In Argentina today, women have access to mammograms and breast cancer screening through the public healthcare system at no direct cost, a stark contrast to the United States and many other countries where similar services often require expensive insurance copays or out‑of‑pocket payments. Under Argentina’s National Program for Control of Breast Cancer, preventive services such … Read more
Same sex couples in Argentina have enjoyed legal gay marriage for over 16 years. The country’s groundbreaking gay marriage law, signed by President Cristina Kirchner on July 21, 2010 was at the time the only of its kind in Latin America. According to the group, Comunidad Homosexual Argentina (CHA) after two years, 6,000 same sex … Read more
Today marks ten year anniversary of Argentina’s worst made-man disaster, the Cromañón nightclub fire, in which 194 children and young adults lost their lives and another 600 were injured. The national newspaper, Clarín reports that another 15 among the over 2,600 survivors have committed suicide in the ten years since the tragedy. Republica Cromañón owner, … Read more
Though he shares a name with a well known conservative American author, his legacy in Buenos Aires is more like that of English convict of the same name. In another tale of a foreign convict who escaped to Argentina, William Paul Buckley alias, Michael Nemetski (DOB: 5/10/1984), an American who ripped off dozens of foreigners … Read more
Alejandro ‘Pechito’ Ferreiro, Buenos Aires’ most recognizable homeless person has died. The 40 year-old man lived next to the entrance of a Banco Frances at Scalabrini Ortiz and Santa Fe in the well-off Palermo neighborhood for 12 years. There, he etched out a personalized living space on the sidewalk, complete with a mattress, lounge … Read more