

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Flying back into Buenos Aires we were horrified to discover that the entire city has been consumed by a large dense black fug of smoke for the last week, caused by over-enthusiastic farmers slash and burning in the countryside around the capital. Visibility has been compared to the bad old days of the London 'peasoupers'; flights have been cancelled, children and adults taken to hospital suffering from respiratory problems. It's a national disaster, and we are ...