Argentina’s former secretary of domestic trade this week publicly expressed doubt over the validity of the 32 percent poverty rate released last fall by the government’s statistics agency.
Argentina has toughened its stance on immigration, deterring migrants from some of the poorest countries in South America. “Faced with the recent notorious acts of organized crime, the government has had enormous difficulties in enacting deportation orders against foreign nationals as a result of the complex, repetitive procedures that in some cases can take seven years to process,” said President Mauricio Macri of policy changes implemented by emergency presidential decree on Jan. 27.
In Argentina, policymakers are coming up with new legislation to crack down on the relentlessly high level of gender-based violence, but many experts say the real hurdle is finding effective ways to implement the laws.
The Vatican and Argentina’s Catholic Church have decided to open their archives from the country’s ‘Dirty War.’ The move raises hope that other Latin American countries that also suffered under military dictatorships will do the same.
Oil companies looking to expand on fracking have met a great deal of resistance in Argentina, where conservationists and the…
The killing of three 12-year-old girls in Argentina, the gang rape of a teenage girl in Brazil and other recent…
The leak of the Panama Papers from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca identify at least 12 heads of state, one…
Just a month after his inauguration, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has moved to authorize the air force to track and…
Critics of Toms shoes say that the solution does little to address the root causes and problems of poverty at best and at worst can damage local businesses. The online conversations by academics, bloggers (including myself) and NGO workers have continued for years with little response from TOMS.