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Unidentified body found in Palermo, no signs of foul play

25.09.2023 10

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Translation troubles: food fight

24.09.2023 7

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Unemployment hits 6.2% in second quarter 

Unemployment reached 6.2% in the second quarter of 2023, according to a report by the National Institute for Statistics and Census (INDEC) released on...

20.09.2023 10

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Two cases against CFK reopened

The Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation moved on Monday evening to reopen two cases against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and send...

19.09.2023 30

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Translation troubles: big flags and serpent eggs

On returning from a trip this week, one of my favorite parts of getting back into the office was trawling through our translation channel on Slack....

17.09.2023 10

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Tucker Carlson interviews Javier Milei for X (Twitter) series

By Facundo Iglesia and Valen Iricibar Tucker Carlson, former Fox News host and television personality, sat down with far-right presidential candidate...

15.09.2023 30

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Translation troubles: send fruit and any vegetable

Argentine slang takes inspiration from almost anywhere, often using mundane nouns and spicing them up to give them new meaning, so how could fruits...

27.08.2023 20

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Myriam Bregman: Lawyer. Activist. Feminist. Leftist alternative?

As police brutally repressed demonstrators protesting Jujuy’s June constitutional reform, the voice of a Buenos Aires City deputy rang across the...

21.08.2023 10

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Translation troubles: electoral edition

Last Sunday we had the Argentine primary elections (PASO for their Spanish acronym) with a plethora of electoral phrases and terminology coming up...

20.08.2023 9

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Javier Milei: ‘We’re in a position to beat the caste in the first round’

by Valen Iricibar, Amy Booth and Martina Jaureguy Javier Milei, founder of the far-right coalition La Libertad Avanza (LLA), gave an exultant speech...

14.08.2023 20

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Activist killed in police repression at Buenos Aires Obelisk

by Valen Iricibar and Amy Booth Prominent activist Facundo Molares Schoenfeld died on Thursday afternoon after police detained him and held him to...

11.08.2023 20

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‘Blue dollar’ almost AR$600 as primaries approach

With the primary elections six days away, Argentina’s informal dollar exchange rate — popularly known as the “blue dollar” — rose by AR$22...

08.08.2023 20

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Translation troubles: ugly whistling parsley

Another week, another interesting mixture of terms with deeper meanings and history that aren’t captured by their direct translations — that’s...

06.08.2023 10

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Translation troubles: eating stories

These translation troubles come with a special shout-out to our political reporter Martina — these all came up during her varied assignments over...

30.07.2023 10

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‘Blue dollar’ hits AR$552, another record high

Argentina’s informal dollar exchange rate, popularly known as the “blue dollar,” rose by over AR$24 on Monday and reached AR$552 for the first...

25.07.2023 30

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Translation troubles: shovel-lifting in Good Airs caves

I mentioned in a previous “translation troubles” that we often find ourselves “thinning the veil” between English and Spanish, introducing...

23.07.2023 6

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Cafiero vs Cleverly: Argentine and British Foreign ministers clash over Malvinas

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Santiago Cafiero and his British counterpart James Cleverly crossed swords on Twitter on Thursday over the Malvinas...

21.07.2023 50

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CFK and Massa defend national airline together at simulator launch

In speeches with a distinct electoral slant, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Economy Minister Sergio Massa appeared together at the...

18.07.2023 20

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CFK and Massa defend national airline together at simulator launch

In speeches with a distinct electoral slant, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Economy Minister Sergio Massa appeared together at the...

18.07.2023 10

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Translation troubles: wrinkled interventions

Every Sunday, I try to group our translation troubles under a theme, but sometimes — most of the time — the news cycle and indeed life doesn’t...

16.07.2023 20

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Argentina’s first ever non-binary march calls for true inclusion

Today is International Non-Binary People’s Day and Argentina will see its first-ever Non-Binary March. In the streets of downtown Buenos Aires,...

14.07.2023 10

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Banks and businesses raided over import scams

By Valen Iricibar y Estefania Pozzo Customs has filed legal complaints against five companies for import scams, carrying out 38 raids in banks and...

11.07.2023 3

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Translation troubles: unity photos of broken souls

Now that the campaigns for the August 13 primaries are heating up, the Herald newsroom is seeing lots of words and phrases that are decidedly...

09.07.2023 10

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Deputies vote for women to legally do ‘men’s’ jobs

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted to repeal a 1924 law actively barring women from working a plethora of jobs, going so far as to...

06.07.2023 4

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Google Doodle honors travesti activist Diana Sacayán

02.07.2023 20

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Translation troubles: big fingers and hairless tongues

Following the frenzied back-and-forth of parties registering their candidates for the August primaries last Saturday, this week saw plenty of...

