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Spanish-Argentine expedition to verify whether a geoglyph located in the Andes via Google Earth is genuine

30 September 2026 at 16:41
Traces of the geoglyph on the Tigre range in the Andes.

The Dictionary of the Spanish Language explains that a geoglyph is a “large figure on slopes or in wide plains, carved directly into the ground or made with stones, especially by prehistoric peoples.” Of all those located worldwide, the most famous are the Nazca lines (Peru), which have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are visible only from surrounding mountains or from the air, which gives them an aura of mystery. Now, a group of researchers from Argentina and Spain will study a structure that could be a geoglyph discovered last year at about 3,000 meters above sea level in the Tigre mountain range (Argentina) and which was found by mountaineer Carlos Gobbi while consulting Google Earth. A joint expedition will attempt to examine it in situ in December.

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Google Earth image of the potential geoglyph that was located.Stone structures located in the Tigre mountain range.

Dusklands

29 September 2026 at 12:00

Celebrated novelists J.M. Coetzee and F.M. Siccardi recently published a co-written book, Un mal salvaje (A Savage Evil), about their experiences coming of age in South Africa and Argentina, respectively. Both states were created by colonial forces that all but wiped out indigenous populations and cultures. This excerpt juxtaposes the authors’ childhood memories of life in the shadow of genocide, though neither would have known to call it that when they were young. In particular they recall the workers on their families’ land—men they somehow knew both intimately and not at all:

Freek did not see himself as a tragic figure, did not even see himself as a survivor. To see yourself as a survivor of the past you must have a firm conception of that past, you must know where you come from; and Ros and Freek had no such historical consciousness. First, they were illiterate. Second, it was of the essence of the genocide which they had survived that communal memory was erased.

If I were magically able to return to the 1950s and tell Freek about the Khoi who had pastured their stock at the Cape for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years before the Dutch came and laid waste to their society, about a people who were his ancestors, he would have thought it was just a story I was making up. Genocide is not just the destruction of a people, it is also the obliteration of that people’s store of memories and, with it, the destruction of their ability to see themselves historically.

The 140 minutes of horror in the murder of a Mexican musician and his family

26 September 2026 at 05:00
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On the way back home, Jonathan Meléndez began to feel nervous. He called home and nobody answered. Uneasy, he called the security booth at the housing complex where he lived, and asked them to buzz the apartment through the intercom to see if anyone picked up. On his phone he opened the app that gave access to his Alexa, a smart-home device that allowed him to view the camera feed, speak through his phone and have his voice play on the device’s speaker… But there was nothing. It was after 7 pm. The friend riding with Meléndez in the car says he became concerned by then. Something happened in the following minutes, something Jonathan saw on the Alexa footage, or perhaps someone finally answered the phone, because at 7.20 pm he called the building security supervisor and asked him to call the police: “He told me his business partner was armed.”

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Argentina Again States Its Claims to the Malvinas Islands

25 September 2026 at 09:30
On September 3, 2026, Argentine President Javier Milei addressed the nation on the issue of the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands. This programmatic speech is noteworthy be-cause Milei had previously taken a more cautious position on the islands and advocated resolving the long-standing territorial dispute with the United Kingdom through diplomatic means. However, in this address, the […]

Milei at the UN: Argentina as the ‘promised land’ for capital, AI, and Israel

25 September 2026 at 05:46

Far-right Argentine President Javier Milei addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, giving a speech which provoked strong reactions. The South American head of state also participated in a series of high-level meetings.

One of his most quoted lines from his New York City trip has been: “Argentina is the new promised land.”

This is not the first time Milei has used religious concepts and ideas from the Judeo-Christian tradition to explain his political stance, but it is the first time the Argentine president has equated his country, in economic and political terms, with the land of Abraham and his descendants.

This is even more telling when one considers Milei’s extremely close relationship with Israel and ardent defense of its policies of war and genocide across West Asia, as well as the admiration he professes for the Jewish religion.

