Recent content by InsearchofBA

Oops! That's quite the error. I must have just gotten careless in switching back and forth from Spanish to English. I try to be thorough but this slipped by me. You're right, 8 million would be an impressive turnout. I've since corrected it. Thanks (a million)!

I'm not saying that the fight is entirely bad...perhaps it is a significant improvement over Clarin being in bed with the government as it had been for many years. My point is that this fight will do nothing to fix the "status quo of government corruption" because I highly doubt any...

I think you have to look closely at who the winners and losers are before concluding that the fight is healthy. This is a conflict between a giant media conglomerate and a very powerful populist president who views the press as an unnecessary intermediary in her "dialogue" with the people...

It takes two to tango. Notice that the Kirchners didn't really try to take on Clarin until Clarin became critical of CFK during the 2008 Campo Protests. Néstor and Clarin were quite close. He even passed what was called the "Ley de Clarin", preventing Clarin from going into receivership by...

While the battle between the press and the government is very "in your face", reporters are rarely in physical danger for exposing government wrongdoing. However, the quality of independent journalism in Argentina is very low. It is not economically profitable to work on your own. Many...

Hello everyone! I am a long-time stalker of BAEXPATS but a first time poster. I lived in Argentina for a year as an exchange student (2008-2009) and was just in BA for the month of December conducting political research for my senior capstone project. I recently started a blog...