News of online

Lula: Brasilia rioters likely had inside help from police, military

13-01-2023 01:09 Brazilian leader alleges that rioters who sacked the presidential palace, Supreme Court and Congress last weekend likely had assistance from Bolsonaro sympathisers; Lula orders “thorough review” of all staff as Brasilia ramps up security amid new protest threats.

Turmoil in Brazil

Disinformation fuelled rage in Brazil over vote outcome

12-01-2023 06:36 Far-right rioters who stormed Brasil's Congress January 8 in support of former president Jair Bolsonaro were partly mobilized by Internet disinformation suggesting irregularities and fraud in electric ballot boxes.

On 'Fake news'

The weaponisation of information in Latin America

22-10-2022 06:00 Disinformation is not new and has been used for millennia. Yet its digital iteration harnesses the power of the Internet which has brought together the largest and most interconnected communications network in the history of humanity.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

POLITICS

President Fernández condemns death threats against Mauricio Macri

10-09-2022 11:49 President Alberto Fernández condemns death threats made against his predecessor in office, opposition leader Mauricio Macri.

Political analysis

Neo-Nazi memes and the conspiracy to kill Cristina

10-09-2022 02:00 Our level of distrust in democratic institutions, the media, and society in general is well documented and it follows certain global trends that have given rise to dangerous fringe organisations, particularly right-wingers, more broadly grouped by having been pushed toward the edges of the system.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

RECORD FOR SPORTS MEMORABILIA

Maradona's 'Hand of God' shirt sells for US$9 million at auction

04-05-2022 12:48 Shirt that Maradona wore while scoring twice against England at 1986 World Cup sells at auction for £7.1 million – a record for any item of sports memorabilia.

ANALYSIS

A bite of the digital apple

23-04-2022 00:01 The problem with Google and Faebook sucking the air out of the digital advertising market is that it has seriously deteriorated the quality of journalism worldwide.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CENSUS 2022

Government launches 2022 census, first to feature digital element

18-03-2022 13:27 Argentina’s last census, carried out in 2010, revealed that the country’s population was 40.11 million, although current estimates place the figure at around 45 million people.

Late footballer's estate

House, BMW among unsold items in Maradona auction

04-01-2022 14:38 Online auction of some 90 items owned by the late football icon Diego Maradona has closed with a house and BMW unsold, but most other keepsakes spoken for.

DEMOCRACY SUMMIT

Biden rings the alarm on state of democracy worldwide

10-12-2021 02:48 President Alberto Fernández among those set to speak at US President Joe Biden's virtual summit on democracy.

NEW STUDY

More than third of world has never used Internet, says UN

30-11-2021 21:20 Some 2.9 billion people – 37% of the world's population – have still never used the Internet, the United Nations said Tuesday.

TECHNOLOGY

China limits children's online gaming to three hours a week

30-08-2021 13:20 China on Monday announced a drastic cut to children's online gaming time to just three hours a week during term time, the latest move in a broad crackdown on tech giants in the world's biggest gaming market.

FINTECH

Argentina’s Brubank plans push into Colombia, Peru in 2022

12-08-2021 15:12 Argentine digital bank is looking to expand to Colombia and Peru in 2022 after raising more financing at the end of this year.

Coronavirus Pandemic

No class for a year: Covid worsens Latin American inequality

10-03-2021 14:55 Of the 14 countries that have remained largely closed since March 2020, two-thirds of them are in Latin American and the Caribbean. As children fall further behind in their education, UNICEF worries that some may never return to the classroom.