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A person draped in a blue, green, red and yellow Mapuche flag stands with their back to the camera, looking towards a gas plant in the distance

16 Jun 2022 5 minute read

Standing firm against fracking

The Mapuche people in Argentina are saying no to an influx of transnationals trying to frack their lands. Grace...

Illustraion of a woman reading in the dark in a park

2 May 2022 3 minute read

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Letter from Buenos Aires: the big blackout

Being forced to go without electricity sparks thoughts about living differently for Virginia Tognola.

22 Feb 2022 3 minute read

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Taking back the streets

A message to the powers that be in Buenos Aires – with a song and a dance. Virginia Tognola joins in.

15 Dec 2021 3 minute read

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Letter from Buenos Aires

Everyday corruption is a shock to the system for Virginia Tognola.

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo during their weekly demonstration to establish the fate of their disappeared children and grandchildren during the 1976-83 dictatorship. Credit: Julio Etchart/Majority World.

3 Feb 2021 4 minute read

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Country Profile: Argentina

Massive foreign debts and an impoverished population are intensifying age-old conflicts over natural resources in this...

A pedestrian wearing a face mask, as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past posters on the street that read "No to the payment of the debt. Break with the IMF", in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

28 May 2020 7 minute read

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The way out of Argentina’s debt crisis

Since the early 2000s, Argentina has been forced into a cycle of debt and austerity. Nick Dearden presents...

Protesters against Argentina’s hunger crisis gather for a brew, 5 September 2019. They had camped out overnight in front of the Ministry of Social Development in Buenos Aires. CAROL SMILJAN/NURPHOTO/PA

21 Apr 2020 6 minute read

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Argentina’s big squeeze

Why is hunger growing in a country known as an agricultural powerhouse? Amy Booth reports from Buenos Aires...

21 Jul 2019 9 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Argentina's growing anti-abortion movement

'Pro-life' doctors in Argentina are mobilizing against the right to abortions. Ana Ionova reports from the...

7 Jun 2018 6 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Argentina’s women fight for safe, free and legal abortion

The Ni Una Menos movement are making history. Will they succeed in this Wednesday’s vote on 13 June? ...

Communities around the world are embracing public ownership

15 May 2018 4 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

The people strike back against privatization

Communities across the world taking back control of services and resources.

18 Dec 2017 4 minute read

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What we learned from Argentina’s WTO alternative

Buenos Aires welcomed the WTO with a week of action. By Paula Serafini and Martín Vainstein...

1 Oct 2016 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Kissinger is not our friend

The former US Secretary of State endorsed human rights violations in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Argentina, yet Hillary Clinton...

27 Jan 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

The mysterious death of Alberto Nisman

Argentinians are owed greater transparency and an end to state impunity, writes Adriano Mérola Marotta.

18 Sep 2014 4 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Why is Britain siding with the vulture funds?

The UN wants to stop billionaire speculators forcing indebted nations like Argentina into default. Britain, the US and Germany...

26 Jun 2014 3 minute read

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Will Argentina go into default on Monday?

The US supreme court’s decision to back vulture funds could damage all indebted economies. Vanessa Baird...

19 Jul 2013 2 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Argentina pulls more growth out of the bag

Red faces for pundits as maverick economics trumps – again. Vanessa Baird reflects.

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