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On This Day, June 4: Iran's supreme leader elected, women's suffrage bill passed, ATM patent approved, D-Day delayed, first shopping cart introduced, Henry Ford's first car ride and National Hug Your Cat Day

June 4 marks a day of global historical significance. Major events include the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the liberation of Rome in World War II, and the first successful test drive of Henry Ford's automobile. The date also saw the release of Metallica's 'Load' and the granting of the ATM patent.

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Milei’s win in Argentina had Trump’s fingerprints all over it. But just how long will their friendship last?

The Argentine president’s libertarian experiment is in tatters, and his hold on power seems increasingly dependent on volatile US support, says journalist Jordana Timerman

The Guardian - UK

Is Milei’s electoral blow the beginning of the end for his radical economic vision?

In his first real electoral test since sweeping to power in October 2023, the party of Argentina’s right-wing populist president, Javier Milei, has suffered a landslide defeat. The result can be read as an emphatic reminder of the remarkable endurance in Argentina of Peronism – the movement named after former…

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Paying Evita audience upset as Don’t Cry delivered offstage to West End passersby for free

Paying audiences divided over staging in which they get video feed of Rachel Zegler singing on balcony to passersby

The Guardian - UK

The Eternaut speaks to our uneasy times – that’s why this cult comic has become a global Netflix hit

There are no happy endings in this Argentinian sci-fi thriller – but it has already inspired real-world protests, says journalist Jordana Timerman

The Guardian - UK

Saint or swindler? Why, more than 70 years after her death, Eva Perón remains so fascinating

IN FOCUS: As Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s juggernaut musical ‘Evita’ prepares for its West End return, Alastair Smart revisits the life and legend of Argentina’s former first lady

The Independent UK

‘You couldn’t trust anyone’: documenting Argentina’s military dictatorship – photo essay

Lorenzo Tondo speaks to the photographer José Luis Ledesma about his work documenting the Dirty War, the brutality of Videla’s regime and Maradona’s life in Italy

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Javier Milei: Madman? Or Savior?

Reason visited Argentina to find out if Javier Milei's reforms are working.

Reason

New book provides insights into Jewish life and community in Argentina and Canada

After the United States, Argentina and Canada are home to two of the largest Jewish communities in the Americas. While there are multiple parallels between the two communities in terms of culture and history, Jewish life in Canada and Argentina also varies. It has been influenced by larger national changes…

The Conversation

Joss Ackland: a beacon of power on British stage and screen

From a sportive Falstaff for the RSC to a powerful Juan Perón in Evita, Ackland – who has died aged 95 – rarely had the star role but was a reassuring presence

The Guardian - UK

A Strange 1950s Technology Could Finally Bring Fusion Energy to the Grid

Startups and scientists want to revive the stellarator, an eccentric nuclear fusion design that could offer clean energy.

Inverse

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is subject of House ethics investigation

Spokesperson for New York Democrat ‘confident’ undisclosed matter ‘will be dismissed’

The Guardian - US

Evita Too review – discos among the death squads in a gorgeously disordered show

A different Mrs Perón gets the mega-musical treatment in Sh!t Theatre’s hilarious, sinister comedy about the ethics of populism and the heartbreak of loss

The Guardian - UK

Evita Too: the new ‘mega-musical’ telling the extraordinary story of the woman who followed Eva Perón

The new show at Soho Theatre by the anarchic duo Sh!t Theatre focuses on Isabel Perón, who became president of Argentina in the Seventies

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Orwell in Argentina

Dark clouds are gathering in Buenos Aires.

WEKU

40 years ago, the Falkland-Malvinas War transformed Latin rock

When English-language music was banned in 1982, Spanish-language groups found an opportunity.

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