Milei also emphatically underscored this during his address to the UN General Assembly: “We also made a geopolitical choice: we have unambiguously aligned ourselves with the West … We condemn the Iranian regime’s attacks on the State of Israel.”

And this is an indisputable fact. Since the beginning of his term, Milei has not only aligned himself with the geopolitical interests that the Trump administration has vigorously pursued, but has also become one of Israel’s staunchest allies in the region.

This is quite impressive, considering that President Noboa in Ecuador, De la Espriella in Colombia, and others have also expressed a kind of unwavering alliance with Tel Aviv.

That is why Milei has not limited himself to diplomatic rhetoric, but has pulled the strings of power to designate Iran’s main military force (currently in conflict with Israel and the United States) as a terrorist organization.

“We declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, just as we continue to seek justice for the two attacks we suffered on Argentine soil in 1992 and 1994,” Milei said at the UN, referring to two attacks in Argentina against the Israeli Embassy and the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA). The Argentine justice system, advised by Israel and the United States, identified Hezbollah and Iranian citizens as the perpetrators.

Free-market capitalism and Artificial Intelligence

Another topic Milei addressed during his appearance was his staunch defense of free-market capitalism in which the state plays a minimal role: “We do not want to lose again; that is why we embrace free-market capitalism.”

In this regard, Milei once again highlighted his government’s strong support for artificial intelligence companies and the tycoons behind them. It should not be forgotten that the Argentine government signed a working and information-sharing agreement with Palantir, whose co-founder, Peter Thiel, purchased a property on Argentine soil.

This is clearly part of Milei’s neoliberal agenda to attract investment from major foreign capitalists, among whom the owners of technology companies (who are so interested in resources such as lithium, copper, and others that abound in South America) currently stand out.

However, recent statements by former employees of these companies regarding the danger that the development of AI poses to humanity have created some unease around the world. But Milei says that this is precisely the time to move forward: “Prudence does not mean fear, and what’s more, fear should under no circumstances automatically lead to obedience … where many see a threat, we see a frontier.”

Criticism of the UN

Probably one of the most important aspects highlighted in Milei’s speech was his harsh criticism of the UN and its role in current geopolitics: “Today, unfortunately, it is time to acknowledge that this sacred pact has, in fact, been broken.”

But not content with merely pointing out the shortcomings, Milei asserted (very much in line with Trump) that the UN has become a venue for certain people to amass wealth: “It has become a useless organization that serves only to feed a caste of fatally arrogant parasites disguised as well-meaning bureaucrats.”

Hence, he asserted that resolutions ultimately have no real effect on policy. He cited the example of the Malvinas Islands, a territory disputed with the United Kingdom: “What good is a resolution if, for decades, the other party can act contrary to it, and that resolution remains intact in the archives but is powerless in the face of reality?”

Criticism of Milei’s speech

Milei’s statements, while applauded by his supporters, have drawn widespread criticism in Argentina. Much of the criticism has focused on the fact that Milei now seems to staunchly defend Argentina’s right to control the Malvinas Islands, whereas in the past he was cautious and even reluctant to adopt a patriotic stance against the United Kingdom – something both the Argentine left and right have done. “We’re surprised that Milei now remembers when he used to talk about self-determination,” said Axel Kicillof, governor of the province of Buenos Aires.

Likewise, critics pointed out the apparent contradiction in Milei’s rhetoric between extolling the right to self-determination and aligning himself with the interests of Washington and Tel Aviv: “Milei’s stance doesn’t surprise me. The truth is that this line of subservience—and I say this very clearly—is directed at Trump and Netanyahu. Even the terminology is consistent with what Trump proposed and his ideas on the deregulation of artificial intelligence, as well as his view that Argentina’s natural resources are available to anyone who wants to take them,” said Kicillof.

Regarding Milei’s economic rhetoric, Patria Grande leader Juan Grabois said: “Besides being an ignorant imbecile, besides being a lobotomized parrot who parrots Trump, besides plagiarizing Gramsci without knowing he’s “a filthy communist,” what Milei is saying is that we’re basically going to hand over our territory, critical minerals, energy, and national sovereignty to the technocracy.”

