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Argentines take their frustrations, political demands to the streets 2 minutes read By Veronica Dalto Buenos Aires, Jul 26 (EFE).- Demonstrations are gaining steam in the streets of several Argentine cities with protesters motivated by the desire to make their economic and political demands heard. During the first half of this year, street protests increased by 60 percent over last year, during which harsh coronavirus quarantine was in place, but the numbers were only slightly below the figure for 2019, before the pandemic but the country’s economic crisis was worsening. “People, above ...

Parents fight for resumption of in-person schooling in Argentina 2 minutes read By Veronica Dalto Buenos Aires, Apr 27 (EFE).- A new social movement emerged in Argentina in the wake of last year’s coronavirus-triggered school closures. Known as “Padres Organizados” (Organized Parents), this group of men and women have been campaigning for a resumption of face-to-face education on social networking sites, through a lobbying effort and with demonstrations on city streets. The initiative began in July and August 2020 when a group of six parents, most of them from Buenos Aires city, obser...

Overfishing threatens marine reserve in Argentina 2 minutes read By Veronica Dalto Buenos Aires, Apr 1 (efe-epa).- Uncontrolled fishing by commercial fleets just outside Argentine territorial waters is harming the ecosystem even as some operators violate human rights through the use of virtual slave labor, Greenpeace says. The problem is most acute off the coast of Patagonia on the edge of the Agujero Azul (Blue Hole) National Marine Reserve. China accounts for 70 percent of the boats fishing in those waters, with another 20 percent coming from South Korea and Taiwan, while 10 percent of th...

Argentine domestic beef consumption falls to historic low 2 minutes read By Veronica Dalto Buenos Aires, Jan 15 (efe-epa).- Argentina is world-renowned for cattle that feed on the rich grass of the Pampas and its people’s “asados,” barbecue feasts and ritualistic social gatherings in which beef often takes center stage. But annual consumption of that type of meat fell to a historic low of 49.7 kilograms per person in that South American country in 2020, due partly to a drop in purchasing power amid high inflation and the coronavirus crisis but also to people’s greater openness to ea...