Momentos de tensión cuando no se dejan entrar a personas durante la audiencia en Sierra Grande, Rio Negro. (Cortesia de Suyhay Quilapan)

“Condenados al sacrificio” en la sombra de Vaca Muerta

Desde Patagonia, una activista ambiental habla de la lucha contra un nuevo oleoducto y la expansión del extractivismo en sus ...
Suyhay Quilapan and others demonstrate during a public hearing in Sierra Grande, Rio Negro. (Courtesy of Suyhay Quilapan)

“Condemned to Sacrifice” in the Shadow of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta

From Patagonia, an environmental activist discusses her community’s struggle against a new oil pipeline and the threats of expanding extractivism ...
The inauguration of libertarian President Javier Milei on December 10, 2023. (Presidency of Armenia / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

Argentina: Shock Therapy, Resistance, and the Role of the Left

With Congress likely to approve Milei’s neoliberal agenda, the only limits to his onslaught will come through mass mobilization, coordinated ...
The Neuquén River winds past rock formations in the Neuquén Basin, where the Vaca Muerta formation is located. (Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory)

Argentina’s Vaca Muerta: 10 Years of Fracking and Local Resistance

With another oil and gas bonanza brewing and a new far-right president in the Casa Rosada, people-led proposals for a ...
Far right presidential candidate Javier Milei launches his party La Libertad Avanza in 2021. Milei came in first place in the Argentine primary elections on Sunday. ( Wikimedia Commons / Sargen220 / CC-BY-3.0)

The Hard Right Captivates the Argentine Electorate

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The Argentine primary elections caused a political earthquake, with libertarian Javier Milei taking first place and Peronism coming in third ...
An astronaut photograph from 2011 features the 29 km (18 mile) stretch of the Paraná river, one of the most important transportation routes for Mercosur states (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Flickr / CC BY 4.0 Deed)

The Paraguay-Paraná Waterway Controversy and the Costs of Unilateralism

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Argentina and Paraguay face off in a diplomatic row over river tolls that raises questions about the future of regional ...
Protestors in Jujuy province march against anti-democratic constitutional reforms and brutal crackdowns in July. One person’s sign reads “NO A LA REFORMA SI A LOS DERECHOS,” No to the reform, yes to rights. (Susi Maresca)

Jujuy Stands Up Against Multinational Mining Companies and Anti-Democratic Reforms

Protests in northern Argentina continue against controversial constitutional reforms that criminalize protest and clear the way for lithium extraction at ...
Argentina 1985, a film by Santiago Mitre.

Argentina 1985: The Revival of Democracy (Review)

Santiago Mitre’s feature film about holding the perpetrators of dictatorship accountable in Argentina humanizes a pivotal moment in Latin American—and ...