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How a Police Spy’s Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official US-Israeli AMIA Bombing Narrative

July 31, 2020

Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and suggest a cover-up by dirty war elements may have let th…

Brexit Could See the Return of the Falkland Islands to Argentina

December 23, 2019

Opinion

The Islas Malvinas, or more commonly known as the Falkland Islands, archipelago was invaded by the United Kingdom in 1833 and its occupation has continued to date. Argentina’s claim for sovereignty th…

Will Bolsonaro Be Spared from the ‘South American Spring’?

November 15, 2019

Opinion

Several South American nations have been rocked by the sudden explosion of intense street protests over the past month aimed at removing their internationally recognized governments from power, and wh…

The Strategic Battle for Lithium. Huge Reserves in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

November 15, 2019

Opinion

On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State“” and of the bad example“” …

The Age of Anger Exploding in Serial Geysers

November 2, 2019

Opinion

The presidential election in Argentina was no less than a game-changer and a graphic lesson for the whole Global South. It pitted, in a nutshell, the people versus neoliberalism. The people won – with…

“The Owner”: The Rise of Eduardo Elsztain and the Coming End of Argentina’s Democracy

April 15, 2019

Opinion

It seemed like a longshot, but anything was possible in the mind of an ambitious, 30-year-old Eduardo Elsztain. Elsztain, then living in New York, had landed a meeting with the wealthy Hungarian-Ameri…

The Dark Secret Behind a British Billionaire’s “Parallel State” in Argentina’s Patagonia

April 6, 2019

Opinion

At the “end of the world,” spanning the southernmost regions of Argentina and Chile, lies the land of Patagonia, much of which remains a pristine wilderness that has inspired countless naturalists and…

South America’s “Prosur” Is a Pivotal Component of “Fortress America”

April 3, 2019

Opinion

Last week the leaders of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru created the so-called “Forum for the Progress of South America”, or “Prosur”, in what many observers under…