Sam Ferguson is a former Yale Law School Robina International Human Rights Fellow and Fulbright Scholar. He is writing a book, ‘Remnants of a Dirty War’, about human rights trials in Argentina.

Buenos Aires has long been regarded as one of the hottest international destinations for gay tourism, as the opening of the city’s first ‘Pink Point’ gay tourism information centre proves.

John Rodiño talks to Linda Neilson, the Scottish owner of Palermo-based Galeria Mar Dulce, who has been living in Argentina since 2006.

Cherie Magnus has done any kind of dancing you can name, but has been dedicated to tango since moving here to Buenos Aires in 2003, and was the only foreigner to get beyond the semi-finals in 2006′s Campeonato de Tango.

For those living abroad, homesickness can sometimes be a problem: perhaps you miss your parents, or your pet fish, or grandma’s home cooking. Whatever you miss, a solution has arrived in SendLove BA, a company that specialises in delivering home-style care packages right to your door.

In light of the month-long celebration of Peruvian culture in Buenos Aires, Peruba, the Argentina Independent chose to interview a Peruvian expat for our BA lives section.

Too many options can be overwhelming. This applies whether you are standing in the supermarket staring at a wall of 13 different brands of dulce de leche, trying to decide which omnibus company will provide the least painless 20-hour journey, or searching for a Spanish school because your broken Castellano has been met with blank stares.

8th June marks Polish Settlers Day in Argentina, in celebration of the Argentina’s third largest immigrant community after Spanish and Italians, a fact that may be surprising to some. Perhaps this is due to a strong desire to assimilate, as Vicky Gashe discovers when she meets some key members of the Argentine Polish community.

Having been in Buenos Aires for over a year and spotted a gap in the market, at the end of last year Anna Templeton launched Au Pair in Argentina, an au pairing agency aimed at connecting parents with those wanting to come to the country and spend time working with children. The Argentina Independent talked to her and discussed her experiences setting up a business in Argentina.

The 1060s are a band of ex-pats that have been garnering attention since they started gigging around San Telmo and Palermo at the end of last year. They play a mixture of genres from indie and rock to electro and soul. Liverpudlian singer and guitarist, Benny Dunphy met with the Argentina Independent to tell us a little bit more about how Buenos Aires helped form his band.