Social & Cultural

IRISH INFLUENCE FOUND IN ARGENTINEAN NEWSPAPER – EMIGRANT

The story’s headline reads: “Dreadful news from the South, invasions of Indians, danger in the pampas.”

Not the typical headline you would expect to see in an Irish-centric newspaper, even from one of its editions dating all the way back to the end of the 19thcentury. However this is no ordinary newspaper; it’s as far flung from the nation of its creator as it is long in years and practice.

The Southern Cross or “La Cruz del Sur” is…

LA PRESIDENTA – RTE’s World Report

Irish national broadcaster RTE Radio 1′s weekly look at events making headlines from around the World. My dispatch from Buenos Aires reports on how an ongoing protest by the country’s Agricultural sector is ebbing away at the support base of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

IRISH ‘HABITAT’ VOLUNTEERS BUILD HOMES AND GOODWILL IN PARAGUAY – EMIGRANT

While the eyes of the world last week were fixed firmly on Beijing, Irish eyes might reason to shine on some other worthy delegates of the green white and gold who just touched down in a very different part of the world and for a very different reason.

The 15 members of the “Habitat for Humanity Ireland,” Paraguay team are set to build two family homes in an impoverished community in the South of the country all before they…

FUTURO DO CUMBUCO – Brazil’s Pure Kitesurfers

Cumbuco in the North Eastern Brazilian province of Ceara has become one of the worlds most sought-out destinations for the increasingly popular watersport of Kitesurfing. Whilst its mecca status is bringing visitors from all over the world to the former fishing village its the local community that are most immersed in the high flying sport. Futuro do Cumbuco is a self developed initiative that supports the local youth in their passion for kitesurfing and the possibilities that may open…