Scroll down for various news features, special interest pieces, art and food reviews that I contributed to the Argentina Independent.

Museo Benito Quinquela Martin.

Mate, Uruguay’s national obsession.

Students of all ages come together for combined rehearsal.

Mayor Mauricio Macri (courtesy of Radio Siete)

Facundo’s grave.

Movimiento Afrocultural drum circle in their patio. (Photo courtesy of Movimiento Afrocultural)

House on the calle Londres, Parque Chas (photo: Simon Guerra)

Chef and owner Maxime Tankouo (photo – Helena Andell)

“Korean Empanadas” as presented by the owner. (Photo: Athena Feldshon)

News Features

Mensalão: The Implications of Brazil’s Largest Corruption Scandal

Frigate Libertad: Vulture Funds and Cabin Fever in West Africa

The View From Down Here: What Four More Years Means for Latin America

Patagonian Safari: Big Cats vs. Big Ranching

Reviews

Bella Boca: Museo Benito Quinquela Martín

El Buen Sabor: Villa Crespo’s Heart of Delicious

On Now: Tracey Emin’s “How It Feels”

Una Canción Coreana: Home-Cooking in Flores

Movimiento Afrocultural: Quilombo Culture

Projects of the Week

Project of the Week: Oro Verde

Project of the Week: Poesías Para Ilustrar

Special Interest

Cinema & Politics: A Conversation with Fernando Sulichin

Buenos Aires’ Youth Orchestras: Social Change Through Music

Top 5 Argentine Political Gaffes of 2012

Top 5 Ways to Enjoy Colonia on a Budget

Top 5 Mausoleums in Recoleta (That Aren’t Evita’s)

Dreaming of a Porteño Christmas: A Foreigner’s Guide to Surviving the Holidays

Subte Stories – A four-part travel series

Acoyte, Linea A: Old World Caballito

Caseros, Linea H: Resurgent Parque Patricios

Los Incas, Linea B: The Labyrinth of Parque Chas

Jose M. Moreno, Linea E: The Spider Woman’s Final Hours

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