Argentinian activist Santiago Maldonado, who disappeared during a protest in favour of indigenous rights, has been found dead. With congressional elections ahead, the case has shaken the country to its core.
El Costo Humano de los Agrótoxicos (The Human Cost of Agrotoxins) is Pablo Ernesto Piovano’s photo feature dedicated to breaking the silence on the consequences of a growing use of pesticides. Piovano, an Argentinian photographer, has travelled across his country to document the effects pesticides have on people, the result of which is a series of powerful pictures. Now his work has
In a response to concerns over hate crimes against women in Argentina organisers announced the suspension of the Miss Reef beauty contest for the first time in its 23-year history. The long-standing controversy surrounding the values promoted through the contest, commonly known as “the backside of the summer”, has escalated in the wake of an
Dopo oltre 140 anni di attività la struttura verrà convertita in un rifugio per gli animali in difficoltà mentre gli altri verranno trasferiti in riserve naturali.
Fitz Roy is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is part of Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina and Bernardo O’Higging National Park in Chile. Its peak is 3,405 metres above sea level. Cerro Torre is an Argentinian mountain, also found in Patagonia, west of Fitz Roy, and is
The Upsala Glacier is Argentina’s second largest. Here, according to Fabiano Ventura and his team, explorer and priest Alberto Maria De Agostini took a series of seven pictures. On the Trails of the Glaciers’ new expedition was in Los Glaciares National Park, from the 2nd to the 10th of March, in order to “photograph” global warming
In Argentina un piccolo delfino è stato tirato fuori dall’acqua da un gruppo di turisti desideroso di scattarsi una foto con l’animale. Il cetaceo è poi morto per disidratazione.
Glyphosate, one of the world’s most used herbicides in agriculture, has devastating, dramatic effects on the health of people living in very close contact with it. This time, the warning does not come from environmental organisations or WHO’s agencies, but from a photo feature. Pablo Ernesto Piovano is an Argentinian photographer that decided, in 2014, to
Amaranth has high quality nutrients: its small grains (1 gram contains 1,000-3,000 grains depending on the variety) are rich in proteins and have a high content of calcium and phosphorus. Thanks to the lack of gluten, it is an ideal product for celiac and diabetic people’s diets. The monks who accompanied the conquistadores
