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This paper explores the emergence of short-term rentals (STR) in Buenos Aires, a phenomenon that has been little explored in Latin America. We argue that STR are a flexible modality of real estate rent which accelerates the turnover of capital and mobilizes it globally through new transnational financial instruments, while, at the local level, it reinforces the problems of access to housing. Using data gathered from Airbnb listings, interviews with key stakeholders, and government sources, three main dimensions of the phenomenon in Buenos Aires are analyzed: sociourban effects, the emergence of new actors in the urban rental chain, and the role of the state in the proliferation of short-term lets. Among the main findings, we observed that (a) this rental model reproduces and deepens socio-territorial inequalities; (b) the STR have given rise to new and renewed actors -national and transnational- in the chain of real estate rent extraction in Buenos Aires; and (c) the local state has contributed -by action and omission- to the deployment of STR, avoiding the negative effects on local residents' access to rental housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering the increase in housing tenants (inquilinización) and financialization in Latin America, this paper explores the emergence of short-term rentals in the City of Buenos Aires, as a growing trend of housing commodification, barely incorporated into the agenda of urban studies in Latin America. To do so, we take the case of Airbnb and examined four basic dimensions to characterize the phenomenon: quantity and evolution of offers, spatial distribution, housing prices and types of owners, then comparing them with the long term rental market. Results show that short term rental shows sustained growth both over time and territory; it is a real estate market segment which is operated by concentrated and intermediary actors. Due to the low occupancy rate of the properties, the rent obtained is currently lower than in the long-term rental market. However, the post-pandemic context (still in the process of recovery) and other significant non-economic factors must be considered when interpreting these results. The paper concludes by proposing future possibilities of advance in the research of the phenomenon in Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes, from a glotopolitical perspective, the establishment and functioning of a Spanish-Putonghua bilingual public school in the city of Buenos Aires. This institution and its implementation demonstrate a concern for the educational inclusion of Chinese migrants and their descendants, as well as for the preservation and learning of the immigration language. Throughout this article, we will show how Putonghua is constructed both as a language of instruction and as an "object language" in legal regulations, classes, and in the speeches of officials. We argue that the motivation underlying the creation of this school is the increasing importance that Putonghua has gained globally in recent years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]