RECORD FOR SPORTS MEMORABILIA Maradona's 'Hand of God' shirt sells for US$9 million at auction 04-05-2022 12:48 Shirt that Maradona wore while scoring twice against England at 1986 World Cup sells at auction for £7.1 million – a record for any item of sports memorabilia.
ANALYSIS A bite of the digital apple 23-04-2022 00:01 The problem with Google and Faebook sucking the air out of the digital advertising market is that it has seriously deteriorated the quality of journalism worldwide. by Agustino Fontevecchia
CENSUS 2022 Government launches 2022 census, first to feature digital element 18-03-2022 13:27 Argentina’s last census, carried out in 2010, revealed that the country’s population was 40.11 million, although current estimates place the figure at around 45 million people.
Late footballer's estate House, BMW among unsold items in Maradona auction 04-01-2022 14:38 Online auction of some 90 items owned by the late football icon Diego Maradona has closed with a house and BMW unsold, but most other keepsakes spoken for.
DEMOCRACY SUMMIT Biden rings the alarm on state of democracy worldwide 10-12-2021 02:48 President Alberto Fernández among those set to speak at US President Joe Biden's virtual summit on democracy.
NEW STUDY More than third of world has never used Internet, says UN 30-11-2021 21:20 Some 2.9 billion people – 37% of the world's population – have still never used the Internet, the United Nations said Tuesday.
TECHNOLOGY China limits children's online gaming to three hours a week 30-08-2021 13:20 China on Monday announced a drastic cut to children's online gaming time to just three hours a week during term time, the latest move in a broad crackdown on tech giants in the world's biggest gaming market.
FINTECH Argentina’s Brubank plans push into Colombia, Peru in 2022 12-08-2021 15:12 Argentine digital bank is looking to expand to Colombia and Peru in 2022 after raising more financing at the end of this year.
Coronavirus Pandemic No class for a year: Covid worsens Latin American inequality 10-03-2021 14:55 Of the 14 countries that have remained largely closed since March 2020, two-thirds of them are in Latin American and the Caribbean. As children fall further behind in their education, UNICEF worries that some may never return to the classroom.
UK IN ARGENTINA British Embassy takes annual Harry Potter Book Night online 03-02-2021 09:33 The British Embassy in Argentina is taking this year's incarnation of their popular annual Harry Potter Book Night online, with a live stream on YouTube at 7.30pm this Thursday.
MEDIA Latin American newspapers bet on digital subscriptions 26-01-2021 08:52 Latin America's newspapers, affected financially by the migration of readers to the Internet, are betting on subscription modes to secure their future.
Data journalism How to hunt down a hate group on the Internet 06-01-2021 05:00 In the second of two articles on hate speech and online communication, technology expert Julio López explores how to become involved in the fight against messages of discrimination and prejudice on social networks. by Julio López
Hate & social media Hate groups flourish on social networks in Argentina 05-01-2021 05:00 In the first of a two-part series on hate speech and online communication, technology expert Julio López explores how easy it is for messages of discrimination and prejudice to spread on social networks. by Julio López, via PERFIL
ANNUAL TANGO EVENT Controversy as Tango World Championship moves online due to virus 27-08-2020 03:16 The World Tango competition and its accompanying festival is normally an opportunity for Argentina's tango dancing community to get to work. But instead, the competition – to great controversy – has moved online.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Trial into alleged public works graft, with CFK in dock, to restart next week 28-07-2020 22:09 Trial into alleged corruption in the awarding of public works contracts to restart online next Monday after suspension due to coronavirus pandemic.
CONSPIRACY THEORIES Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online 17-07-2020 00:24 A new conspiracy theory is sweeping the globe – self-proclaimed Internet sleuths are claiming that US retail giant Wayfair is selling trafficked children via its website.