Argentina: Opposition Builds to Great Reset, Who’s Next?

December 9, 2020

UPDATE: Mea Culpa, this is not news. But an historical reminder of what happens when the people get fed up with a corrupt government incapable of serving their interests. Rememeber this? The president…

Maradona: The Fragile God of the Global South

November 30, 2020

Opinion

His life was a running planetary pop opera for the ages. From Somalia to Bangladesh, everyone is familiar with the basic contours of his story – the pibe from Villa Fiorito, a poor suburb of Buenos Ai…

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

July 31, 2020

History

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…