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 eight defendants to face life sentences, while the defense is calling for acquittal. The pleas were heard on …
All 24 provinces in Argentina reported wildfires in 2022. Salta, Corrientes and San Luis were the hardest hit, while Buenos Aires, Misiones, and Santa Cruz were least affected. It is estimated that these damages cost Argentina up to US$3.7 billion per year. According to government figures compiled by …
Argentina on Wednesday launched the first working group of a new national agency to regulate and promote the country’s nascent cannabis industry, which ministers hope will create new jobs and exports, generating fresh income for the nation. “This opens the door for Argentina to start a new path …
Pope Francis has blamed poor policies and public administration for Argentina’s inflationary crisis and high poverty levels. In a long interview with the Associated Press news agency, Francis said that inflation levels in his native Argentina were “shocking”. While emphasizing that he does not involve himself in politics, …
Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country’s heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the capital, on Thursday, angered by a mounting death toll since unrest erupted last month and calling for sweeping change. Police estimated the march at around 3,500 people, but others speculated it attracted …
Relatives, campaign groups and government officials say racism was a factor in the murder of Fernando Báez Sosa, the 18-year-old who was beaten to death outside a nightclub in the resort town of Villa Gesell three years ago today. During the trial, which started on January 2, several …
Social Development Minister Victoria Tolosa Paz announced yesterday that 154,441 recipients of the Potenciar Trabajo (Empowering Work) welfare program would be cut off for failing to verify their identities in an online form. The form was carried out through the government’s Mi Argentina app between November 22 and …
Authorities are on alert about a dangerous TikTok challenge after two children died in two days. Last Friday, 12-year-old Milagros Soto was found dead in her bedroom in Capitán Bermúdez, Santa Fe. The cause of death was reported as mechanical asphyxiation, and there was no evidence that anyone …
Mattresses, tents, and makeshift soup kitchens were spread across Belgrano square, in the dry summer sun of San Salvador de Jujuy. It was December 2015, and dozens of families and social activists were camped outside the Governance Building, demanding the newly-elected governor Gerardo Morales restore resources to their …
