Argentina's Immigration Crackdown Rattles Bolivia

Argentina’s Immigration Crackdown Rattles Bolivia

Argentinian President Macri’s crackdown on immigrants, echoing Trump, ignites a fierce national debate and raises diplomatic tensions with Bolivia ...
The Washington Post’s Flimsy Critique of Argentina

The Washington Post’s Flimsy Critique of Argentina

On April 19, The Washington Post’s editorial board published a cartoonishly hysterical rant titled “Argentina’s president rejects stepping into the future,” in ...
ARGENTINA: The Protracted Struggle

ARGENTINA: The Protracted Struggle

Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program to NAFTA, by Ronald L. Mize and Alicia C.S. Swords, University of Toronto ...
Facundo Cabral – A Musical Tribute

Facundo Cabral – A Musical Tribute

A musical tribute to Facundo Cabral, Argentinian political protest singer, songwriter, and novelist assassinated in Guatemala last week, composed and ...
The Winner in Argentina? Transgenic Soy

The Winner in Argentina? Transgenic Soy

As I prepared for a recent trip to Argentina, friends and colleagues regaled me with tales of the best beef ...
Paco: Drug War Blowback in Argentina

Paco: Drug War Blowback in Argentina

Beginning in mid-2006, news reports in English began appearing about paco, a cheap, highly addictive form of cocaine ravaging the ...
Mate on the Market: Fair Trade and the Gaucho’s ‘Liquid Vegetable’

Mate on the Market: Fair Trade and the Gaucho’s ‘Liquid Vegetable’

When Eugenio Kasalaba awoke on March 24, 1976, in Argentina’s northeastern-most province of Misiones, he and his father began the ...
Resisting Kirchner’s Recipe (Sometimes): ‘LGBTTTI’ Organizing in Argentina

Resisting Kirchner’s Recipe (Sometimes): ‘LGBTTTI’ Organizing in Argentina

On the night of December 20, 2001, less than an hour after President Fernando de la Rúa declared martial law, ...