Lionel Messi to bid farewell to Argentina national team with a final match in Buenos Aires: ‘The last tango of the world’s best player’

16 September 2026 at 09:54

A story that had it all, from painful defeats to everlasting victories, will come to an end. It will happen on October 6, when Lionel Messi plays his final match with the Argentina national team. That day the Albiceleste will face Benin in Buenos Aires in a friendly. “The last tango of the world’s best player,” said the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia.

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Lionel Messi celebrates Argentina's victory at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Wie Deutschland zum größten Unterstützer von Staatsterrorismus und Völkermord wurde

12 September 2026 at 07:00
Die Bundesregierung verkündet sehr stolz immer wieder zwei Dinge: Erstens, dass die Sicherheit Israels deutsche Staatsräson sei, womit die Bundesregierung auch begründet, dass sie Israel Waffen verkauft und viele Waffensysteme sogar schenkt, und zweitens, dass Deutschland der größte Unterstützer der Ukraine ist. In beiden Fällen liefert Deutschland Waffen an Krieg führende Länder, wobei das noch […]

Caso Cerimedo: la caída de un instrumento de intervención geopolítica para toda la región

25 August 2026 at 22:59
El consultor político argentino Fernando Cerimedo, preso en Bolivia acusado de enviar a matar a su ex pareja, no es solo un operador digital aislado. Según el analista Ignacio Fidanza,…

The Terms and Conditions of a Place Where I’ll Belong

25 August 2026 at 15:00

In this essay at Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature, writer and professor Samuel Autman reflects on tourism and privilege, especially in a time of xenophobia; traveling as a Black queer American; and the idea of not fully belonging wherever he goes. The sections in Autman’s piece are organized as terms and conditions in a legal agreement, reminding us that when we cross borders, we navigate different cultural and social scenarios, written and unwritten rules, and people who view us as foreign—no matter how at home we might feel.

I found myself asking harder questions about the young men around him, about the relationships, the patronage and the blurred line between generosity and dependency. Mark had paid for many of them to study law, medicine or business. He had even helped one man living in the United States without legal status by paying for him to attend a Spanish-language school.

None of it suggested scandal or anything obviously illegal. But parts of it no longer sat comfortably with me.

Hondurasgate, Polymarket e Frutinovelas: A desinformação nas eleições latino-americanas

24 August 2026 at 21:00

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Começou a campanha eleitoral, e como você já deve estar a par, nós da Agência Pública mais uma vez juntamos forças com sites parceiros (Aos Fatos, Amado Mundo e Núcleo) para investigar campanhas de desinformação. 

Já publicamos um levantamento de quais perfis foram investigados por fake news e narrativas antidemocráticas e seguem publicando e influenciando o debate público e uma reportagem sobre como a IA tem sido usada para criar vídeos de TikTok no formato “povo fala”, nos quais falsos eleitores elogiam Lula ou Flávio Bolsonaro, ou, ainda, reforçam clichês sobre beneficiários de programas sociais do governo federal, afirmando que “não querem trabalhar”.

Mais reportagens virão, e enquanto isso, achei importante trazer alguns exemplos de como as eleições recentes na América Latina foram impactadas por campanhas desinformativas. 

Aqui, trago três conclusões: primeiro, não existe mais campanha eleitoral sem fake news; segundo, as narrativas e estratégias são repetidas de um país para outro, e, portanto, vale a pena entender o que aconteceu com nossos vizinhos; e terceiro, há uma rede de marketeiros que tem participado de diversas eleições no continente propagando desinformação, a quem investigamos como “mercenários digitais” em 2023. Fernando Cerimedo, um de seus principais expoentes, acaba de ser preso na Bolívia, onde assessorava o presidente direitista Rodrigo Paz, acusado de tentar matar a namorada.    

Houve muitas eleições, mas decidi focar em três delas: Honduras, Colômbia e Peru. Também escolhi a dedo algumas das narrativas e estratégias, por sentir que revelam mais do que as histórias em si, revelam a infraestrutura que hoje se usa para manipular a opinião pública em momentos de “crise informacional”, como as eleições. 

