Category: Argentina
What are we to make of Argentina’s surprise election results on August 11, which jolted pollsters and analysts alike, and roiled the country’s financial markets?
Argentina today is therefore likely a harbinger of things to come, i.e. the canary in the global economy coal mine, and the victim of a ‘made in the USA’ global slowdown driven by Trump trade and US monetary policies
Bree Busk: Chile’s feminists inspire a new era of social struggleFeminism has a long history in Chile, but 2018 gave rise to a movement that was far more powerful than anyone could have expected
Wildo would like to live in a world where he is not defined by the power of capital. That is the world he is fighting to build
Gabriela Garton: A Battlefield for Gender EqualityArgentina’s women’s soccer team is tired of being sidelined and mistreated. Now they are fighting back, and the Argentine Football Association is taking note
Daniel Gutman: The Voice of Argentina’s Slums, Under ThreatLa Garganta Poderosa: Community-Managed Magazine is the Voice of Argentina’s Slums
Cora Fernandez Anderson: In Argentina, Feminists Versus the Catholic ChurchArgentina’s Lower House will vote on a bill to legalize abortion on June 13 after a congressional debate opened in March for the first time in the country’s history. Why is it happening now, and why has it taken so long?
Sandra Hoyos: Will Argentina Legalize Abortion?As Argentina debates a new law to legalize abortion, activists like Sandra Hoyos are rallying for a pro-choice future for the country
Michelle B. Switzer: Ciudad Futura: Reimagining the Left in ArgentinaHow a rising grassroots movement in Argentina’s third most populous city could reshape the country’s political landscape
Juan Cruz Ferre: Argentina’s New AusterityRecent pension cuts backed by Argentine President Mauricio Macri have elicited vigorous popular protest