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Kat Van Sligtenhorst

Arrivals to Mendoza airport are greeted by advertisements for Uber, but very few drivers can be seen on the app once it is used in Mendoza.

Mendoza lays out welcome mat for Uber, but drivers are yet to arrive

04-05-2019 09:43 Unlike in Buenos Aires City, the innovative ridehailing firm was welcomed by the provincial authorities in Mendoza with open arms. But while Uber was a runaway success in the capital, takeup has been slightly slower in wine country

by Kat Van Sligtenhorst

In January and February of 2019, 35 percent fewer books were produced than in the same period of 2018.

BOOKS AND LITERATURE

Argentina’s beloved book industry hopes to weather crisis

27-04-2019 10:51 As the hugely popular Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Feria del Libro) opens its doors to the public once again, the chills of the economic downturn are being felt across the publishing sector.

by Kat Van Sligtenhorst

Left: Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke stood trial in an Italian court. Right: Rick Eaton, photographed in Buenos Aires this week during an interview with the Buenos Aires Times.

THE HUNT FOR ERICH PRIEBKE

Nazi hunter shares secrets of search for Erich Priebke in Patagonia

13-04-2019 11:07 Rick Eaton, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, reveals how the infiltration of neo-Nazi groups in Europe led him to discover an infamous ex-SS captain and war criminal in Bariloche.

by Kat Van Sligtenhorst

The 2019 Forbes Billionaires list, an annual compilation of the world’s richest individuals, was released Tuesday.

WEALTH INEQUALITY

Fewer Argentines on Forbes billionaires list

09-03-2019 02:38 Number down from nine last year, as nation’s richest hit by depreciation of the peso and recession.

by Kat Van Sligtenhorst