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Business Is Business: Why Bolsonaro’s Days May Be Numbered

Business sectors fear the now less popular President Jair Bolsonaro’s bid to retain power will pave the way for another “red” government under Lula da Silva.

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Argentina Eyes Herd Immunity — And Healthcare Reform

The scale and spread of the coronavirus pandemic may make so-called ‘herd immunity’ virtually inevitable, but it can also prompt Argentina to integrate its scattered healthcare services into a single, national service.

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Coronavirus Profiteers: With The Virus Come The Vultures

While we see a general boost in solidarity, a small minority is looking to profit from the COVID-19 tragedy, feeding on a weakened and distracted society.

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Argentina Concert Stampede, ‘Another’ Front Page Tragedy

Clarín, March 13 A concert for fans of Argentine music star Indio Solari turned deadly, and the grim details dominated front pages Monday of the nation’s newspapers, along with questions about bad planning and crowd control. “Another tragedy due to lack of controls’, reads today’s front page of Buenos-Aires based daily Clarín. At last Saturday’s […]

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Extra! 20,000 Evacuated In Buenos Aires Flood

Clarin, Aug. 12, 2015 “Six municipalities under water and 20,000 affected in the province,” Argentine daily Clarin writes on the front page of its Wednesday edition, alongside a picture of people forced to canoe their way around the city of Salto, after heavy weekend rains caused severe floods in the Buenos Aires area. The cities […]

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Control The Printing Presses, And Other “Dictatorial Ambitions” Of Cristina K

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner has it in for top Buenos Aires daily Clarin. But it’s part of much grander plans to extend her power well past the line of legitimate democracy.

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The Women Politicians Of Chile Set To Take Their Country Back

-Essay- SANTIAGO – As recent nationwide municipal elections proved once again, there’s never a shortage of surprises when it comes to politics in my country. The elections were a real blow to the rightist government of President Sebastián Piñera, a businessman who three years ago displaced the center-left Concertacion coalition that had led Chile since […]

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