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Buenos Aires’ Youth Orchestras: Social Change through Music

Buenos Aires’ Youth Orchestras: Social Change through Music

Orquestas Infantiles y Juveniles is a programme offering children in the villas of Buenos Aires an opportunity to develop through free music training with professionals. Chris Barrett reports.

Posted in Music, TOP STORY, Villas0 Comments

Protecting Pachamama: Bolivia’s New Environmental Law

Protecting Pachamama: Bolivia’s New Environmental Law

Boivia has sanctioned a new environmental law designed to protect land and encourage development in harmony with Mother Earth and the concept of ‘Good Living’. Lucas Radicella reports.

Posted in Environment, News From Latin America, TOP STORY1 Comment

Transsexuals: Democracy’s Forgotten

Transsexuals: Democracy’s Forgotten

Despite recent progress, the transsexual community in Argentina still faces big challenges in areas such as health, education, and employment. Celina Andreassi looks at the ongoing search for equal rights.

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Todos Juntos: Dental Clinics for Kids in the Slums

Todos Juntos: Dental Clinics for Kids in the Slums

‘Todos Juntos’ is an NGO that has set up dental clinics in Buenos Aires’ slums. Brit Weaver talks to its founder, Fiona Ambrosi, about changing the world one tooth at a time.

Posted in Development, TOP STORY, Urban Life, Villas2 Comments

Agribusiness as Usual: The Death of Peasant Farming

Agribusiness as Usual: The Death of Peasant Farming

Hugh Davies analyses the soy-based agricultural model that is behind the displacement and murder of peasant farmers in the north of Argentina.

Posted in Current Affairs, Human Rights, News From Argentina, TOP STORY3 Comments

Patagonian Safari: Big Cats vs. Big Ranching

Patagonian Safari: Big Cats vs. Big Ranching

Photos of puma hunting in Patagonia published on social networking sites sparked outrage around the country. Chris Barrett investigates what’s behind the indiscriminate killings.

Posted in Current Affairs, Environment, News From Argentina, TOP STORY0 Comments

Project of the Week: The Great Bike Trip – BA to Rio

Project of the Week: The Great Bike Trip – BA to Rio

Each week, the Indy features and promotes one project on crowdfunding website Ideame, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: two bicycle ‘activists’ looking to document a 2,800km mission to spread ideas on sustainability from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro.

Posted in Environment2 Comments

When a Finger is Not Just a Finger

When a Finger is Not Just a Finger

Argentina’s biometrics system, SIBIOS, came into law in 2011. Implemented with no public debate, it involves the collection of biometric data for easy identification in public spaces. Kyle Younker investigates.

Posted in Human Rights, TOP STORY0 Comments

Pretty is the Woman who Fights

Pretty is the Woman who Fights

Last weekend, an estimated 25,000 women descended upon the northern city of Posadas, in Misiones province, for the National Women’s Encounter.

Posted in Human Rights2 Comments

Project of the Week: Reciclario

Project of the Week: Reciclario

Each week, the Indy features and promotes one project on crowdfunding website Ideame, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: Reciclario – bags for recycling.

Posted in Environment, Fashion0 Comments

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