News of culture

Argentina’s ‘Belén’ joins Brazilian feature on Oscars foreign film shortlist

Today 12:15 Argentine legal drama 'Belén' and Brazilian political thriller 'O Agente Secreto' have made it onto the shortlist for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.

WINE INDUSTRY

Women sommeliers are cracking male-dominated wine world open

13-12-2025 09:52 Long a male stronghold, the world of sommeliers is now opening widely to women, who are making their mark with distinction, despite the obstacles that persist in a male-dominated environment.

WORLD HERITAGE HONOUR

UNESCO grants heritage status to Córdoba’s cuarteto

10-12-2025 23:46 Córdoba’s emblematic genre becomes Argentina’s fourth cultural expression recognised by the UN agency.

WORLD HERITAGE

Argentine dance to Yemeni poetry among UNESCO heritage bids

09-12-2025 09:48 UNESCO is weighing 68 nominations to add to its intangible cultural heritage list.

CELEBRITIES IN LATIN AMERICA

Samba, football and tacos: Dua Lipa seduces Latin America with eye on local culture

04-12-2025 12:10 British singer Dua Lipa captivated Latin America by embracing the passions and melodies of the countries she visited during her regional tour.

CELEBS IN ARGENTINA

Work hard, play hard: Global stars make the most of Buenos Aires

21-11-2025 14:42 A-listers are flocking to Argentina’s capital. From steakhouses and vegan restaurants to tango and football matches, here’s the experiences celebrities are seeking out during their time in Buenos Aires.

by Mariano Casas Di Nardo

MUSIC & ART

Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso say they'll melt down first Latin Grammys to make a chain

15-11-2025 08:44 Argentine musical duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso have announced unusual plans for the first Latin Grammys they won this Thursday in Las Vegas: they intend to melt them down to make themselves a chain.

ENVIRONMENT VERSUS ECONOMY

Milei seeks to accelerate copper boom by easing glacier rules

13-11-2025 18:38 President plans to modify regulations that protect Andean glaciers in order to unlock tens of billions of dollars of mining investments.

MUSIC

Chart-topping star Milo J uses fame to focus youth on folklore

08-11-2025 07:27 In 1996, a 16-year-old Soledad Pastorutti burst onto the Cosquín Festival stage and overnight got the nation’s teenagers and youths to include Argentine folklore on their turntables. Nearly 30 years on, Milo J is achieving something similar with his album ‘La vida era más corta,’ featuring the legendary Silvio Rodríguez and samples of the voice of Mercedes Sosa.

EXCLUSIVE

Film legend Jane Fonda to promote human rights doc ‘Norita’ in Los Angeles

24-10-2025 10:42 Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda to present screening of documentary detailing life of Madres de Plaza de Mayo co-founder and human rights icon Nora Cortiñas at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.

POLITICS (& ENTERTAINMENT)

Doubts remain over who financed Milei’s ‘rock show’ at Movistar Arena

13-10-2025 22:30 Questions remain unanswered over who exactly funded Javier Milei’s recent “show” at the Movistar Arena. His presidential spokesperson says it was “a private rally, paid for by the publishers” of his new book, but how did a small publishing house afford to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring a 15,000-capacity venue?

by Alejandro Gomel

'TODAY WE BURN JEWS!'

Milei condemns anti-Semitic chants by school pupils on Bariloche trip

29-09-2025 12:48 President Milei condemns "reprehensible" video of anti-Semitic chanting by school students on graduation trip in Bariloche.

EUROPE

Meet Ali Akbar, Paris’ last newspaper hawker and local legend

25-09-2025 13:11 Ali Akbar is a beloved figure on Paris’s Left Bank, keeping the tradition of newspaper hawking alive, using humour and dedication.

PAINTING HUNT SUCCESS

Police recover Nazi-looted painting spotted in online property ad

04-09-2025 01:08 Two detained as painting stolen from Dutch Jewish art collector in World War II is found in Mar del Plata; 18th-century masterwork was spotted after appearing in online property ad; Relative of dead Nazi financial guru and her partner placed under house arrest.

Tango World Championship

Dynamic Argentine duo win Stage final at World Tango Championship

03-09-2025 11:39 Leandro Bojko and Micaela García crowned champions of Stage category at the 2025 World Tango Championship.

WORLDWIDE HUNT

Nazi-looted painting recovered, two taken into custody

02-09-2025 17:09 Long-lost Nazi-looted portrait found in Mar del Plata; Daughter of late fugitive officer and her partner placed under house arrest.

