The local government has imported 60 stun guns despite human rights organizations’ …

Lucía Cholakian Herrera
Lucía Cholakian Herrera is a politics, society and human rights reporter for the Buenos Aires Herald. Her work has also appeared in Rest of World, VICE, Revista 5W, Foreign Policy, BBC, Documented, El Cohete a la Luna and Revista Crisis, among many others. She is an ICFJ 2022 Emerging Media Leader.
“They were always trying to silence her”
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Human rightsPoliticsSociety
Human rights activists speak against Supreme Court president in Impeachment Commission
Three human rights representatives – Norita Cortiñas, mother of Plaza de Mayo; Pablo Llonto, lawyer of human rights organizations in the crimes against humanity trials; and Patricia Isasa, dictatorship survivor …
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National PoliticsPoliticsThe Rosca
As Juntos por el Cambio infighting intensifies, Macri and Larreta meet in Patagonia
Ex-President Mauricio Macri and Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta met in Cumelén Country Club, in Villa la Angostura, where the former leader usually spends his holidays. Last week, Macri …
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National PoliticsPoliticsThe Rosca
President snubbed as Frente de Todos leaders meet to discuss electoral strategy
Leaders from ruling coalition Frente de Todos, including Máximo Kirchner, Sergio Massa, Wado de Pedro, Cecilia Moreau, Mayra Mendoza and Martín Insaurralde, gathered on Tuesday evening at a party meeting …
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Human rightsSociety
German police raid home of dictatorship torturer who used dual nationality to flee justice
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office and the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office this morning searched the living quarters of a 75-year-old former official of the Argentine military on charges of murder …
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CommunitySocial movementsSociety
Fugitive indigenous activist Facundo Jones Huala detained in El Bolsón
Indigenous rights activist Facundo Jones Huala was detained in El Bolsón, Río Negro, after hiding from the Chilean justice for a year. A police team from Rio Negro found him …
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The panel of three judges hearing the Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial will hand down their verdict on February 6, the court has announced. The prosecution has asked for all …
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The summer holiday is a time for reading – especially in Argentina, where many businesses shut down, thermometer readings peak, and anyone who knows what’s good for them seeks out …
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International relationsLatin America
Maduro cancels Argentina CELAC trip amid legal threats and alleged attack plan
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has pulled out of the CELAC Summit, which takes place today in Buenos Aires, after conservative lawmakers presented a lawsuit against him and Venezuelans in Buenos …
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International relationsLatin America
Currency, trade and regional integration on agenda as Fernández and Lula meet
Alberto Fernández and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today announced that Argentina and Brazil will pursue a series of ambitious bilateral initiatives including a common currency, a boost to gas …
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BusinessNational PoliticsPolitics
‘Who would want to invest?’: Businessmen ask Congress to halt Supreme Court impeachment
The Argentine Business Association and a group of 500 business leaders have issued statements asking Congress to halt a bill put forward by President Alberto Fernández to impeach the Supreme …