In the midst of World Cup fever, Argentine female footballers keep their dreams alive By Francesca Fiorentini Patricio Guillamón The World Cup is in full swing and Argentina is wired. This month, Argentines enjoy and suffer each moment their national team graces the stadium, freely opinionate and critique in the down time, and preemptively fantasize [...]

Indigenous March in Buenos Aires by Francesca Fiorentini The Argentimes, May 2010 The afternoon was grey and warm for autumn in Buenos Aires. Many locals were out shopping, having a coffee, or trying to get through the workday, when sounds of music – flutes, bells, drums, and voices – rang through the downtown streets. They [...]

A Second Independence for Argentina by Francesca Fiorentini The Argentimes May, 2010 “We were capable, We are capable.” The slogan has repeated itself on government radio and television adverts throughout Argentina, which is celebrating 200 years since the 25th May revolution that eventually led to the country’s independence on 9th July 1816. The natural question such [...]

DISCLAIMER: Many say a curse is not real unless one believes in it. Therefore as a precaution that the following stories may very well convince you, and in an attempt to save her own hide and those of her readers, this journalist will refrain from using the proper name of the party in question and [...]

by Francesca Fiorentini They have come from all over Argentina. Some have even come from parts of Paraguay and Brazil. Most have come by bus, many by car or motorcycle, and some by good old fashioned hitchhiking. They have come with their spouses and children, aging parents and grandparents. They have come alone, leaving their [...]