FILM & CINEMA

Director Lucrecia Martel airs new documentary at Venice festival

01-09-2025 22:52 Lucrecia Martel brings indigenous Argentine voices to Venice with her new documentary 'Nuestra Tierra.'

FILM & CINEMA

Argentine cinema enjoys a moment at Venice despite cuts

01-09-2025 14:22 Five productions at glittering film gathering are at the least co-produced by Argentine studios, but experts warn that doesn’t tell the whole story of a sector facing a “perfect storm” that has left production “virtually at a standstill.”

MUSIC & ART

Accordion-player Raúl Barboza, considered the king of chamamé, dies at 87

28-08-2025 21:11 Accordion-player Raúl Barboza, considered the King of Chamamé music in Argentina, has died in Paris.

POLITICS & CULTURE

Twist in Homo Argentum tale – Milei’s new fave film did get state funding

22-08-2025 10:56 President’s praise for Guillermo Francella’s new movie collides with revelations that the blockbuster received support from Buenos Aires City government.

THEATRE

An interactive Dracula

14-08-2025 17:41 ‘Dracula – a Gothic tale reimagined’; by The Suburban Players; Directed by Peter Macfarlane, MBE; Centro Cultural San Isidro, Av. del Libertador 16138, San Isidro.

by Michael Soltys

FEATURE

Challenging overfishing: The craft fishers of Peninsula Valdés

26-07-2025 06:02 At Península Valdés in Argentina’s south, a group of artisanal fishers practise a daily craft which runs counter to the voracity of extractive industry. From a fishing province, they are rescuing a trade requiring patience and risk in a protected area many today view as under threat. A look at it’s like to work in a North Patagonian gulf, in crystal-clear waters, where whales follow motorboats as dogs run after the wheels of a lorry.

TV & STREAMING

‘There are many Menems – it’s hard to know which one he is’

16-07-2025 13:02 Director Ariel Winograd and actor Leonardo Sbaraglia discuss the new Prime Video original series about former president Carlos Menem.

by Juan Manuel Dominguez

DINO REPLICA IN RECOLETA

Patagotitan Mayorum: Replica of largest dinosaur in world at Recoleta park

14-07-2025 12:23 Replica skeleton of Patagotitan Mayorum, one of the most important finds of world palaeontology, will be on display at Recoleta’s Parque Thays until the end of August.

by Enrique Garabetyan

HISTORY & CULTURE

Peñico: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4,000 years old opens doors to tourists

14-07-2025 10:20 Site of 3,800-year-old citadel from the Caral civilisation, one of the oldest in the world and located in northern Peru, opens to the public after eight years of scientific studies and restoration work.

As I see it

Do smartphones make people stupid?

12-07-2025 06:51 For a long time it was taken for granted that headlong technological progress would greatly benefit youngsters by providing them with a cornucopia of educational resources that had been denied to previous generations.

by James Neilson

TV & STREAMING

New Carlos Menem series hits the small screen

09-07-2025 17:09 Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service premieres new series about Argentina’s former president Carlos Menem, who led the nation from 1989 to 1999, on Independence Day.

ICONIC CITY VENUE

Luna Park redevelopment plan unveiled with 2027 target

07-07-2025 14:51 DF Entertainment and Live Nation announce plan to renovate iconic Buenos Aires venue; Late 2027 target for reopening; More than 150 shows a year planned, historic façade preserved.

IN TRIBUTE

The final symphony: Honouring Lalo Schifrin

27-06-2025 15:27 A public tribute to the late Lalo Schifrin by the co-author of his final symphony, maestro Rod Schejtman.

by Rodrigo Schejtman

OBITUARY

'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies aged 93

27-06-2025 14:10 Buenos Aires-born composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows, has died at the age of 93.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

16-06-2025 20:39 People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news.

POLITICS & CULTURE

Milei’s changes at state children’s channel sparks controversy

05-06-2025 18:08 Controversy erupts in Argentina as libertarian animated series lands on state channel Paka Paka; Critics accuse Milei administration of seeking to impose ideology on the nation's kids.

