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Erica Davis

Reporter for the BA Times

Tango Queer, photographed by Andrea Etchepare.

Tango Queer: Argentina’s famous dance has a new surname

25-03-2023 06:00 While the dress and music of the Argentine tango have updated with the times, the dance has lacked one marked revision: the role of the dancers has remained remarkably immutable. That’s where the idea for Tango Queer was born: a space that permitted dancers of any gender to fill the role they pleased: lead, or be led.

by Erica Davis

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Mabel Bianco: ‘The mechanisms we have to support women are not working’

08-03-2023 07:00 Physician, campaigner and activist Dr. Mabel Bianco on gender equality in Argentina, abortion reform, barriers to reproductive freedom and tackling violence against women.

by Erica Davis

The cast of the stage production of Casados con hijos.

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

How US sitcom ‘Married with Children’ became local stage success

03-03-2023 09:15 Casados con hijos, the local adaptation of hit US sitcom Married With Children, first made waves in the 1990s. But in recent months, a stage adaptation has played to full houses night-after-night at one of the largest theatre in Argentina – and ticket sales aren’t slowing down.

by Erica Davis

FOOD & DRINK

Vegetables are taking Argentina’s carnivorous capital by storm

24-02-2023 10:00 Fear not, vegans. Whether you want plant-based pizza, elaborate fishless sushi, or a vegetarian-take on Argentine classics, Buenos Aires has something for even the pickiest herbivore.

by Erica Davis

United States Ambassador to Argentina Marc Stanley and Sergei Nebrat, the chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of Ukraine in Buenos Aires at the central headquarters of Instituto Cultural Argentino NorteAmericano.

WAR IN UKRAINE: ONE YEAR ON

US, Ukrainian envoys call on democracies to unite against Russian aggression

23-02-2023 17:11 US Ambassador to Argentina Marc Stanley marks one-year anniversary of war by calling for solidarity between countries challenging Russian aggression, as Ukrainian Chargé d'affaires demands renewed agricultural and energy sanctions against Moscow.

by Erica Davis

A selection of some of the latest titles from Charco Press.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Publisher brings LatAm's best lit to English-speaking audiences

04-02-2023 06:30 Only around three percent of books published each year in the English-speaking world are translations, but some are attempting to rewrite that wrong. Charco Press, a small Argentine-led Edinburgh-based publishing house, wants to make Latin American literature more accessible, and it’s bringing big hitters like Claudia Piñero to shelves in the United States and the United Kingdom.

by Erica Davis

'Argentinisches Tageblatt' newspaper announces via Facebook that it will stop printing after January 13, 2023 issue.

Media in Argentina

‘Argentinisches Tageblatt’ newspaper stops printing after 134 years

13-01-2023 15:37 Following the death of its editor, 'Argentinisches Tageblatt' – the weekly German-language newspaper that has been printed in Buenos Aires for more than a century – published its final edition this Friday.

by Erica Davis