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Is Buenos Aires Sending its Pups Barking Mad?

Blanka Hay investigates the growing phenomenon of pet psychology in Buenos Aires, and asks if it is the urban environment itself that is driving owners to the their pups to visit the shrink.

Posted in Lifestyle, TOP STORY, Urban Life2 Comments

Want to Know More About the 2001-2 Crisis?

Want to Know More About the 2001-2 Crisis?

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.

Posted in Development, Film, Literature1 Comment

Project of the Fortnight: FestEco

Already have your Christmas wishes down? Well, why not help environmental NGO Ambientate make theirs come true, by helping crowdfund their latest venture: FestEco: Argentina’s first zero carbon festival. FestEco is this week’s highlighted project by Ideame.

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The Wild West in the Southern Cone

The Wild West in the Southern Cone

Recent violence on the agricultural frontier in Brazil and Argentina reveals the challenge of protecting native tribes as land used for food production escalates across the region.

Posted in Human Rights, TOP STORY1 Comment

The Indy Eye: Qom Struggle, One Year On

Today marks one year since the brutal repression of the a peaceful roadblock by the indigenous Qom community in Formosa. Patricio Guillamón has spent a year following the case, and shares his images.

Posted in Human Rights, Photoessay, TOP STORY0 Comments

Size Discrimination in Buenos Aires

Most clothes retailers in Buenos Aires do not stock all sizes required by law, discriminating against larger men and women. Laura Mowat investigates the problem and speaks to those trying to tackle it.

Posted in TOP STORY, Urban Life6 Comments

The Dead Do Tell Tales

Patricia di Filippo offers a comprehensive review of Argentine Supreme Court Justice Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni’s fascinating new book rethinking crime and criminology: ‘La palabra de los muertos’.

Posted in Human Rights, TOP STORY0 Comments

The Indy Eye: Tipas Porteñas

In Tipas Porteñas, photographer Beatrice Murch presents a side of Buenos Aires as iconic as Eva Perón or Jorge Luis Borges. They are canopies, they cut organic figures in the urban landscape, and at times exuberant dashes of colour, but they are ever present: the Tipa trees of Buenos Aires. On display at the Botanical Gardens in Palermo from Nov 21 – Dec 15.

Posted in Environment, Photoessay3 Comments

Biodiesel in Argentina: Blessing or Long-Term Hazard?

Biodiesel in Argentina: Blessing or Long-Term Hazard?

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.

Posted in Development, Environment, News From Argentina, TOP STORY0 Comments

A Dark Day of Justice: Former ESMA Officers Finally Sentenced

A Dark Day of Justice: Former ESMA Officers Finally Sentenced

Francesca Fiorentini looks at the significance of the conclusion of the ESMA ‘megacase’, where 16 former naval officers were found guilty of crimes against humanity during the last military dictatorship.

Posted in Analysis, Human Rights, TOP STORY0 Comments

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