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Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in Brazil
Case involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America ‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing A woman celebrating her 32nd birthday on a train journey in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais was horrified when a fellow passenger alerted her that an unknown man had been secretly filming her seven-year-old son. When confronted, the man – an Argentinian tourist – initially refused to show his phone. But after being pressed by other travellers, the man admitted he had sent the images to a WhatsApp contact. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in Brazil, Case involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America ‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing A woman celebrating her 32nd birthday on a train journey in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais was horrified when a fellow passenger alerted her that an unknown man had been secretly filming her seven-year-old son. When confronted, the man – an Argentinian tourist – initially refused to show his phone. But after being pressed by other travellers, the man admitted he had sent the images to a WhatsApp contact. Continue reading…
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- Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in BrazilThe Guardian - 2026-05-28T12:04:59+00:00
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