It is a humid, overcast morning at Primary School No. 26 Bandera Argentina, in Retiro. The modest, one-storey schoolhouse, wedged between a large drab post office and the looming grey shell of a building that was never completed, pulses with activity despite the fact that it is early on a Saturday. Children run through the …
Continue reading Buenos Aires’ Youth Orchestras: Social Change Through Music
Each week at The Argentina Independent, we showcase one project from the Latin American crowd funding platform IdeaMe, in an effort to give a little free publicity to artists, activists, etc. It's hoped that readers, if they like the project, will contribute a little, a lot, or even just spread the word. For my first "Project …
Continue reading Poesías Para Ilustrar: Interactive Poetry Collection
On 2nd October, the Argentine naval training vessel ARA Frigate Libertad was seized by Ghanaian authorities when it docked in the port of Tema on the first stop of what was meant to be a diplomatic trip down the west coast of Africa. The order to detain the ship was issued by the Commercial Court …
Continue reading Frigate Libertad: Vulture Funds and Cabin Fever in West Africa
This is a collaborative piece written by my coworker Lucas Radicella and I. It originally appeared on The Argentina Independent on November 7th, 2012. As Barack Obama prepares for his second term as president of the United States, he is faced with a series of issues pertaining to Latin America, a major regional trading partner …
Continue reading The View From Down Here: What Four More Years Means for Latin America
Emerging from the last stop of the A line at Avenida Carabobo, deep in the heart of Flores, I found myself in a neighbourhood far removed from the barrios I normally frequent, yet still strangely familiar. This middle-class barrio straddling the north-south divide of Avenida Rivadavia, with its quiet tree-lined side streets and wafting smells …
Continue reading Una Canción Coreana: Home-Cooking in Flores
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