Science, Tech & Environment
GlobalPost
January 16, 2016
The levels of UV rays in some areas of South America are soaring. People are being warned to just stay indoors between the peak hours of around 10 am and 4 pm. In Bolivia, there is even a law requiring parents to send their kids to school with a hat. Yet with many, in Peru and Bolivia particularly, living both directly from the land and below the poverty line, the message may not be getting through.
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Politics
Argentine president outlines economic vision
GlobalPost
November 23, 2011
Emphasizes expansion of economy, downplays rising prices.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
How a New York court got to dictate terms to a entire country
PRI's The World
October 03, 2014
Argentina has South America's third-largest economy, but many of its financial decisions are now subject to the review of a New York court. That's because Argentina turned to American firms to borrow money, and the US legal system now gets to decide how its debts will be handled.
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Politics
The plot thickens in the case of Argentina's slain prosecutor
PRI's The World
January 21, 2015
Updated
The investigation in Argentina into the death of a special prosecutor who had said the nation's president was protecting the masterminds of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people. A new prosecutor has been appointed.
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Conflict & Justice
The 'Spotlight' abuse scandal didn’t end in Boston. In South America, it’s still unfolding.
PRI's The World
March 01, 2016
GlobalPost tracked down alleged predator priests who were reassigned in the Americas. Now, a fifth priest has left his jobs.
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Conflict & Justice
His father was a human rights icon. He's in the middle of a scandal with a dead prosecutor.
PRI's The World
February 05, 2015
The name of Argentina's foreign minister, Hector Timerman, was on a draft copy of an arrest note by a slain prosecutor. The prosecutor had been investigating the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.
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Sports
Izzy says ja! It's Germany for the World Cup title
PRI's The World
July 11, 2014
Sports writers are calling Sunday's World Cup final "Messi vs. the Machine," and Izzy says the machine can't be stopped. Our World Cup ocelot is calling a win — and a world championship — for Germany. And we've even got an extra surprise...
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Arts, Culture & Media
Oh, the phrases you'll hear on the streets of Buenos Aires!
PRI's The World
August 24, 2016
La Gente Anda Diciendo collects phrases overheard in Argentina's capital and turns them into Facebook posts, books and notepads.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Argentina curbs trade in 'soccer slaves'
GlobalPost
January 30, 2013
Argentina’s taxman is taking aim at the seamier side of South American soccer.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Why some Latin Americans are naming their children ‘Onur’ and ‘Sherezade'
Global Voices Online
May 25, 2015
Soap operas open new windows into our increasingly global world. For example, Latin America is a prolific producer — and consumer — of soap operas. But now it's important soap operas from abroad, too. Including from Turkey.
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Arts, Culture & Media
In Canada, a multicultural chef puts his complex history on every plate
PRI's The World
January 22, 2014
Chef Antonio Park is of Korean heritage, grew up in Latin America, went to culinary school in Japan and has been living in the Canadian province of Quebec for more than two decades. His specialty is fish, and the fare at his Park Restaurant in Montreal is billed as Japanese, but the flavors are utterly original.