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Argentine Navy ship seized by debt collectors

Argentina’s Wounded Pride and Diminished Navy Among the pleasures of life are reading “The New Yorker” and anything written by Hunter S. Thompson or David Foster Wallace. These two writers are perhaps the best writers in [...]

Argentina: Currency controls, Corruption, Crime, and La Campora

One wonders why a country like Argentina, blessed with vast reserves of oil and natural gas, enormous quantities of wheat, corn, and cattle and a growing economy with low unemployment is by various indicators in economic [...]

General Strike in Argentina

by Vivi Rathbon My breath was shaken by the nearby explosions when I got off the ferry from Colonia. I could hear the cannons firing for Moyano’s strike when the cab driver picked me up [...]

Mate Explained to the Bewildered Foreigner

by Vivi Rathbon I woke up with a swollen cheek. My tooth was throbbing. As I had plans to have it pulled at 19:30, I resisted sending a text message to my dentist for fear [...]

Natural Gas Vehicles: South America moves ahead of the USA

(The video above is provided by CNGnow.) There is a natural question to ask which is if the USA has so much natural gas–its reserves are second only to Russia while its output is greater according [...]

What is Argentina Doing Now?

Argentina has long been a puzzle to people who are not from there and on occasions infuriating those who are. For the moment the foreigner might wonder why the government is seemingly doing all it can [...]

If kids are the future, what is Argentina doing for them?

by Julia Hones Editors note: The author was born and raised in Argentina and returns each year to visit. After getting on the train in Constitucion, Buenos Aires, I make myself comfortable to watch a [...]

Sugary Soliloquy, Inspired by My Cookie

by Seraphina Malinche I returned to my city and was reunited with my beloved. We went to the zoo. We drank stolen Manhattans. And then, when the night was almost over, I bought an Alfajoreo from [...]

Margaret Thatcher on the Malvinas-Falklands War

View Larger Map To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Malvinas-Falkland Islands War, Harper Collins has re-released a chapter of Margaret Thatcher’s biography “The Downing Street Years” entitled “Margaret Thatcher’s War. The Iron Lady on the [...]

Happy Aniversary Buenos Aires

by Vivi Rathbon Two years went by in an instant. An airplane landed in Buenos Aires. I closed my eyes and inhaled. I opened my eyes and exhaled, and it is two years later. Moving [...]

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