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Photo Essay: What Lithium Extraction Looks Like in Rural Argentina
In Catamarca province, multi-billion-dollar projects are bringing changes to daily life for rural and Indigenous communities.
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AQ Podcast | Argentina’s Elections And Reasons For Hope
As Argentina’s elections approach in October, a political risk consultant argues that despite the current crisis, there are reasons for optimism in the medium term.
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Can Argentina’s Time Bomb Be Defused?
As this year’s election nears, so does the danger of repeating a dynamic where each outgoing government leaves the next with pressing problems to solve.
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As Argentina’s Economy Sputters, Security Concerns Shape Its Campaign
Even as inflation nears triple digits, opposition politicians see opportunity in Argentines’ concerns over safety and organized crime.
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Can a Pipeline Fix Argentina’s Economy—and Sway the Election?
President Fernández and Finance Minister Massa are hoping Vaca Muerta will help the country export its way out of stagnation—starting before this year’s presidential election.
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Mariana Enríquez’s Meaningful Monsters
An Argentine novel uses the supernatural to explore abuses of power in the country’s past and present.
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Meet the Candidates: Argentina
Sergio Massa faces Javier Milei in the November 19 presidential runoff.
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AQ Podcast Bonus Edition: What Victory Means for Argentina
An Argentine political scientist and football fan shares her reflections after her country’s third World Cup win.
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AQ Podcast: What Does 2023 Hold for Latin American Economies?
An examination of trends for 2023 from the head of Latin America research at Goldman Sachs
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Can Argentina’s Moderates Go the Distance?
Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta pledges to bridge the political divides that have begun to wear on many Argentines.
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Argentina Could Really Use a Win
Politics and soccer mix everywhere, but this year it’s not just the government hoping for a championship to lighten the national mood.
![Sergio Massa at a press conference in Buenos Aires in September. Massa has averted a collapse in Argentina's economy, but has not taken forward radical reforms to the country's economic policy.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1243627973-300x200.jpg)
100 Days of Sergio Massa’s Balancing Act
Argentina’s economy minister has prevented wholesale collapse. Is that enough to claim victory?
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AQ Podcast | Argentina: Trying to Avoid Another 2001
Benjamin Gedan on the crisis brewing in the South American country.
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Graphic: Argentina’s Young Politicians
AQ looks at indicators measuring youth participation in politics—and profiles leading politicians age 40 and under.
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The Organization Helping Young Argentines Reach for the Stars
Ignacio Peña’s Open Space puts on student competitions for space technology. Now, a winning idea is in space.