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Neoliberalism Resurgent in Argentina

November 16, 2019 | News | No Comments

The election of businessman Mauricio Macri to the presidency in Argentina signals a rightward turn in the country and, perhaps, in South America more generally. Macri, the candidate of the right-wing Compromiso para el cambio (Commitment to Change) party, defeated Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli (the Peronist party candidate) in November’s runoff election, by […]

Purple might just be the perfect color for the Queen of England. After all, it is the color of royalty and Queen Elizabeth is pretty much as royal as it gets. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles looked as though they thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the annual Braemar Gathering, a day-long festival founded by the Braemar […]

After their emotional debut performance of their new Orlando tragedy-inspired song, “Love Make the World Go Round,” on The Today Show this week, Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda took their poignant hit to late night TV with a performance on The Tonight Show on Tuesday. Teaming up with Tonight Show house band The Roots in […]

Chrissy Teigen’s 2-month-old daughter is getting quite the culinary education. The model mom, who published the bestselling cookbook Cravings earlier this year, is introducing her daughter, little Luna Simone, to a world of food—although she’s not ready to eat it quite yet! Grandma Teigen shared a sweet snap to Instagram of the new mom at […]

(TULSA, Okla.) — Federal prosecutors say a Chinese national employed by a U.S. petroleum company has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing trade secrets from his employer. Authorities say 35-year-old Hongjin Tan pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court in Tulsa to theft of a trade secret, unauthorized transmission of a trade secret and […]

Kimi Raikkonen’s early pit stop in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix that partially undermined the Finn’s race was not part of Alfa Romeo’s game plan. Raikkonen held his own in ninth position in the openings stages of the race, but soaring rear brake temperatures forced him into the pits after 11 laps for a tyre change […]