ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE How Argentina’s land laws stifle sustainable agriculture 13-02-2021 10:10 Argentina’s unique land laws have meant increasingly concentrated land ownership and leasing to profit-oriented companies who care little for long-term sustainability. by Jorgelina Hiba
Congress Senate passes bill to limit commercial use of fire-destroyed land 07-12-2020 19:44 The Senate has passed a law placing bans of up to 60 years on any changes in the use of land razed by fire, including real-estate projects, in order to avoid speculation.
MIDDLE EAST Obama in book wrestles with 'messy' Arab Spring choices 17-11-2020 16:26 Former US president Barack Obama offers a bleak portrait of much of the Middle East's leadership in his new memoir, as he reveals how he still agonises on where he applied pressure during the Arab Spring.
LAND OCCUPATIONS Photo gallery: Police evict families, protesters from Guernica camp 29-10-2020 17:47 Police officers clash with protesters and homeless during strong-armed eviction of Guernica encampment, with Buenos Aires Province Security Minister Sergio Berni helping to lead the operation.
LAND OCCUPATIONS Violent eviction of Guernica squatters camp draws criticism 29-10-2020 17:34 Hundreds of mostly homeless families living in improvised shacks at the Guernica encampment in Buenos Aires Province evicted by police, with violent clashes between demonstrators and officers.
Luis Miguel Etchevehere Squatter dispute on ex-minister's family land prompts protests in Entre Ríos 27-10-2020 23:52 Tensions rise in Entre Ríos Province as squatters take over land, with ex-Agriculture minister Luis Miguel Etchevehere's and social leader Juan Grabois on differing sides of the dispute.
THE WEEK What we learned this week: September 19 to 26 26-09-2020 09:29 Our pick of the stories from the last seven days in Argentina.
POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC Land occupations and rising poverty pose problems for Peronism 26-09-2020 08:53 The eviction of squatters at the Guernica encampment in Buenos Aires Province has been temporarily delayed – but the problems it poses and represents aren’t going away anytime soon.
BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE Court in La Plata orders eviction of Guernica encampment 09-09-2020 17:48 Appeals Court in La Plata orders clearance of occupied land on southern fringes of Buenos Aires, including eviction of estimated 2,500 poverty-stricken families.
EDITORIAL Where there’s a need, there’s a whole lot more than a right 05-09-2020 09:59 Neither respect for the law nor acute housing needs should be denied – and nor should they form the opposing sides of a new grieta.
GUERNICA, PBA Poverty-stricken defy courts and coronavirus to occupy land 05-09-2020 09:06 On the southern fringes of Buenos Aires, at the worst moment of the coronavirus pandemic, some 2,500 families are defying both the courts and Covid-19.
Coronavirus pandemic Government sets daily quota for repatriation of citizens, residents 01-04-2020 17:28 Up to 500 people can return home each day under new rules issued via decree.