Em Honduras, a corrida eleitoral em novembro de 2025 abriu com o ex-presidente Juan Orlando Hernández sentenciado em Manhattan a 45 anos por ligação com narcotráfico. Em seu lugar, o aliado conservador Nasry “Tito” Asfura entrou na disputa e recebeu apoio público de Donald Trump. O argentino Fernando Cerimedo teria articulado os bastidores para que Trump postasse o endosso em suas redes. Deu certo; o mandatário americano chegou a ameaçar cortar ajuda financeira ao país caribenho se Asfura não vencesse e, dias antes do pleito, Trump indultou Hernández. 

A equipe de Asfura contou com consultores conhecidos em outros países: além de Fernando Cerimedo, Brad Parscale – que teria trabalhado no uso de dados para segmentar eleitores –, Dick Morris e o argentino Luis Rosales. O La Derecha Diário, jornal de Cerimedo sediado na Argentina, mantém um perfil hondurenho nas redes, criado três meses antes da eleição. 

Como resultado, na reta final cidadãos receberam mensagens em massa nos celulares, pressionando votos na direita. A ameaça de Trump de cortar ajuda também foi replicada por este método. Também circularam narrativas falsas de que o crime organizado estaria tentando influenciar votos na esquerda e boatos de que os partidos de esquerda acabariam com a propriedade privada.

Asfura venceu com 40,27% dos votos. Ao fim da contagem, autoridades eleitorais e o governo de esquerda de Xiomara Castro denunciaram irregularidades, mas os EUA restringiram vistos dos magistrados que pediam recontagem.

Outro ponto fundamental foi o chamado Hondurasgate. O jornal Red e o site Hondurasgate divulgaram há alguns meses supostas gravações de áudio vazadas que indicam uma trama envolvendo Estados Unidos e Israel, com apoio de Honduras, para desgastar, com notícias falsas, os governos de Claudia Sheinbaum, no México, e Gustavo Petro, na Colômbia.

Segundo a fonte que entregou os áudios aos portais, as gravações ocorreram entre janeiro e abril de 2026. Os áudios mostrariam Juan Orlando Hernández, poucos meses depois de receber o indulto, organizando a ofensiva. Em conversas com Asfura, agora presidente, e sua vice-presidente, Hernandez pediu US$ 150 mil para alugar um apartamento nos EUA e montar uma unidade de jornalismo digital: “Alguém aqui, da equipe do presidente americano, vai cuidar disso para mim. É um dos republicanos que estão nos ajudando. Eles vão montar um site de notícias para nós”, disse.

Asfura confirmou a entrega da verba, que viria da Secretaria de Infraestrutura e Serviços Públicos. Hernández respondeu então: “Conseguimos conversar com Javier Milei, e ele também está contribuindo com US$ 350 mil.”

Em outra mensagem, Hernández teria reconhecido que o primeiro-ministro de Israel foi fundamental para sua libertação e que ele apoiaria o plano.

Colômbia: IA e Pollymarket 

Vídeos falsos rodaram tanto no primeiro quanto no segundo turno das eleições colombianas, ocorridos em maio e junho. Ali, apareceu a mesma narrativa de tentar associar a esquerda com o crime violento. Em um deles, um homem que finge ser um dissidente das FARCs exigia que agricultores votassem em Ivan Cepeda, candidato da esquerda apoiado pelo ex-presidente Gustavo Petro. 

Cepeda foi para o segundo turno contra o candidato trumpista, o empresário e advogado Abelardo de la Espriella, que venceu as eleições com 49,6%. 

Por lá, um dos fenômenos mais interessantes, usado em especial por candidatos da direita, foram as “frutinovelas”, que por aqui são conhecidas como “novelas das frutas”. Feitas com IA, elas foram onipresentes nas redes durante a campanha eleitoral. 

