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Why A Warming Antarctica Needs Argentina

Thanks to its diplomatic skills and scientific resources, Argentina is uniquely positioned to serve the interests of the precious continent.

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In The News

Coronavirus: The Weight Of Geopolitics And Macroeconomics

The global response to epidemics like COVID-19 depends in large part on the political and economic systems in place among the world’s many nation-states.

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Ideas Society

Argentina’s Provinces Can’t Compete With China’s

The provincial leadership structures in the two countries operate in very different ways, particularly when it comes to incentives.

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Society

An Argentina Hospital’s Safe Space For Patient Feedback

An experimental listening booth in Buenos Aires provides people a comfortable space to give honest feedback — alone and in anonymity.

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Food / Travel

Tapas In Argentina: Spanish Fare Blends Fun And Affordability

Sharing food and Spanish-style snacking are trending in Buenos Aires, as cash-conscious, younger customers tire of the standard restaurant fare and a big bill

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Geopolitics Ideas

Canada’s Indecent Proposal To Fix The Mess In Venezuela

Mediation may well be what Venezuela needs to climb out of its deep political crisis, but it can’t come from Cuba.

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Future Ideas

Why Medical Breakthroughs Need More Testing Than Ever

The country’s food and drug administration should be careful about rubber stamping medical products and procedures just because they’re shiny and new.

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Economy Geopolitics

Why Argentina Should Stop Paying Its External Debts

There’s a case to be made that at least some of what the country owes is ‘odious’ and therefore illegitimate.

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In The News

‘The People v. Elites’: An Existential Threat To Democracy

Failure to address spreading anger with economic inequalities, and to check its attendant demagoguery, may undermine the very functioning of liberal democracies.

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Geopolitics

Can ‘Citizen Diplomacy’ Salvage Argentina-Brazil Relations?

With a socialist government in Argentina and Brazil’s arch-conservative president cold-shouldering each other, private initiatives could restore some cordiality to a relationship that is strategic for all of Latin America.

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Society

In Buenos Aires, A Cemetery That Blends Beauty And Brutalism

A pair of French architects are bringing new attention to a unique, underground section of the Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires.

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In The News

Too Smart For Our Own Good? Imagining Future Human Evolution

As people continue to push the boundaries in areas like AI and biotechnology, it’s worth asking what all these advances will do to our minds and bodies.

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Ideas Society

What Is Art? A 20th-Century Question Oddly Lingers On

Are explicitly polemical art works, by now a tradition in modern culture, related to the wave of rebellions across the world? Or are they just a moneymaking tool?

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Geopolitics Ideas

The Foreign Policy Puzzle Facing Argentina’s New President

Alberto Fernández takes office with a well-known left-leaning world view, but in a Latin American region increasingly dominated by the right.

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In The News

Twerking: How An African Dance Is Shaking Up Latin America

A journey, past and present, into the physical benefits and deeper meanings of (not quite) everyone’s favorite hip-jerking dance craze.

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Food / Travel Future

In Beef-Loving Argentina, The Hunt For A Lab Meat Alternative

An Argentine pharmaceutical firm has begun testing lab beef production and expects to have a tasty and ‘painless’ product sizzling within a few years.

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Society

Seduction Reset In Buenos Aires: The New Rules Of Engagement

In this era of meet-up apps, #MeToo and changing gender mores, the dating scene isn’t what it used to be.

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For Brazil And Argentina, How To Respond To New Trump Tariffs

President Trump’s erratic strikes against the world’s trading regime require a collective response, as unilateral state reprisals cannot check an ‘arrogant’ U.S. administration.

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Ideas Society

Pope Francis: The Poor Offer Salvation For The Rest Of Us

A closer reading of the Pope’s recent treatise that challenges the way contemporary culture sees poverty in society.

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Geopolitics Society

Youth Unemployment: Can Apprenticeships Work In Argentina Like In Germany?

In places like Germany, the so-called ‘dual system’ approach gives young people a chance to learn marketable skills by continuing their education in a proper workplace setting.

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Economy Geopolitics Ideas

The Economics, Both Real And Imagined, Behind Latin America’s Unrest

Many people have had to tighten their purse strings in recent years. But that’s only part of what’s fueling frustrations in the region.

