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Why the suspension of the university funding law is technically dictatorial

Within a democratic system, the use of the term dictatorship has both an emotional and a technical meaning. The former is generally used...

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Argentina is safer to lend to. Is it safe enough to invest long-term?

Argentina is becoming more attractive to lend to. That is not the same as becoming more trustworthy to investors. That distinction matters at...

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How the Andean lithium triangle can bridge the West and the East

For too long, the vast lithium reserves beneath the salt flats of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile have been viewed through a zero-sum lens...

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Phasing out fossil fuels: the world is already debating how

Ariel Slipak is a research coordinator at the Environment and National Resources Foundation (in Spanish, FARN) In a context marked by rising geopolitical...

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The disappeared: What we knew and what we still dont

There are two fundamental questions we must ask ourselves about Argentina’s last dictatorship: What did Argentine society know about the people who were...

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Milei and the risk of turning radical disruption into rigid doctrine

A couple of weeks ago, at an asado, I found myself in an argument. A supporter of President Javier Milei was defending the...

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Miniso showcases Chinas shift from world factory to global trendsetter

This piece is part of the Argentine-Chinese Chamber of Commerce’s monthly column in the Buenos Aires Herald. Walking into a Miniso store is like...

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Critics say the Ecos tour is not Soda Stereo. Theyre missing the point

As the first chords of Soda Stereo’s De Musica Ligera started on April 6 at the Movistar Arena, the public roared in a...

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Chinas new generation hovers between memory and hyperculture

This column was co-written by Ignacio Ortiz Vila and Ana Kuo China’s new generation is often described in superficial terms: more global, more...

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Two Argentinas, one set of numbers

Walk into a shop in a mid-sized city, talk to someone who worked in construction two years ago, or visit a textile workshop....