News of community

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

13-10-2021 09:11 Sebastián Piñera declares a state of emergency and deploys troops to two southern regions, after clashes break out between Mapuche protesters and security forces.

Mix of hope, scepticism among Mapuche as Chile rewrites constitution

12-10-2021 14:57 Chile's Constitutional Convention had already begun to draft a new constitution, but Mapuche leaders doubt that it will resolve the community's historic demands for land and self-determination.

Malcolm Hunter OBE, key figure in Argentina’s British community, dies at 91

27-08-2021 23:16 Ex-ABCC chief, business leader and charitable soul Malcom Hunter OBE has to go down as one of the most important leaders the British community in Argentina has ever had.

by Michael Soltys

Delta case of community circulation detected in Buenos Aires Province

24-08-2021 19:18 Authorities in Buenos Aires Province identify first case of Delta variant contagion via community circulation in the region.

Trans workers breaking barriers in Brazil

22-07-2021 09:58 A growing number of training programmes aimed specifically at transgender people are helping workers break through barriers in Brazil.

Families reiterate call for justice on 27th anniversary of AMIA bombing

18-07-2021 15:38 Families of the victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre renewed their demands for justice Sunday as they marked the 27th anniversary of the horror attack.

Ronnie Scott: 103 not out

13-03-2021 08:52 Keep moving would seem to be the secret of Ronnie Scott’s longevity – flying the skies from World War II to the year of Argentina’s first World Cup, he remains on wheels to this day with a driving licence. 

by Michael Soltys

Choose your own Menem

20-02-2021 07:46 As from Menem, public officials who got rich on the job began to be the rule rather than the exception.

by Javier Calvo

CEOs frustrated with Argentina rattle off list of problems

13-11-2020 19:02 Global companies are growing ever more frustrated with Argentina. The specific gripes vary, but broadly speaking executives say it’s hard to make money given the multitude of challenges facing the nation.

Armenians in Argentina decry Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

11-10-2020 08:51 Hundreds of people from Argentina's Armenian community demonstrated Saturday in Buenos Aires, calling for an end to fighting in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The arguing never stops

11-07-2020 08:13 The arguing will never go away. At times it pauses briefly when the public is hit by unsettling news on the coronavirus front, but then, in no time at all, the bickering begins once more.

by Martín Gambarotta

Hungry neighbours cook together as virus roils Latin America

19-06-2020 19:56 Economic shutdowns have forced poor Peruvians, Argentines and tens of millions of others to fall back on community-based food kitchens, unseen in large numbers since crises like Peru’s 1990s civil war or Argentina’s financial crash two decades ago.