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Will we always have Paris?

21-03-2025 11:11 ‘Buenos Aires, The Biography of a City’ by James Gardner, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2015, 245 pages.

by Michael Soltys

ART & CULTURE

Costantini pays US$11.4 million for Carrington sculpture

19-11-2024 13:49 Collector behind MALBA, Eduardo Costantini, pays more than US$11 million for ‘La Grande Dame,’ which now becomes artist Leonora Carrington’s second-most expensive work.

WORLD CUP QUALIFERS

Colombia avenge Copa América loss with victory over Argentina

10-09-2024 19:52 World champions Argentina suffer second defeat of CONMEBOL qualifiers for 2026 World Cup with a James Rodríguez penalty condemning them to a 2-1 loss to Colombia.

AS I SEE IT

Trump has remade the GOP

23-07-2024 14:47 Many now think that Trump has put himself on course to win the November presidential election in the United States by a landslide.

by James Neilson

Copa América 2024 Final

Argentina seek 'triple crown' but Colombia aim for upset in Copa América final

12-07-2024 16:42 A win would also give the Albiceleste a record 16th Copa America title, but Colombia are on an impressive streak of their own and will undoubtedly prove to be tough opponents.

INTERVIEW

James Rubin: 'China is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and repeating its crazy arguments'

20-04-2024 05:24 China is supporting “materially, diplomatically, and even repeating Russia’s crazy arguments for this war,” says James Rubin, the United States’ top diplomat in charge of battling disinformation abroad.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

Information warfare threatens integrity and freedom

20-04-2024 05:13 While some nations embrace transparency and open dialogue, others view information as a means of exerting power and control over their citizens.

by Sofia Anahi Rodriguez

As I see it

Drug-lords in the crosshairs

16-03-2024 06:35 By Latin American standards, Argentina is a law-abiding country whose inhabitants are far less prone to commit murder or be gunned down by thugs than is the case elsewhere in the region. Why do so many people in high places believe that the threat has become so frightening that the military should be called in?

by James Neilson

MALVINAS DISPUTE

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly plans visit to Malvinas

02-10-2023 13:51 British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly admits to "run-in" with Argentina's government and says he will visit Islas Malvinas to underline Downing Street's support for islanders' right to self-determination.

Football

Messi magic marvels Miami

28-07-2023 20:46 Even at 36, he is clearly at the top of his game, an asset that any club in the world would give almost anything to possess.

by Dan Edwards

BLOOMSDAY IN ARGENTINA

Ulysses, an Odyssey of 100 years (and counting)

22-06-2023 13:27 This year’s celebrations to mark James Joyce’s masterpiece in Buenos Aires were grander than ever.

by Michael Soltys

Foreign relations & diplomacy

UK’s top diplomat rounds off regional tour with UN support for Brazil

26-05-2023 14:01 UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly rounds off tour of Latin America and Caribbean with speech backing Brazil’s bid for UN Security Council seat; United Kingdom looking to boost ties with the region in 200th year of bilateral relations.