Próvolo child abuse: Mendoza high court overturns acquittal of former nun
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·1d ago
The Supreme Court of Mendoza Province has overturned the acquittal of a former nun in a case involving the abuse of deaf children, paving the way for a court to determine her sentence, according to...
'Aura' battles leap from social media to Latin America streets
Buenos Aires Timesby Lucero Méndez, AFP·2d ago
In the middle of a cheering crowd in Mexico City, two teenagers are limbering up for battle. Staring at each other intently, they look as if they could come to blows.
Underground wealth, above ground worries
Buenos Aires Timesby Marcelo J. García·2d ago
In passing last week, in his usual matter-of-fact flat tone, the government’s Deputy Economy Minister for Energy & Mining, Daniel González, announced that a new study shows that Vaca Muerta has...
ASEAN, as in the zone
Buenos Aires Timesby Michael Soltys·2d ago
Time to look not only beyond the headlines but also beyond the frontiers to an often forgotten part of the world – to ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations), which has now started the...
The death of a self-made professor
Buenos Aires Timesby James Neilson·2d ago
Academic scandals have long been a source of entertainment for ordinary mortals who, being the sort of people they are, enjoy seeing professors getting toppled from their lofty perches for breaking...
The ‘uncanny valley’ theory meets Milei and Cerimedo
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·2d ago
In 1970, Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori coined the term “uncanny valley” to refer to an eerie, maybe even revolting reaction that humans would have when facing a nearly life-like robot.
Óscar Martínez: ‘Bukele has neither principles nor ideology – he was after power, any which way’
Buenos Aires Timesby Jorge Fontevecchia·2d ago
Journalist Óscar Martínez is the editor of the El Faro media outlet and author of the 2006 book Bukele, el rey desnudo (“Bukele: The Naked King”).
March of the trolls
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·2d ago
Once again scandal comes our way from Santa Cruz yet not this time from the Patagonian fiefdom of the Kirchner dynasty but from the Santa Cruz de la Sierra capital of the oil-rich Bolivian...
Stories that caught our eye: August 14 to 21
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·2d ago
LLA TROLL CHARGED WITH FEMICIDE Fernando Cerimedo testified in Bolivia last Tuesday to deny charges of having masterminded the "attempted femicide" of his former partner Nadia Beller, 33, by...
UN holds second informal poll of secretary-general candidates
Buenos Aires Timesby Gregory Walton, AFP·3d ago
The UN's most powerful body, the Security Council, met Friday for another straw poll to gauge the popularity of a growing field of contenders to succeed Antonio Guterres as the embattled...
Milei says legal abortion ‘madness’ is ‘costing Argentina dearly’
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·3d ago
President Javier Milei has linked Argentina’s falling birth rate to the feminist movement and the legalisation of abortion, describing the latter as a “madness” that is “costing” the country...
Argentina hit with heavy sanctions by FIFA for World Cup controversies
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·3d ago
FIFA's Disciplinary Committee has imposed sanctions on the Argentine Football Association (AFA), three members of the national team squad and one of its coaches following incidents that occurred...
USA and China at war over Vaca Muerta, Hidrovía and Patagonia
Buenos Aires Timesby Carlos Burgueño·3d ago
The conflict is global and overt. Nevertheless, Argentina is skating the surface, sailing in subterranean waters.
INDEC data shows economy improved in June after uneven first half of year
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·3d ago
Argentina's economic activity rebounded by 0.8 percent in June after two consecutive months of decline, ending an uneven first half of the year, the INDEC national statistics bureau said on...
Cartoneros warn City Hall recycling overhaul could push them out
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·3d ago
Groups representing cartoneros warn that the conditions being set by City Hall for renewing recycling system contracts could push them out and pave the way for private firms to take them over...
Maradona death trial on hold amid suspected father-son kidney test mix-up
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·3d ago
The second trial into the death of football legend Diego Maradona was suspended on Thursday following claims that kidney tests presented to the court belonged to the player's father.
Milei hails progress on inflation, vows to grow economy
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·3d ago
President Javier Milei defended his record in office and stressed that he would fulfil his mandate to bring down inflation and grow the economy, as he closed out an Americas Society/Council of the...
Impatient savers are hindering Milei’s lending push
Buenos Aires Timesby Ignacio Olivera Doll, Bloomberg·4d ago
President Javier Milei has persuaded Argentines to put their savings back into banks. Convincing them to keep their money there for more than a few months is proving harder.
Hamm’s Continental to buy 50% of Mercuria Argentina oil firm
Buenos Aires Timesby Archie Hunter, Bloomberg·4d ago
Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc signed agreements to buy half of an Argentine shale oil firm owned by Mercuria Energy Group, with the firms promising more than...
Lula wages his final campaign as Brazil’s presidential frontrunner
Buenos Aires Timesby Daniel Carvalho, Martha Beck & Vinicius Andrade, Bloomberg·4d ago
Six weeks from Brazil’s election, the talk of its campaign season is less about who will win than what President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will do when he does.
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