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Many Argentine Catholics pray for long-awaited papal visit

March 13, 2025Sacred Nation

On this day 12 years ago, Pope Francis became the first pope from Latin America. Since then, in all of his travels around the world, he has never gone back to visit his home country, Argentina. Now, Pope Francis is facing health issues and has been hospitalized since Feb. 14. His followers in Argentina are praying for his recovery — and hoping that he will finally come back on a papal visit.

Argentina tries to fight the theft of its precious meteorites

November 8, 2024Culture

‘To Make the Archives Sing’: Old Jewish Argentinian songs recorded for the first time

October 17, 2024Music

A pink sign in the forefront of a largely female crowd that reads in Spanish "Swiftie No Vota Milei"

In Argentina, ‘Swifties Don’t Vote For Milei’

November 15, 2023Politics

In Argentina, annual inflation tops 100%, a 30-year high, with the cost of meat and fruit skyrocketing.

Argentines wage ‘mental war’ against inflation as prices double in a year

April 3, 2023Business, Economics and Jobs

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An image of male and female legs dancing in the final round of the stage category during the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.

Feminist tango collectives take center stage in Argentina

January 10, 2022Music

All-female and all-queer tango groups playing contemporary tango songs with a feminist lens are on the rise in Argentina.

How the Beatles inspired a rock revolution in Argentina

November 23, 2021Music

The birth of Argentine rock coincided with a turbulent time in Latin American history when many countries fell under military dictatorships.

A group of women raise their arms and wave green flags

Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope’s native Argentina

December 30, 2020Reproductive rights

The vote means that abortion will be legalized up to the 14th week of pregnancy, and also will be legal after that time in cases of rape or danger to the mother’s life.

Demonstrators wave a large rainbow flag outside congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires.

Royal Spanish Academy dismisses movement to make Spanish more gender-inclusive

December 21, 2020Language

LGBTQ and feminist activists have spearheaded a movement to use the letter “e” to diverge from the binary structure of masculine “o” or feminine “a” in Spanish. But the Royal Spanish Academy, the leading authority on Spanish grammar and vocabulary, has yet to recognize the need for this shift.

People are shown holding pipes letting off green smoke with the Argentine capital dome in the distance.

Argentina’s lower house approves bill legalizing abortion

December 11, 2020Reproductive rights

Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize elective abortions to the 14th week of pregnancy, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in response to long-sought demands from women’s rights activists in the homeland of Pope Francis.

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