As a new bilingual school is inaugurated in an indigenous Qom community in Chaco, Brit Weaver analyses the decline of indigenous languages and the potentially positive effects of the school.

Marc Rogers visits Famatina, Tinogasta, and Andalgalá, three small towns on the front line in the fight against the spread of big, open pit mining in the Andean foothills of Western Argentina.

Argentina’s caesarean section figures are the seventh highest in the world, which Catherine Hubbard says amounts to a routine surgical invasion of women’s bodies on a massive, and costly, scale.

Brit Weaver analyses ProCreAr, the new home loans’ programme announced by the government, and explains why it is a policy that goes beyond trying to solve the housing crisis.

As plans to begin exploitation of shale gas resources in Argentina are unveiled, Michael Tanenbaum analyses the potential impact of tapping into unconventional energy sources.

In our ‘going to print’ campaign, we are reminding readers of the good times, highlighting the best parts of the last six years’ coverage, from articles, to series, to videos. This week, some of our best articles.

Lillo Montalto Monella heads to the Western suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires to La Perla, a social housing project that is being slowly transformed into Argentina’s first solar-powered neighbourhood.

Once a matter of national pride, the Argentine educational system is today in crisis, and has become a microcosm of the challenges confronting the rest of the world. Patricia Di Filippo investigates.

From Paraguay, Indy contributor Guillermo D’Angelo weighs up the economic opportunities and social challenges presented by the country’s boom in soybean production.

If you’re finding our 2001-2011 crisis series has whet your appetite for more information on the subject, Cintia Dabes provides a round up of the best films and books that look at the economic meltdown in a more comprehensive way.