Robin Minchom talks to Sue Littleton, a 79-year old poet from Texas, who has been living in Argentina for over 50 years.

For this edition of BA Lives, Kate Bowen catches up award-winning author Maxine Swann to find out more about her third book, ‘The Foreigners’, set in the city of Buenos Aires.

SACS, which started as a simple toy drive at Christmas 12 years ago, has turned into a successful charitable organisation supporting youth education by providing primary school children with backpacks containing all the supplies they need.

John Deutsch sat down with Amelia Jenne to discuss his dream job that he is finally making a reality here in Buenos Aires: opening up Magdalena’s Bar in Palermo Soho.

Anna White-Nockleby chats to the creators of Go Flash Cards, helping novices navigate Argentine Spanish in three vital areas: everyday talk, slang and swear, and sex and romance.

If you’re a Spanish beginner and just need to learn a few quick phrases to get around and do the important things – eating in restaurants, ordering drinks in bars, shopping, asking for assistance – then help is at hand with Expanish’s new intensive course.

Jasper Wegman is a Dutch consultant trainer who saw the opportunity to put his three passions – travelling, volunteering, and working with people – to good use here in Argentina. He has set up two projects since 2006, one dedicated to teaching underprivileged Argentine children, the other working with leadership in companies.

Meeting foreigners in Buenos Aires is easy enough, but for those looking to indulge in local culture, to meet porteños, to practise and improve their Spanish, and to take part in trips and events more off the beaten track, then Mix Up Exchange provides answer.

Earlier this month I found myself in the middle of hundreds of screaming, running children at the Lycée Franco-Argentino Jean Mermoz. I was there to attend a storytelling session organised by Buenos Aires based ‘Dream On’.

In Argentina, the word ‘missions’ will instantly call to mind the Jesuits, but Anna Hill meets with four young Protestants who have relocated to Argentina to share their message.