The roller-coaster ride that has been Diego Maradona’s tenure as coach of the national football team was brought to a halt this week, as the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino opted not to renew his contract.

Argentine politics can be sometimes hard to understand, and reading the news is often confusing if you don’t know how the system works. The following should make things clearer and help you to better understand Argentine politics. How does democracy work in Argentina? In Argentina, the president is both head of the state and head [...]

The recent electoral reform introduced by the government will bring about important changes in the political universe of political parties. With more than 700 organisations, the new rule makes it harder for parties to register and keep their status as such. Despite the first and evident reactions by many political groups, in particular the relatively small ones, the changes might bring about some positive aspects of the heavily fragmented political scenario.

Just after midnight on Sunday 31 January 2010, gunmen stormed a house in the Mexican town of Cuidad Juárez and opened fire on a student party, leaving 14 dead and 14 wounded, two of which are critical. The 60 students attending the party ranged in age from 14 to 20 years old and were celebrating a friend’s birthday. The deceased include three adults and 11 minors.