Geography Archives: Argentina

“What we are witnessing here today is a practical demonstration of Lawfare in Argentina, carried out by the members of the court,” announced Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

The scariest question that pops up when thinking about a second Donald Trump presidency is, “How bad can it get?”

In his first meeting with a foreign head of state, President-elect Donald Trump hosted fascist Argentine President Javier Milei at a gala dinner on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

The 16th Summit of the BRICS organization is taking place this week in the Russian city of Kazan. President Nicolás Maduro was invited by the Russian president himself, Vladimir Putin, at the beginning of August, and is attending with a Venezuelan delegation.

Students are occupying more than 70 different faculties of 30 public universities across Argentina.

Most of the fires have been caused by deliberate burning of lands and improper disposal of highly polluting waste.

Argentina woke up on September 2 with the University of the Mothers (UNMA) fenced off and surrounded by members of the national police, who prevented workers from accessing the center.

The Argentine president’s reformist agenda seeks to eliminate environmental, social and human rights protection standards in order to attract foreign investment.Booming demand for lithium plays a key role in Milei’s new policy.

Javier Milei’s government is sliding Argentina towards a crisis of unprecedented proportions.

The Copa America and the Euro Cup are coming to an end and deserve a reflection, even if this is just a grain of sand in a wave that has moved multitudes on Planet Soccer.

The continent’s most important national team football tournament was overshadowed by serious incidents on and off the field. Many point the finger at the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and the host country, the United States.

The dictatorship in Argentina—one of the cruelest and bloodiest in the region—was in full swing. Among the thirty thousand disappeared by the state were an estimated five hundred babies and children, either taken along with their parents or born in the camps under brutal, inhumane conditions. Their grandmothers would do anything to find them.

The general strike against the austerity measures and the Omnibus Law was strongly felt throughout the country yesterday.

Neo-fascist rulers like Javier Milei propose to control inflation not by curbing capital flight, but by launching a massive attack on the working class.

President-elect Javier Milei moves to privatize energy—and everything else.

CounterSpin interview with Mark Weisbrot on Javier Milei.

CA: “How could Milei’s triumph, geopolitically speaking, affect the Region?”
AB: “First of all, it will harm Argentina, because, in line with Washington’s demands, it will turn this country into a battering ram to reduce China’s presence in the Region, even at the cost of harming Argentina’s national interests, its exporting sectors and the labor force linked to them.”

In light of a pleasant surprise for those opposed to a far-right victory in Argentina, Manuel Bertoldi analyzes this latest success and what it means for the Argentine left.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Mexican President AMLO condemned the US militarized war on drugs, and called for a new international anti-drug policy from a non-militaristic vision, which promotes social justice and attention to the root causes

The current temperature is between 10 and 20 degrees Celsius above what is normal for this time of year in parts of Chile and Argentina.