The Peruvian community celebrated 191 years of independence from Spain with an event on Avenida de Mayo. Beatrice Murch shares her photos.

A new statue of cartoon favorite Isidoro Cañones by Dante Quinterno was unveiled this afternoon in San Telmo on the corner of Chile and Balcarce. Photographer Beatrice Murch snapped these up.

Melanie Henderson meets the AfroSound choir, which unites 60 amateur and professional singers of all ages to sing African-American songs of praise in English.

Greenpeace’s flagship the “Rainbow Warrior III” has arrived in Buenos Aires to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the environmental NGO. Photographer Beatrice Murch brings you a sample of what you can see if you visit the ship this weekend.

In celebration of the US Independence Day on 4th July, we bring you a photo essay from last Sunday’s Buenos Aires Chili Cookoff. This second annual event raised just over $12,000 for charity Send a Child to School.

Protests shut down Buenos Aires last week with one protest on Tuesday and a massive demonstration on Wednesday. Photographers Diego Espinosa, Patricio Guillamón, and Patricio Murphy were on hand to cover the events.

The Taste Event in Recoleta was held last week and was a smashing success,with more than 2000 people in attendance for scrumptious food. Photographers Agus Carini, Beatrice Murch and Lauren White documented the flavors of the night.

Tango lovers flocked to Chacarita Cemetery to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the most famous Argentine tango singer of all, Carlos Gardel.

Saturday 9th June saw the very first edition of the Indy’s Buenos Aires Underground Market at worker-run factory IMPA in Almagro. Juan Pablo Vildosola shares his images here.

As part of our focus on food, Lillo Montalto Monella takes a look at the local take on this Italian classic, and finds out how to make homemade pizza – Argentine style.