02.07.2023 8

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Why Argentina’s pride march isn’t on June 28

June is known internationally as pride month. Countries around the world celebrate the LGBTQIA community, usually culminating in a big pride march...

29.06.2023 6

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CFK talks electoral behind the scenes at “death flight” plane repatriation

Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner drew back the curtain on the ruling coalition’s decision to put forward Economy Minister Sergio Massa...

27.06.2023 30

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Translation troubles: repressed financial bicycles

As a newsroom reporting on a Spanish-speaking country in English, we often find ourselves conscientiously thinning the veil between the two...

25.06.2023 10

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Alberto Fernández calls for suspension of Jujuy reform

President Alberto Fernández has called on Jujuy Governor Gerardo Morales to suspend a controversial reform to the province’s constitution and...

22.06.2023 20

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Argentina beats Indonesia 2-0 without Messi

The Argentine men’s national team closed out their Asian tour this morning with a friendly victory against Indonesia 2-0 at the Gelora Bung Karno...

19.06.2023 10

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Translation troubles: windmill water and dulce de leche

As journalists who write about a Spanish-speaking country in English, we know we won’t always find the perfect translation — especially when it...

18.06.2023 10

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CFK calls for political representation and debt dialogue

Amid swirling electoral negotiations across Argentina’s political coalitions, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called for politicians...

16.06.2023 30

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CFK assassination bid: judge sends Cotton Candy Gang to trial

Federal judge María Eugenia Capuchetti announced today that the three suspects in the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina...

13.06.2023 30

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CFK assassination bid: federal judge sends suspects to trial

Federal judge María Eugenia Capuchetti announced today that the three suspects in the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina...

13.06.2023 30

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Cristina Kirchner acquitted in “K Money Trail” case

Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been acquitted in a corruption case known as the “K [Kirchnerite] Money Trail (Ruta del Dinero...

06.06.2023 20

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Supreme Court rejects San Juan governor’s candidacy 

The Supreme Court ruled today that San Juan’s present Governor Sergio Uñac is not eligible to run for reelection this year. “There is no doubt...

02.06.2023 20

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CFK assassination bid: prosecutor requests three suspects go to trial

Federal prosecutor Carlos Rivolo has requested that three suspects in the assassination attempt against Argentina’s Vice President Cristina...

30.05.2023 20

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Third Supreme Court challenge presented against Insfrán 

Independent Formosan politician Francisco Paoltroni has requested that the Supreme Court ban incumbent Governor Gildo Insfrán from running for...

25.05.2023 10

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Formosa PJ names embattled governor as candidate

In defiance of the opposition’s move to block him through the judiciary, the Partido Justicialista (PJ) in Formosa province named incumbent Gildo...

22.05.2023 10

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Milei’s electoral platform published on social media

A legal document has been circulating on social media and across Argentine media with libertarian presidential hopeful Javier Milei’s electoral...

18.05.2023 20

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Supreme Court lifts Tucumán election suspension

In a ruling published today, the Supreme Court lifted last week’s precautionary measure suspending elections in Tucumán province. The opposition...

16.05.2023 10

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Beset by inflation, government raises rates again

Faced with record-breaking inflation in April, Argentina’s economy ministry announced a series of measures this morning which include raising the...

14.05.2023 3

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Supreme Court suspends elections in San Juan and Tucumán

In a surprising turn, the Supreme Court has published two rulings suspending the elections that were set to happen in San Juan and Tucumán provinces...

09.05.2023 3

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Glenn Close presented her Met Gala look reciting Borges 

While designer Karl Lagerfeld may have been the subject of this year’s Met Gala, award-winning actor Glenn Close also paid tribute to famous...

04.05.2023 10

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Retired general’s removal ordered over defense of dictatorship

Retired General Rodrigo Alejandro Soloaga sparked outrage yesterday after a video of him saluting “comrades” imprisoned for crimes against...

30.04.2023 3

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Fernández withdraws his candidacy, now what?

After months of uncertainty, President Alberto Fernández announced this morning that he will not run for a second term as president, he announced in...

22.04.2023 10

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Alberto steps down, now what?

After months of uncertainty, President Alberto Fernández announced this morning that he will not run for a second term as president, he announced in...

21.04.2023 3

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Cristina Kirchner supporters protest “judicial mafia”

Hundreds of people marched to Plaza Lavalle, the square in front of the Argentine Supreme Court in central Buenos Aires, in a show of support for Vice...

14.04.2023 10

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Tango in D.C. calls for IMF-Argentina debt restructure to consider climate

A small crowd gathered outside the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington D.C today to watch a tango...

12.04.2023 20

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