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Villa 21-24: Buenos Aires barrio remains in grip of drug-trafficking

29-09-2025 15:43 In the Villa Zavaleta neighbourhood, at least nine drug gangs operate, fighting violently for territory with bunkers and young "soldiers" dotted everywhere.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Almost 300-year-old tree moved to make way for road widening

10-07-2025 00:11 Environmentalists fear ancient quebracho tree in Villa Allende, near Córdoba, will not survive transplant operation ordered by municipal government to allow road expansion.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHILE

The battle by Chile torture site dwellers to remain

19-05-2025 13:51 Villa Baviera, a German-themed settlement of 122 souls in southern Chile, looks like the perfect holiday getaway. But Colonia Dignidad, as it was previously known, is a byword for horror during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

FOOTBALL: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Tale of two Martínez – Lautaro progresses; ‘Dibu’ knocked out

16-04-2025 22:35 Two of Argentina's World Cup winners. Emiliano Martínez and Lautaro Martínez, both flew the flag in the Champions League quarter-finals, though their experiences could not have been more different.

by Dan Edwards

death of diego maradona

Residents in ‘Barrio de Dios’ want justice for Maradona's death

12-03-2025 22:40 In La Paternal, the neighbourhood where Diego Maradona took his first professional steps as a footballer, residents want justice for their fallen idol.

Tragedy in Villa Gesell

Rescuers confirm second fatality from Villa Gesell hotel collapse

31-10-2024 15:40 Second fatality recorded after 10-storey building housing hotel collapses in seaside resort of Villa Gesell; Rescue workers scramble to find missing, as fears grow for those trapped by rubble.

Tragedy in Villa Gesell

One dead, several missing as hotel collapses in Villa Gesell

29-10-2024 18:11 Elderly man killed after a 10-storey building housing a hotel in the seaside resort of Villa Gesell collapses; Rescue workers still scrambling to find between seven and nine people who remain missing.

Living with inflation

A shirt for rice: bartering to survive in inflation-battered Argentina

15-11-2023 11:06 Faced with soaring prices as inflation bites away at purchasing power, ever-increasing numbers of Argentines are turning to bartering to make ends meet.

News of villa

Villa 21-24: Buenos Aires barrio remains in grip of drug-trafficking

Almost 300-year-old tree moved to make way for road widening

The battle by Chile torture site dwellers to remain

Tale of two Martínez – Lautaro progresses; ‘Dibu’ knocked out

Residents in ‘Barrio de Dios’ want justice for Maradona's death

Rescuers confirm second fatality from Villa Gesell hotel collapse

One dead, several missing as hotel collapses in Villa Gesell

A shirt for rice: bartering to survive in inflation-battered Argentina

Milei promises 'Argentina will change' after midterms in final pre-election rally

Wall Street is wary of being burned by the ‘Milei trade’ again

Film legend Jane Fonda to promote Argentine human rights doc ‘Norita’ at Los Angeles screening

Stories that caught our eye: October 17 to 24

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