We hit the streets to see what the people think about the proposed reforms to the civil code and what it will mean for the country.

The National Meteorological Service (SMN) has issued an alert for the Capital, Buenos Aires province, Entre Ríos, and communities along the Río de la Plata, citing strong winds and rising water levels caused by yesterdays’ ongoing storm. The Río de la Plata rose 1.8 metres above its normal level last night, according to the Naval […]

A gas plant explosion in Mexico killed 26 and injured 46 in the northern state of Tamaulipas yesterday. It is believed the explosion was caused by an accumulation of inflammable gas in the measurement area of the plant; the ensuing fire then took close to three hours to control.

The National Immigration Agency has changed the method by which tourists and business visitors from the US, Canada, and Australia will be required to pay in order to gain visa entry to Argentina. The reciprocity fee will shortly no longer be payable at the airport upon arrival. Instead the payment must be carried out online, […]

At the traditional religious ceremony to mark Chile’s Independence Day today the archbishop of Santiago monsignor Ricardo Ezzati commented on the “crisis of confidence” that Chile had been living in the last few years. The archbishop focused particularly on politics and education, currently big issues for Chilean society. Recent student protests and the violent confrontations […]

Security Minister Nilda Garré today denied that there was an increase in the crime rate in the capital. “There is no such thing as a crime rate increase in Buenos Aires,” declared Garré to press this morning outside a downtown city hotel. The government official went on to affirm that certain areas of crime were […]

Today marks the six year anniversary of the disappearance of Jorge Julio López. On 18th September 2006, López was due to appear in court to act as a key witness in the case against Miguel Etchecolatz, the ex-director general of police investigations for Buenos Aires province during the last military dictatorship. He never arrived and […]

President Ricardo Martinelli yesterday signed in a new law regulating the independent candidatures for presidential elections in Panama. The law was sanctioned despite a call by the Electoral Tribunal and the opposition Frente por la Democracia de Panamá (FD) for it to be vetoed. Both groups stated that the law would granted benefits to the […]

“Seed Week,” a demonstration in Asunción held by farming, social, and indigenous rights groups began today in protest of the likely commercial release of five varieties of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds. The protesters advocate the alternative use of native varieties and agricultural diversity as essential to the nation’s food security and sovereignty. Protests reportedly […]

Ana María Edwin, director of The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), today assured that the organisation never claimed “that a person can eat well for $6 a day,” arguing that there is a smear campaign against INDEC spreading misleading messages. In a column written by Edwin for Tiempo Argentino today she defends the […]