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Valen Iricibar

Buenos Aires Herald

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Her kidnapped father gave his cellmates the weather report. It came to symbolize hope

24.03.2025 20

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Milei awarded ‘Economist of the Year’ by suspended economist

28.02.2025 70

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Security forces kill two unarmed civilians in two provinces

10.02.2025 8

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Argentines hold anti-fascist pride march at home and abroad

01.02.2025 20

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‘To the streets!’: Argentina’s queer community assembles

26.01.2025 4

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Translation troubles: chau, 2024

Another year, another Herald vote on our favorite translation trouble! I asked the newsroom to decide which terms they thought best represented us,...

31.12.2024 4

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Translation troubles: speaking badly and soon

I was left baffled when I said hablando mal y pronto in the newsroom and asked how I would say that in English. Completely derailed my train of...

22.12.2024 5

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Orsi on relationship with Milei: ‘It has to be very good’

The election of leftist Yamandú Orsi of the Frente Amplio (FA) party in Uruguay ushers in questions about bilateral relations with Argentina in a...

26.11.2024 10

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Translation troubles: man with a woolen leg

I clocked on earlier this week to this message: “Valeeeeeen a translation trouble. Telegram.”  What a welcome. Right. If I’m being honest, I think...

18.11.2024 2

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Translation troubles: clamor operation

While covering the Justicialista Party (PJ) election saga, we were faced with a classic in Argentine politics, the operativo clamor. Social media...

11.11.2024 20

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Buenos Aires Pride under Milei: fighting hate speech and austerity

At midday on Saturday, Plaza de Mayo was teeming with people bedecked in rainbow flags, and the classic Buenos Aires inflatable rainbow arched over...

03.11.2024 2

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Understanding the bombshell Opus Dei human trafficking indictment

For decades, the shadowy Roman Catholic organization Opus Dei has recruited poor, rural girls in Argentina on the promise of education and a better...

23.10.2024 3

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UxP deputies to seek Mondino’s impeachment over Malvinas pact

Opposition deputies from Unión por la Patria (UxP) presented a request to impeach Foreign Minister Diana Mondino over a joint statement she signed...

17.10.2024 3

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Milei downplays tensions with universities as students occupy dozens

President Javier Milei downplayed the confrontation between his government and public universities, saying that he will not start applying fees to...

16.10.2024 10

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Translation troubles: make the iron

Last week, Congress approved a new voting system: as of next year’s legislative elections, Argentines will be using a single paper ballot for...

13.10.2024 2

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My love for Mafalda: An Argentine classic turns 60

This personal essay was originally published in 2023 for Mafalda’s 59th anniversary. The anniversary number has been changed to 60 to align with...

29.09.2024 3

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Córdoba wildfires: over 40,000 hectares burned as one focal point remains

One of the four main focal points of the Córdoba wildfires that have been raging for a week remain active, the provincial government announced on...

27.09.2024 2

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Wildfires hit Córdoba province: multiple arrests, over 16,000 hectares burned

Wildfires are an annual reality in Córdoba province and several blazes have been raging across the province since last Thursday. On Monday, there...

24.09.2024 4

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Translation troubles: burning eyelashes

Before getting into the translation troubles I just wanted to shout out those who came to our Argentina-themed Pictionary championship, where...

23.09.2024 2

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Translation troubles: chewing rage

Las Leonas midfielder Agostina Alonso told press that Argentina’s women’s field hockey team would focus on processing the loss against the...

11.08.2024 1

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Translation troubles: zero to the left

Argentina’s second non-binary march had virtually no help from the state: a couple of amps on loan from a Buenos Aires municipality, to be precise....

28.07.2024 1

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Tehuel de la Torre murder trial: prosecution asks for life sentence

Prosecutors have asked for a life sentence for the man accused of murdering Tehuel de la Torre, the 23-year-old trans man who disappeared in Buenos...

27.07.2024 3

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As far-right hostility rises, non-binary Argentines hold second march

Last year, Argentina held the first-ever non-binary march in the region in a nocturnal blaze of yellow, white, black, and purple, with a bright...

16.07.2024 4

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