ART & DIPLOMACY

Brush with censorship: Milei-critical artist has work taken down at Beijing Embassy

04-06-2025 13:00 Dozens of artworks were due to be presented at Argentina’s Embassy in China. Among them was a painting by Verónica Gómez, who in the past incorporated Jaiver Milei and Karina Milei into her art. For that reason, it was ordered to be taken down.

by Juan Luis González

DISCREDIT & DISTRACTION

Darín and Milei’s online army: empanadas or rotten fish

27-05-2025 14:43 Argentina’s government, along with its army of online trolls and sympathetic journalists, used the price of empanadas to mock Ricardo Darín and distract from the economic crisis. Viral mockery and aligned media coverage helped them avoid talking about frozen wages, austerity, and the loss of purchasing power.

by Nicolás Gonzalez

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Figures hint at deepening crisis for Argentina’s publishing market

26-05-2025 16:23 Annual report by Cámara Argentina del Libro – which represents more than 500 national publishers, bookshops, and distributors – reveals a decline both in the number of new titles and in print runs; Around three-quarters of publications are produced in and around Buenos Aires.

by Omar Genovese

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Things ain’t what they used to be – and nor were they then

23-05-2025 15:12 'Crisis social, pandemia y colonialismo inglés: una mirada de la Argentina a través del sainete y del seminario Don Quijote de Eduardo Sojo'; by Victoria Cox, Ediciones Diotima, 2024, 96 pages.

by Michael Soltys

PRESS FREEDOM

Argentina imposes new limits on Casa Rosada press accreditation

23-05-2025 14:18 Number of reporters allowed at press conferences to be tightened and questions must be pre-approved; Areas of Casa Rosada now declared off-bounds, dress code introduced.

PRESS FREEDOM

Photographer freed after being violently detained at protest

22-05-2025 15:10 An AFP collaborator, photojournalist Tomas Cuesta, was freed in Buenos Aires Monday after he was detained with three other people at a pensioners' march that saw clashes with police.

‘Information war’

Experts and diplomats unite to fight disinformation threat

13-05-2025 10:40 European diplomats, journalists and fact-checking specialists sound the alarm at international forum on disinformation in Buenos Aires.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Community

Pioneering women’s ed club celebrates 90th year

09-05-2025 18:39 University Women’s Club of Buenos Aires enters tenth decade, celebrates with new exhibition marking its rich history at UCA library.

by Michael Soltys

FERIA DEL LIBRO 2025

Milei phenomenon dominates 49th edition of Buenos Aires book fair

09-05-2025 08:47 The 49th edition of Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires has been – as was the case last year – dominated by President Javier Milei and his impact.

FILM & CINEMA

Fear and loathing: Trump film threat shocks Latin America

07-05-2025 23:25 Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign-made movies leaves Latin America's burgeoning film industry baffled and fearful.

EDUCATION

Literacy crisis: Less than half of kids under nine meet reading standards

07-05-2025 11:00 Argentina’s Education Secretariat publishes first results from Aprender assessment under Milei administration. Provinces of Formosa and Córdoba achieved strongest results, Chaco at bottom of ranking.

STREAMING HIT

‘El Eternauta’ tops Netflix global chart for non-English series

06-05-2025 22:17 El Eternauta is the most-watched non-English-language series on Netflix worldwide, the streaming platform said on Tuesday.

BRUNO STAGNARO INTERVIEW

‘El Eternauta’ director Bruno Stagnaro confirms season two in works

05-05-2025 13:06 The man behind ‘Okupas’ and ‘Un gallo para Esculapio’ became a fan at the age of 10 when he was gifted the comic. Four decades later, he has turned it into a hit series for Netflix. Already the most-watched title in Argentina on the streaming platform, a second season is in the works, reveals Bruno Stagnaro.

by Ernesto Ise

POLITICS & MEDIA

Milei administration intensifies offensive against press

03-05-2025 10:23 President Javier Milei’s government is presenting the media and journalists to voters as the “new caste” and has decided to ramp up its attacks on reporters; New attack attempts to associate them with “lies” and “defamation,” with one online ally even calling for one journalist to be jailed.

by Pablo Varela

MEDIA & JOURNALISM

Milei severely damaging press freedom in Argentina, says watchdog

02-05-2025 11:16 Report by Reporters Without Borders NGO puts Argentina in 87th place – since Milei’s arrival in office, nation has dropped 47 places on annual global press freedom ranking.

STREAMING & SERIES

Netflix’s 'El Eternauta' echoes fight against tyranny, says Darín

30-04-2025 21:20 Ricardo Darín defends Buenos Aires from an alien attack in new Netflix series 'El Eternauta,' based on the legendary graphic novel written by Héctor Oesterheld and illustrated by Francisco Solano López.

FERIA DEL LIBRO 2025

Culture secretary heckled at inauguration of BA Book Fair

25-04-2025 13:21 Writers hold up signs bearing Osvaldo Bayer’s image as Culture Secretary Leonardo Cifelli is met with jeers at the opening of the 49th edition of the Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires.