The Argentina Independent finds out what people from Latin America think about the potential legalisation of marihuana in Uruguay.

Argentine journalist and chief editor of Nueva Sociedad magazine, Pablo Stefanoni analyses the factors that conditioned Fernando Lugo’s presidency, and that eventually led to his impeachment.

On Monday, after a record turnout at the polls, Enrique Peña Nieto grabbed the presidency with 38% of the votes, bringing PRI back into power after 12 years. The results left many questioning the accuracy of the voting process, including López Obrador himself, who has yet to concede to Peña Nieto. Still, Mexicans are left to wonder what the future brings, if the new PRI really has changed, and if Peña Nieto will follow through on his word to “not return to the past”.

Housing has become a big news topic in Argentina since the announcement of the ProCreAr credit programme two weeks ago. The national government launched ProCreAr in order to finance mortgages and housing construction, and plans to fund the construction of 400,000 homes over the next four years. The amounts provided (up to $350,000 per family), [...]

With news that huge deposits of shale gas – potentially the third largest in the world – have been found underground in Neuquén, the prospect of fracking in Argentina is greater than ever. Hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – is the process of extracting buried deposits of gas and oil by pumping water, chemical and [...]

From physical threats against Racing Club player Giovanni Moreno to the murders of football fans Daniel Sosa and Gustavo Saucedo, high-profile cases have driven football violence to the headlines in recent weeks. Compounding forces between clubs, the national government and the justice system left all interviewees agreeing that football violence is a problem greater than just the [...]

The US Government is financing a “humanitarian relief centre” at the airport in Resistencia, Chaco Province, via the US Southern Command (USSC), a division of the US military.  The donation for the centre is at least US$1 million. Official sources such as the US embassy, USSC, and the Chaco government, have been quite adamant in [...]

The responsibility over the Buenos Aires’ subte system has been in limbo since it was set to transfer from the Federal Government to the City Government. The handover has been plagued by continuing set-backs and is now caught in a web of litigation. Amidst this dischord have been a series of strikes by subte workers, headed [...]

World Press Freedom Day took place on 3rd May this year, celebrated in cities around the world. Sponsored by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Science, and Cultural Organisation), the event’s purpose is to examine the promise and challenges facing media of various forms, as well as inform citizens on violations of press freedom that continue to [...]

Last week the government of the province of Buenos Aires introduced a bill that, if passed, will stop Capital Federal’s rubbish from being dumped in the province by January 2014. For decades the city’s rubbish has been going to landfills in the province, so now that the city might have to deal with its own [...]