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Geopolitics Society

The Pure Folly Of ‘Food Nationalism’ In Argentina

Argentine food production is doing fine and needs no ‘progressive’ state intervention to assure supplies.

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Geopolitics Ideas

Don’t Cry For Her Argentina: Kirchner Plays Victim One Too Many Times

Political drama may have once served Argentine President Kirchner, but now national debt, corruption and the suspicious death of a prosecutor are turning the people against her.

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Economy Eyes on the U.S.

Adios Banana Republics! Brazil Firm Buys ‘Colonial’ Chiquita

The emblematic U.S. banana firm, a confidante of 20th century Latin American regimes, with a long history of mistreating workers, tried in vain to avoid falling into Brazilian hands.

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Ideas

Blaming Peronism For All That’s Broken In Argentina

Argentina’s former Minister of Education Susana Decibe asks if “Peronism” — that brand of Latin American politics named after the 20th century Argentine President Perón, and popularly associated with a unique mix of social justice and state paternalism — is to blame for the country’s current dysfunctional democracy. BUENOS AIRES — Argentina emerged from a […]

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The Next Pope

Pope Francis To Meet Argentinian Nobel Winner, As Questions Linger About Dictatorship

CLARIN, LA NACION (Argentina), BBC MUNDO Worldcrunch VATICAN CITY– Pope Francis will meet Argentinian Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the Vatican confirmed late Wednesday, as questions linger about the new pontiff’s role during Argentina’s military dictatorship. Pérez Esquivel, who won the 1980 Peace Prize for his defense of Human Rights during the dictatorship, […]

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Society

Violent Fans, Teams, The State: The “Vicious Triangle” Of Argentine Soccer

BUENOS AIRES – The organization of the 1934 World Cup in Italy by Mussolini and the 1936 Olympics in Germany by Hitler helped those governments legitimize their regimes around the globe. Sport in general – and soccer in particular – is a phenomenon that integrates society, promotes values and arouses a large interest amongst very […]

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