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Immigrants run ‘positive space’ for local kids
(This article and its content were first published in the Buenos Aires Herald—print edition— October 20, 2015). By Orlando Jenkinson—Herald Staff Non-profit organization offers weekly activities for disadvantaged youth in southern BA A group of children from the Barracas and Constitución neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires City are finding a safe space for fun weekly activities…
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The impossible quest for overseas post
(This article and its content were first published in the Buenos Aires Herald—print edition— October 19, 2015). By Orlando Jenkinson Herald Staff Foreigners find it almost impossible to order books, deal with bureaucracy at central Post Office Foreigners living in Buenos Aires eager for items from their home countries are increasingly turning away from the…
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Police Violence Is Still Endemic In Argentina
(This article and its content were first published on thebubble.com, October 14, 2015). As The Bubble reported soon after the news broke across social media, a video emerged last month of police in Tucumán mercilessly beating up a teenager inside his cell while other officers looked on, completely complicit. As he throws punches into the defenseless…
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Bike tour industry sees a boom in BA City
(This article and its content were first published in the Buenos Aires Herald—print edition— October 13, 2015). By Orlando Jenkinson Herald Staff As tourist bus faces deep crisis, biking sees ‘amazing growth’ fuelled by new start ups Tourists in Buenos Aires are turning away from traditional organised excursions as a blossoming bicycle tour industry continues to…
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Leprosy is still a scourge in Argentina
By Orlando Jenkinson Herald Staff (This article and its content were first published in the Buenos Aires Herald—print edition— October 2, 2015) Hundreds of cases diagnosed anually despite major medical advances Despite its virtual eradication from some developed corners of the world and association with ancient and pre-industrial societies, leprosy remains a significant health problem in…
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Alzheimer’s: the slow-motion epidemic
By Orlando Jenkinson Herald Staff (This article and its content were first published in the Buenos Aires Herald—print edition— September 21, 2015) Cases of dementia expected to surge 150 percent in Latin America over two decades Alzheimer’s disease, the debilitative mental health disorder that can leave those affected as shadows of their former selves, has emerged…
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Argentina’s Response to the Refugee Crisis Is Everything Europe’s Isn’t
(This article and its content were first published on thebubble.com, September 16, 2015). http://www.thebubble.com/argentina-responds-europes-refugee-crisis/ Argentina, distant and guiltless in the current crisis engulfing Europe and the Middle East, has offered a coherent and consistent refugee policy. If the refugee crisis currently unfolding in Europe has exposed a drastic lack of unity among European states, it…
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Report: Chagas disease a scourge for 1.5 million Argentines
By Orlando Jenkinson, Herald Staff (This article and its content were first published in the Buenos Aires Herald, print edition, August 28, 2015) http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/197430/report-chagas-a-scourge-for-15-million-argentines One of the most wide-spread but little-known infectious diseases in Argentina will be thrust into the spotlight today as the National Day For Argentina Without Chagas is marked. The government-backed campaign, which…
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Immigrants meet Freud in BA
By Orlando Jenkinson Herald Staff (This article and its content were first published in the Buenos Aires Herald (print edition), August 17, 2015). http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/196623/expats-meet-freud-in-ba Buenos Aires has long been considered a hub of psychoanalysis, but one institution has set itself apart in recent years by offering a unique twist on the discipline in catering specifically…