Abelardo de la Espriella, conhecido como “O Tigre”, usou vastamente o formato, aparecendo como um enorme tigre que destrói um trem representando a política tradicional. Outra candidata na direita, a senadora uribista Paloma Valencia, era retratada como um abacaxi feliz contra as bananas da esquerda e os cocos de De la Espriella.

Depois da derrota eleitoral, Petro passou a disseminar dúvidas sobre o sistema eleitoral colombiano, afirmando a existência de um mecanismo de edição dos votos, falta de transparência e de auditoria e apontando padrões matemáticos anormais na contagem.

Mas, assim como fez Jair Bolsonaro nas eleições de 2022, Petro já acusava fraude muito antes das eleições acontecerem, desde meses antes das eleições. Por isso, a Justiça Eleitoral exigiu que Petro se retratasse, o que ele não fez. As denúncias foram verificadas e desmentidas por agências de checagem. Ao final, Petro reconheceu a vitória de De la Espriella.  

Outro fato digno de nota: o site de apostas preditivas Polymarket foi usado pela campanha de De la Espriella e citado como fonte confiável de pesquisa por veículos de imprensa colombiana. 

O próprio candidato promoveu o site como um termômetro mais confiável que pesquisas, afirmando que arriscar dinheiro próprio exige um prognóstico correto. Pior ainda, jornais tradicionais como La República passaram a reportar estes dados como se fossem verdadeiras pesquisas eleitorais. 

Mas obviamente as apostas no site são sujeitas a manipulação. Em setembro de 2025, o site La Silla Vacía revelou que apenas 82 contas participavam das apostas eleitorais sobre a Colômbia, e uma única conta concentrava 40% de todo o dinheiro investido a favor de De la Espriella, mais de 100 mil dólares. A pesquisa classificou várias dessas contas como “infladoras” de apoio, ou seja, eram simpatizantes usando a plataforma como vitrine política. O site Factchequeado revelou ainda que a Polymarket pagava publicidade a influenciadores para apresentar Espriella como o “Bukele ou Milei colombiano”. 

Peru: candidato de Trump alegou “fraude nas urnas”

No primeiro turno, em maio, o candidato favorito de Trump na eleição de 2026, Rafael López Aliaga ficou de fora do segundo turno por apenas 21 mil votos. Como resposta, ele alega fraude e pediu a anulação do resultado. 

Rafael iniciou uma campanha apontando fraude, que, segundo investigação do site Ojo Publico, mobilizou perfis já pré-estabelecidos para espalhar sua mensagem. Foram 53 contas com impacto sobre milhares de usuários, espalhando mensagens para construir a imagem de uma eleição manipulada, sem apresentar qualquer evidência. Um exemplo: uma narrativa afirmava que mais de 1 milhão de eleitores haviam sido impedidos de votar em Lima, sendo que o número real de afetados pela não instalação de mesas – um erro da Justiça Eleitoral do país – foi de 55 mil pessoas. No final, o candidato trumpista perdeu e Keiko Fujimori acabou recebendo as bênçãos de Trump. 

Assim, tanto a narrativa de fraude nas urnas está viva na América Latina, como a tentativa de associar qualquer grupo de esquerda com o crime organizado, dois motes que já estamos vendo acontecer também por aqui. 

Como se sabe, nada se cria, tudo se copia.  

The Giants of Patagonia

24 August 2026 at 05:46

For centuries, travellers to the southern tip of South America returned with astonishing stories. They spoke of a land swept by fierce winds and endless plains, inhabited by people of extraordinary size. Some claimed these inhabitants were giants, towering far above ordinary men. Their tales captured the imagination of Europe and helped create one of the most enduring geographical myths in history: the Giants of Patagonia.


A sailor giving a Patagonian woman some biscuit for her baby. Credit: William C. Sturtevant


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La coartada de la locura – Por Ivone Alves García

18 August 2026 at 15:42
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El muerto que está solo y espera – Por Diego Chiaramoni

7 August 2026 at 04:32
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Fuerte derrota de Milei: el Gobierno obligado a retirar la extranjerización de tierras de su proyecto de ley

5 August 2026 at 21:14
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