News of immigration

Peru deploys military to block undocumented migrants

27-04-2023 13:20 Peru's president decrees state of emergency at the country's borders and sends troops to reinforce checkpoints and block undocumented migrants making their way north from Chile.

Pregnant Russians in Buenos Aires

Russians choose Argentina’s 100% inflation over Putin’s war

08-03-2023 12:34 Buenos Aires is providing an unlikely haven for middle-class Russians who have given up on their homeland.

Pregnant Russians

Argentina: Criminal groups are luring Russian mums-to-be

13-02-2023 09:09 Criminal organisations are luring pregnant Russian women into Argentina with so-called childbirth tourism packages, declares National Director of Immigration Florencia Carignano.

‘BIRTH TOURISM’ ARRIVALS

Police raids in Buenos Aires as authorities probe pregnant Russian arrivals

12-02-2023 12:50 Immigration officials and justice system probing reasons behind surge of pregnant Russian women arriving to Argentina to give birth; Criminal investigation opened by federal courts to investigate reasons behind massive influx, with numbers growing month by month.

Immigration issue

Russian mums-to-be flock to Argentina seeking safety, passports

11-02-2023 15:27 More than 30 expecting Russian mothers arrived in Buenos Aires on a single international flight on Thursday evening, the latest among thousands of mums-to-be who are travelling Argentina to give birth.

INTERVIEW

Threading the labyrinth

20-01-2023 13:05 E2, EB-1A, O-1, EB-2… heart-wrenching as leaving homeland and family can be, the decision to go can be arguably the easier part. Immigration lawyer Tyler Allen details the difficulties for Argentines wishing to move to the United States.

by Michael Soltys

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Latin America is slipping out of the US orbit

14-11-2022 06:37 Must the US kiss Latin America goodbye? To woo back the region, the Biden administration needs to offer it a better deal than China’s.

US MIDTERMS

The issues keeping US voters up at night as midterms loom

26-10-2022 14:35 As biennial elections approach, US voters divided on key issues.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN concerned about 'xenophobia' against migrants in Chile

27-09-2021 15:33 The United Nations expressed concern Monday at "violence and xenophobia" meted out to undocumented migrants in Chile over the weekend by locals fed up with their presence in the country.

COMMUNITY

Descendants of Welsh settlers mark 156 years in Patagonia

27-07-2021 22:14 In Gaiman, descendants of the first Welsh setters in Patagonia prepare to celebrate 156 years since the arrival of their ancestors on the shores of the Golfo Nuevo.