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This week: we analyse Buenos Aires’ social housing crisis, we talk to Cecilia Milesi about human rights and transitional justice, and we look at the media's double standards when covering Venezuela.

This week: Uruguay's election. an interview with Sergio Federovisky about Argentina and the environment, and what makes December such a special month in Argentina?

This week: Argentina's mining lobby, an interview with Juan Pablo Hudson about drugs, violence, and police corruption in the city of Rosario, and the media uproar over the Uruguayan president calling Mexico a "failed state".

This week: we look back on a tense week in Colombia after the suspension of peace talks, talk to Marcos Filardi about proposed changes to the seeds law, and after the murder of Miss Honduras, we question why some lives seem to matter more than others to the media.

The Indy's Weekly Review - News and Analysis from Argentina and Latin America.

On this week's show: We go inside the Blue Dollar market to reveal how this parallel currency exchange really works; we speak to MOCASE about why a murder trial underway in Santiago del Estero is so important in the conflict over land rights in Argentina; and we examine the media circus around an 11-year-old boy who dreams of being president in 2050.

All that, and music from this week’s featured artist – La Trompa Así.

This week: We explain new immigration rules against 'false tourists' in Argentina; we talk Verónica Huilipan of the ODHPI about indigenous land rights in Patagonia; and we analyse international media coverage of the missing Mexican students.
All this plus headlines from around the region and music by this week's featured artist: Guanábana Afrobeat.