A pontiff’s life: Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, delves into the new autobiography of Pope Francis being released this week…
Venezuela opposition leader to travel to Argentina ahead of planned Maduro inauguration
Reuters Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who says he resoundingly won a July presidential election but has been living in Spain after a warrant was issued for his arrest, said on Thursday he will travel to Argentina this weekend. Gonzalez’s “international tour” comes days ahead of the planned 10th January inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro […]
Venezuela opposition adviser holed up in Argentine residence calls it “prison”
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters The Argentine diplomatic residence in Caracas, where five members of the Venezuelan opposition are staying to avoid arrest, has become a “prison,” one opposition member staying there said on Saturday. The residence has been without power for more than a month, Magalli Meda, adviser to opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, said on […]
Essay: At 88, Pope Francis dances the tango with the global Catholic Church amid its culture wars
Scholar of Latin American Catholicism DAVID M LANTIGUA explores, in an article first published on The Conversation, why Pope Francis is seen as a “theologian of the tango”…
Record dengue outbreak in Americas kills 7,700 this year, PAHO says
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Reported cases of dengue in the Americas nearly tripled to a record high of over 12.6 million this year, including 21,000 severe cases and over 7,700 deaths, the Pan American Health Organization said on Tuesday. This year’s outbreak of dengue, the most common mosquito-borne disease worldwide, is the biggest since records […]
Argentina appeals court confirms guilty verdict for former President Cristina Kirchner
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters A federal appeals court in Argentina upheld a guilty verdict for former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday. Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner gives her speech during the event named “Political and Electoral Reality of Latin America” organised by MORENA party, in Mexico City, Mexico on 3rd August, […]
Postcards: Paraguay’s drying river stokes water tensions between fishers and farmers
DANIELA DESANTIS and CESAR OLMEDO, of Reuters, report…
Columbus holiday in Latin America revives centuries-old historical debate
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilisation to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up over the era’s contested historical legacy. Commemorating Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas on 12th October, 1492, the office of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei posted on […]
Food insecurity: In Argentina’s poverty-hit barrios an emergency takes hold
LUCILA SIGAL and JAVIER CORBALAN, of Reuters, report on the food emergency taking hold as poverty rises in poor communities…
Cattle burn as ‘monster’ wildfires rage in Argentina ranchlands
Capilla del Monte, Argentina Reuters Wildfires have burned through 40,000 hectares of Argentina’s central farming region of Cordoba, according to officials, leaving charred cattle, houses, forests and fields in their wake. Images from the hard-hit town of Capilla del Monte in the key ranching region showed cows completely burned and blackened amid scenes of decimated […]