by Vera von Kreutzbruck – Argentina/Germany – Last winter film director Lisa Cholodenko came to Berlin to present The Kids Are All Right at the International Film Festival. Dressed in black with short dark hair and thick-framed glasses Cholodenko is…
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Kids with Same-Sex Parents are All Right: A Conversation with Lisa Cholodenko
Tagged with: Argentina, Arts & Culture, Family, Film & Documentaries, Homosexuality, Laws & Legislation, Marriage
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
The Women of Brukman: Revolutionary Spirit in the Wake of Argentina’s Economic Meltdown
by Jessica Mosby – USA – – March 8th – Today we celebrate International Women’s Day with our sisters and mothers, aunts and grandmothers, cousins and daughters, and most of all, with our writers, who have become family. On this…
Tagged with: Argentina, Arts & Culture, economic policy, Film & Documentaries, garment industry, Labor Issues, Latin America, Strikes & Boycotts, women's empowerment
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Two Women in South America Are Presidents: Is This a Trend?
by Louise Belfrage News Editor, The WIP – Argentina – There were no people celebrating in the streets of Buenos Aires when Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won the presidential elections two weeks ago. In fact, the otherwise ear-splittingly noisy city…
Tagged with: Argentina, Chile, Cristina de Kirchner, Latin America, Michelle Bachelet, nepotism, South America, women presidents
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Argentina’s Elections: Another First Lady Has an Excellent Chance of Becoming President on Her Own Merits
by Vera von Kreutzbruck – Germany/Argentina – Unless there is a dramatic and highly improbable last-minute shift in the voter polls, the 28th of October will prove historic for Argentina. That day the country is expected to elect a female…
Tagged with: Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Elections, Latin America, women politicians
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Argentina Teachers Strike Leads to Death
by Louise Belfrage News Editor, The WIP – Argentina – Buenos Aires, April 10th – On April 4th, Argentine public school teachers in the provincial capital of Neuquén, the largest city in Patagonia, held a rally for higher salaries, demanding…
Tagged with: Argentina, Carlos Fuenteabla, Education, Jorge Sobisch, Latin America, Patagonia, police brutality, teachers, Uprisings
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Something Fundamental
by Louise Belfrage News Editor, The WIP – Argentina – One day, while I was sitting in a shoebox of an apartment in Once, Buenos Aires’ Hassidic neighborhood, Kate called me up on a crippled phone line and asked me…
