Monthly Archives: December 2024

Surfing and ceviche in Peru

Surfing and ceviche in Peru
  • December 21, 2024
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December in Peru means surf and ceviche, as our reporter catches some breaks on the beaches outside Lima. Sponsor Message   SCOTT SIMON, HOST:   In the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas marks the start of summer. In Lima, Peru's frequently overcast capital that overlooks the frigid southern Pacific, that means blazing sunshine and warmer waters and Christmases with surfing and ceviche that go together like B.J. Leiderman and our theme music. Here's reporter Simeon Tegel.   (SOUNDBITE OF WAVES CRASHING)   SIMEON TEGEL, BYLINE: When you mention Peru, most people think of the Andes…Read more …

How Argentina came to love Milei’s golden chainsaw ‘No one is enjoying it. We have come this far, we need to see it through’: Despite the president’s draconian economic reforms, support grows

How Argentina came to love Milei’s golden chainsaw ‘No one is enjoying it. We have come this far, we need to see it through’: Despite the president’s draconian economic reforms, support grows
  • December 9, 2024
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Javier Milei has only been in office for a year Credit: Tomas Cuesta/Getty Over the grunting of a client squatting a stacked barbell in Buenos Aires, gym manager Kevin Acosta carefully explains his support for president Javier Milei’s draconian economic shock treatment. “We’ve come this far, so we have to carry on, even if it is an experiment. Milei needs more time,” says Mr Acosta in the gritty Bronx gym, in the heart of La Boca, the Argentine capital’s iconic working-class port district, through which millions of impoverished immigrants from Europe once poured. Acosta, 24,…Read more …