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Pumas Reflect on Positive Rugby Championship Debut Season

Pumas Reflect on Positive Rugby Championship Debut Season

The Pumas have just concluded their first ever season competing in the rarefied heights of the Rugby Championship against the top three sides in the world. Mark Orton reflects on their debut.

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BA’s Underground Biking Boom

BA’s Underground Biking Boom

As Buenos Aires comes out of hibernation, residents take up their two-wheeled approach to transport once again. Alex King looks at the other side of biking in Buenos Aires, beyond the ‘bicisendas’.

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VIDEO: Ping Pong (With Obstacles)

VIDEO: Ping Pong (With Obstacles)

Grace Protopapas heads to a world championship ping pong tournament with an unusual twist – the table includes obstacles, ranging from rice to rubix cubes, that make everything far more unpredictable.

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Flooding in the Campo: Caught Between Disaster and Emergency

Flooding in the Campo: Caught Between Disaster and Emergency

With around one third of Buenos Aires province affected by widespread flooding in recent months, Taylor Dolven looks at what is being done to provide relief for the stricken agricultural sector.

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Paraguay: Lessons from the Fall of Fernando Lugo

Paraguay: Lessons from the Fall of Fernando Lugo

As Federico Franco completes 100 days since taking over the presidency after Fernando Lugo’s impeachment, Guillermo Adrián D’Angelo reflects on the political lessons learned so far in Paraguay.

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Voting Reform: Triumph for Democracy or Political Opportunism?

A bill granting voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds is being discussed in congress, but is it sign of a maturing democracy or just political manoeuvring before the midterms next year. Lucas Radicella reports.

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VIDEO: Vets in the Villas

VIDEO: Vets in the Villas

Brit Weaver spends a day with Fundaco, a foundation that sets up and operates free veterinary clinics in the villas in and around Buenos Aires.

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The Indy Presents: Short Story Competition!

The Indy Presents: Short Story Competition!

The Argentina Independent is inviting readers to submit short stories, excerpts, and poems in English. The contest is open to all writers who want to share their voice with Argentina’s English speaking community.

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A New Law and Order: Civil Code Reform in Argentina

Grace Protopapas explains the ins and out of Argentina’s impending civil code reform, which seeks to replace the centuries-old document based on European law with an “entirely South American vision”.

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The Indy Eye: September Underground Market

The Indy Eye: September Underground Market

Saturday saw the Buenos Aires Underground Market return for a second edition, with nearly 30 vendors sharing their creative culinary talents at IMPA.

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