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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In a unanimous vote, three La Pampa judges found Magdalena Espósito Valenti, 25, and Abigail Pérez guilty of the murder of Lucio Dupuy, a five-year-old boy from Santa Rosa. The …
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Eight professional dancers have performed a folk dance show in Antarctica for the first time in history. Argentina’s National Folk Ballet and Contemporary Dance Company performed for those stationed at …
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Nine injured as guards prevent protesters from marching to Lago Escondido
Protesters marching to demand access to Lake Escondido were violently repressed by members of private security for private landowners at a path leading to the lake, where British magnate Joe …
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Buenos Aires’ 2022 tourism recovery led by Brazilian and Uruguayan visitors
Tourism is bouncing back to Buenos Aires after the pandemic, with 1.5 million foreign visitors arriving in 2022, according to a report by the Buenos Aires City government. The sector’s …
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Boca Juniors names Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo leader Estela de Carlotto an Honorary Member
The president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto, was honored on Tuesday as an Honorary Member of the Boca Juniors football team, in a ceremony she attended …
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Argentina has a population of 46.04 million people, according to preliminary results from the 2022 census released by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) on Tuesday afternoon. It …
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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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Peru protests: Amnesty to investigate “possible crimes under international law”
by Amy BoothHuman rights watchdog Amnesty International has sent a crisis team to Peru to investigate “serious human rights violations and possible crimes under international law”, in the context of the deadly …
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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 …