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 and human rights activist – spoke in Thursday’s hearing in the Lower House on the Impeachment Commission, after …
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 sentences will be announced on February 13. Espósito Valenti, his mother, was charged with homicide, with the three …
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 Argentina’s Base Marambio on Tuesday. Four artists from each company performed in a joint show, wearing snowsuits in …
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 Lewis built his Patagonian mansion. Nine people were hurt. Under Argentine law, lakes are public and access has …
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 revival represents an important source of income, and while classic tourist spots such as Defensa’s classic Sunday street …
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 at the “Bombonera” stadium in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. “Today is an exceptional day for …
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 represents an increase of 8% since the nation was last surveyed in 2010. Women account for 51.8% of …
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 committed during the last dictatorship. Luis Kyburg is said to have played a key role in the “death …
Human 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 protests that have rocked the country since December, it announced Monday. “Our team will investigate human rights violations, …