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In The News

The Many Benefits Of Building With Bamboo

Drawing inspiration from his childhood in Colombia, architect Mauricio Cárdenas is convinced that the age-old material also has a bright future.

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Ideas Society

Loneliness: A Global Ailment Of Our Aging, Virtual Society

Globally, 25% of all people admit they have nobody to talk to, with older people living longer and young people spending their time on line.

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In The News

Fernández v. Bolsonaro: Argentina-Brazil Trade Now At Risk

It’s no secret that Brazil’s ultra-conservative leader and the incoming president of Argentina have deeply divergent political leanings.

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In The News

Slow Vegetarianism: Take Your Time And Use Your Brain

Going vegetarian or vegan is not just to stop eating meat, but a progressive rejection of the globalized food industry.

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Geopolitics Ideas

Argentina’s Next President Has A Mandate, Not A Blank Check

Election winners Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner will soon take over leadership of the country. But they’ve also lost momentum already …

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In The News

As Online Medicine Spreads, Doctors Push Back In Argentina

Doctors still make house calls in the South American country. But more and more, health care services providers are urging patients to try ‘las videoconsultas.’

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Ideas Society

Soccer Gods Messi And Maradona Are Not Above The Law

Soccer stars and public figures show their dismal side when they play the victims on being caught in contempt of the law.

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Geopolitics Ideas

Argentina Is Giving Away The Farm On The Falklands

The Argentine government has bent over backwards to please the UK while getting nothing in return.

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Food / Travel Society

Rethinking The Hotel: Open And Fluid Replaces Exclusivity

Hotels are changing their design to reflect the style of modern travelers. A key component now is the entrance and lobby, which are morphing from the secluded and palatial into a multipurpose space that welcomes both guests and the public.

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In The News

Recognizing And Reviving Argentina’s Indigenous Languages

Researchers have identified more than 30 different languages in the South American country, 15 of which are still spoken on a regular basis.

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Future

The Sad Story Of Argentina’s Disappearing Space Rocks

Campo del Cielo, in the far north, has an usual concentration of meteorites. But little by little they’re being pilfered, and often smuggled out of the country.

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Geopolitics Ideas

Washington’s Role In Rekindling Brazil-Argentina Rivalry

It would not be the first time Brazil and Argentina vie to clinch privileged ties with Washington, though for its economic weight and its president’s conservative fervor, Brazil may be ahead in this game.

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Geopolitics Ideas

It’s Complicated: Politicians And The Truth

Speaking the truth includes an honest expression of doubts and shortcomings. How many politicians and public figures do that.

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Ideas Society

From Paulo Coelho, A Cautionary Tale Of Terror For Bolsonaro’s Brazil

The world-renowned Brazilian novelist was one of thousands jailed and tortured during the military regime (1964-1985) that Brazil’s current President Jair Bolsonaro holds in such high esteem.

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Green Or Gone Ideas

World On Fire: The Amazon Is Only Part Of The Problem

It’s easy to fault Jair Bolsonaro for his apparent indifference to the unfolding environmental disaster in Brazil. But there’s plenty of blame to go around.

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Ideas Society

In Buenos Aires, Why ‘Zero Waste’ Beats Recycling

Many around the world are seeing a radical reduction in generating trash as key to tackling our massive pollution problem. The big change, as certain residents of Buenos Aires explain, is to stop buying packaged products.

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In The News

Argentina’s Prohibitive Presidential Front-Runner, In His Own Words

An interview with Peronist candidate Albérto Fernández, who together with his running mate — former president Cristina Kirchner — is looking to unseat Mauricio Macri.

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In The News

Sourcing A Sudden Rat Invasion In Buenos Aires

Trying to track down the source of what seems like a rodent explosion in the Argentine capital. Any advice from Paris…or Baltimore?

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In The News

Five Argentine Design Firms Join Up to ‘Export Together’

Five Argentine design studios are using ‘collaborative association,’ a format that eliminates competition among members, in order to export products and promote the ‘Argentine brand,’ Clarín reports.

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