The Argentine invasion of the sparely populated, wind-blown and British controlled islands came at a low point of then-Prime Minister Mar...

I’m betting most Argentines don’t think much of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1978 musical Evita. As one young Argentine woman – well-read, world...

In his marvelous book, In Patagonia, Bruce Chatwin speculates whether some folks are born with a gene that causes them to wander the eart...

A very big day today in Montevideo, Uruguay and you probably won’t read much about it in the U.S. A new president, a left of center polit...

The first significant naval battle of World War II took place not in the North Atlantic or the Mediterranean, but in the Rio de la Plata ...

In the far northeastern corner of Argentina, where the border bumps up against Paraguay and Brazil, is one of the most spectacular sights...

Only the most die hard American sports fan is likely to recognize the name Luis Angel Firpo. In Argentina he is a national icon thanks, i...

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is not really a movie star, she just plays one in the bizarre world of Argentine politics. As the first wo...

It is impossible, I think, to kneel down to eye level with a penguin and not be impressed – awed even – with power of ol’ Mother Nature t...

I have always thought some of the world’s great scenery was in the American West. The northern Rockies in Glacier National Park in Montan...

The Senate recently confirmed the new leadership at the National Endowments for the Humanities and the Arts and they are interesting and ...