Clausura kick-off: Potential for surprises and upsets sky high

With that sparkly (yet thoroughly entertaining) sideshow in the United States now almost behind us, the main event is ready to roll. The Clausura leg of the Liga Profesional kicks off this... Read more »

Nigeria’s ex-President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London aged 82 | Obituaries News

Buhari, remembered for an anti-corruption drive and faltering economy, leaves behind a contentious legacy. Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari has died in London at the age of 82 following a long illness.... Read more »

Israel bombs Gaza market, water point, as overall death toll passes 58,000 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza, striking a busy market and a water distribution point, killing at least 95 Palestinians, as the death toll from Israel’s war on the enclave passed... Read more »

Independence for whom? | Buenos Aires Times

President Javier Milei would seem to have a certain fetish for Independence Day as a moment for marking milestones. Last year’s anniversary featured the signing in Tucumán with provincial governors the ‘Pacto... Read more »

The Guardian view on Brics growing up: A new bloc seeks autonomy – and eyes a post-western order | Editorial

The Brics summit in Brazil last week revealed a loose alliance of emerging powers becoming more complex – and perhaps more consequential. For Brics, heft matters. It now counts 11 member states... Read more »

100 Days of an America First State Department

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Corruption claims and political miscalculations

Things are getting hairy out there for the Javier Milei administration. With the election campaign in full swing, the pressure is on for the self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist” inhabiting the Casa Rosada to execute... Read more »

Disrupt Latin America

Reading Time: 5 minutes Microfinance revolutionized the financial services sector in Latin America over 40 years ago. Millions of individuals who were excluded from traditional financial institutions obtained access to a variety... Read more »

Chile targets fast fashion waste with landmark desert cleanup plan | Chile

In a dusty corner of the Atacama Desert, the driest non-polar region on Earth, mounds of used clothes are scattered across the sand, where they sit, bleached and tattered, under the sun.... Read more »

Do smartphones make people stupid?

To the understandable satisfaction of progressive-minded educationalists, especially those who wanted to believe that almost everything depends on social conditioning and very little on hereditary factors, from about 1930 onwards average IQ... Read more »