Argentina is positioning itself as one of the world’s largest biodiesel producers, though there is still fierce debate about the potential impact on food prices. Cintia Dabes reviews the situation.

Mhairi Roberts visits Cruce de Miradas, a photography project with the core idea of social inclusion run out of Moreno, a suburb of Buenos Aires.

The territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands/Malvinas goes far beyond the 1982 war. Francesca Fiorentini looks into what makes these distant islands so valuable even today.

As part of our shantytown series, we revisit Hannah Mendoza’s story on the Amistad o Nada, a social and artistic project run out of Villa 20.

Mundo Villa is a publication that was developed with the mission of giving a voice to the unrepresented, unheard populations of the villas, the shantytowns of Buenos Aires.

As part of our shantytown series, we revisit Kristie Robinson’s 2006 article on El Milenio Continua, a radio station run out of Villa 31.

As part of The Indy’s villa series, we revisit Kristie Robinson’s 2006 article on a photography project run out of the Ciudad Oculta, which just turned ten.

As part of our on-going villa series, looking at Buenos Aires’ shantytowns, we revisit Sam Walker’s 2008 article on Goal’s for Girls, a football project run out of Villa 31.

Sam Mustafa meets the participants of Buenos Aires Youth Orchestra, a city government scheme that gives children from impoverished backgrounds classical musical training.

A four-storey, bright purple, cement building is due to become Buenos Aires’ first villa hotel in March. But not everyone in Villa 31 believes the project to be a good thing, as Rachael Getzels discovers.