Maisa Bascuas

Maisa Bascuas is a feminist activist from Argentina. She has a degree in Political Science (UBA), is a university professor, and a researcher on issues related to memory, Latin American feminisms, popular economies, and public policy. She currently coordinates the Latin American Popular Feminisms area at the Buenos Aires office of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. From there, she promotes the production of the podcast Destapar la Crisis (Uncovering the Crisis), the fanzines Crisálidas, memorias del Movimiento de Mujeres y Feministas en América Latina y El Caribe (Chrysalis, Memories of the Women's and Feminist Movement in Latin America and the Caribbean), and the collection Cuadernos Feministas (Feminist Notebooks).

September 23, 2026

Business

US Considers Diesel Export Ban as Fuel Prices Surge Ahead of Midterm Elections

The US government is considering a halt to diesel exports as fuel prices rise sharply in the United States, with President Donald Trump saying the measure could have a limited effect on

Business

Alibaba Cloud to Open Data Centres in Turkey, Finland and Netherlands

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group Holding, plans to open data centres in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months as it accelerates its international expansion and seeks to attract more enterprise customers with

September 23, 2026

China Pushes Long-Term Investing as It Seeks to Restore Foreign Appetite for Its Assets

Business

China is promoting long-term, value-focused investing as it seeks to reshape its roughly US$4.5 trillion mutual fund industry and attract foreign investors, with the

El Niño Nears Record Intensity as Extreme Heat Could Cause 451,000 Deaths

Business

El Niño is approaching record intensity, with sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific already reaching levels comparable with those recorded at the peak of

The Dangers of the Far Right’s Pro-Birth Rhetoric

August 27, 2026

Columns/Human Rights

On 20 August, during the 23rd edition of the Council of the Americas in Buenos Aires, Javier Milei concluded his speech to the business elite by blaming the ‘little green scarves’ and

Ten Years After Ni Una Menos: Feminism, Resistance, and the Future

June 14, 2025

Columns/Human Rights

The Cry That Fuelled the Flames Already Burning On 3 June 2015, the murder of Chiara Páez, a pregnant teenager from Santa Fe, at the hands of her boyfriend, sparked one of