieto will follow through on his word to “not return to the past”.

Housing has become a big news topic in Argentina since the announcement of the ProCreAr credit programme two weeks ago. The national government launched ProCreAr in order to finance mortgages and housing construction, and plans to fund the construction of 400,000 homes over the next four years. The amounts provided (up to $350,000 per family), […]

With news that huge deposits of shale gas – potentially the third largest in the world – have been found underground in Neuquén, the prospect of fracking in Argentina is greater than ever. Hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – is the process of extracting buried deposits of gas and oil by pumping water, chemical and […]

From physical threats against Racing Club player Giovanni Moreno to the murders of football fans Daniel Sosa and Gustavo Saucedo, high-profile cases have driven football violence to the headlines in recent weeks. Compounding forces between clubs, the national government and the justice system left all interviewees agreeing that football violence is a problem greater than just the […]

The US Government is financing a “humanitarian relief centre” at the airport in Resistencia, Chaco Province, via the US Southern Command (USSC), a division of the US military. The donation for the centre is at least US$1 million. Official sources such as the US embassy, USSC, and the Chaco government, have been quite adamant in […]