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The Peso Problem: Argentina’s Economic Crisis
A street artist is painting on a canvas of pesos. Families are taking handfuls of money to the grocery store, just to encounter confusion...
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Mar 12, 20234 min read


Handkerchiefs for Hope
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Tango Tangle
“In Argentina, Blacks do not exist. That is a Brazilian problem,” remarked Carlos Menem, the former president of Argentina. His...
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Sep 24, 20194 min read


Penny for Your Vote?
The community members of Villa Soldati, a slum on the southwest end of Buenos Aires’ sprawling outskirts, are stuck between a rock and a...
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Dec 8, 20155 min read


Colombia: Giving Peace (Negotiations) A Chance
On September 23, Colombians awoke to the unexpected news of a peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...
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Oct 19, 20154 min read


A Bone To Pick
On his deathbed, Oscar Wilde is reputed to have quipped, “I am dying as I have lived — beyond my means.” This sense of gallows humor is...
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Oct 22, 201413 min read
The Machismo Paradox: Latin America’s Struggles with Feminism and Patriarchy
President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential...
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Apr 30, 201412 min read


Lynching in Latin America: Crime or Popular Justice?
The history of targeted mob violence in this country is not pretty. The act of lynching – heavily racialized in the American context –...
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Apr 15, 20145 min read


The Wool over Argentina’s Eyes
More on Argentina and “hotly contested” rocks. Only this time the topic is not news anymore, and it didn’t even capture the headlines...
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Apr 5, 20133 min read
No Hope in this Pope
In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a...
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Mar 19, 20135 min read
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