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Shunned by the government, Villarruel stands by her comments on racism

Vice President Victoria Villarruel stood by the controversial comments on racism she made last week, saying that her only goal was to “defend the...

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Is the honeymoon over? Milei’s popularity dips while worry over poverty is on the rise

President Javier Milei’s popularity is slowly beginning to dip as the economic crisis worsens. According to a series of recent polls, the public’s...

23.07.2024 8

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LLA deputies spark outcry visiting imprisoned dictatorship-era repressors

Additional reporting by Facundo Iglesia Human rights organizations and politicians from different parties have strongly condemned a group of deputies...

19.07.2024 50

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It’s been 30 years since the AMIA bombing. For survivors and families, the wound is still open

Horacio Neuah was there by chance. Picking up an order from a fabric shop in the busy Buenos Aires neighborhood of Once and loading it into his car....

18.07.2024 10

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Copa América stadium chaos: ‘It was a miracle no one died’

Thousands of people were trapped in a human avalanche while trying to go inside the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami to watch the Copa América final...

15.07.2024 9

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Mercosur joint declaration fails to include Malvinas sovereignty claim

Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands was absent from the joint declaration issued by Mercosur members during a bloc summit in...

10.07.2024 7

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Journalists from Argentina’s Télam to join new public news agency

After over four months of compulsory paid leave, Télam journalists will return to work on Wednesday — this time, in a new public news agency....

09.07.2024 6

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Ley Bases protester released after three weeks in jail, four still under arrest

Facundo Gómez, one of the five people who remained imprisoned for protesting President Javier Milei’s Ley Bases in front of Congress on June 12,...

06.07.2024 10

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Malvinas Islands government launches offshore oil drilling public consult

The Malvinas Islands government has launched a public consultation asking islanders to weigh in on the environmental impact of an offshore oil...

03.07.2024 9

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Argentina turns state newswire Télam into advertising agency

Four months after the government suddenly shuttered Argentina’s public news agency, Télam, it has formally turned the organization into an...

01.07.2024 20

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New wave of state layoffs pulls thousands from gender, memory and welfare programs

30.06.2024 6

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Final showdown for Milei’s Bases Law as deputies debate kicks off

President Javier Milei’s flagship reform bill, known as Ley Bases, is being debated on the Congress floor one last time in a session that began...

27.06.2024 10

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Argentina is looking for a missing 5-year-old: the disappearance of Loan Peña

On June 13, Loan Danilo Peña’s father took him for lunch at his grandmother’s. It was the five-year-old’s first time visiting her in the small...

24.06.2024 9

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Former Tucumán Governor Alperovich sentenced to 16 years in jail for sexual assault

Former Tucumán Governor José Alperovich was convicted Tuesday on nine counts of sexual assault for abusing and raping his niece and sentenced to 16...

19.06.2024 60

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Ley Bases: what exactly did the Senate approve?

16.06.2024 30

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Senate debate of Milei’s flagship Ley Bases is now underway

Additional reporting by Facundo Iglesia Senators have begun debating President Javier Milei’s flagship bill, known as Ley Bases. In addition to...

12.06.2024 20

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Questions arise over Mondino’s future after G7 trip snub

Foreign Minister Diana Mondino might be the next to leave the government. After former Chief of Staff Nicolás Posse was pushed to resign two weeks...

11.06.2024 20

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Just 6 months in, Milei is dismantling Argentina’s memory policy

Even before becoming president, Javier Milei has insulted Argentina’s memory policies, which aim to commemorate and seek justice for victims of the...

10.06.2024 20

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Government shutters what remained of Women, Genders, Diversity Ministry

The government has shut down what remained of the former Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity. The office had been demoted to an undersecretariat...

07.06.2024 6

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Human rights activist Lita Boitano dies at 92

Human rights activist Lita Boitano has died at 92. She was currently president of the Relatives of People Disappeared and Detained for Political...

06.06.2024 20

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Guillermo Francos expects Ley Bases to pass in July

President Javier Milei’s flagship state, economic, labor, and pension reforms will be approved by Congress in July, according to Chief of Staff...

03.06.2024 9

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Gender policy in the Milei era: five months of dismantlement and misogynistic attacks

“I won’t apologize for having a penis,” Javier Milei said to cheers and applause at the Buenos Aires Book Fair.  The year was 2022, and the...

03.06.2024 10

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Security ministry refuses to hand over police files to institution investigating dictatorship crimes

The security ministry refused to hand over the personal files of dozens of security forces members requested by the National Identity Commission...

29.05.2024 20

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Francos to replace Posse as chief of staff, more cabinet changes to come

Nicolás Posse has resigned as chief of staff of the Milei administration and Interior Minister Guillermo Francos will replace him, an official...

28.05.2024 10

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Milei eyes cabinet reshuffle: who could stay and who could go

While the process has taken longer than the government might have hoped, the congressional debate over the flagship reform bill known as Ley Bases is...

27.05.2024 20

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Government announces 270% budget increase for public universities

The government announced a 270% budget increase for national public universities aimed at covering operational costs. The increase would be equal to...

22.05.2024 30

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Here’s how pay negotiations work in Argentina

Argentina is known for mate, football, and asado, but also for its powerful workers’ movement. The latter has become stronger and larger over the...

20.05.2024 40

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Former Navy students hold celebration on ex ESMA grounds

19.05.2024 40

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National University Council calls UBA budget raise ‘unacceptable and taunting’

Additional reporting by Facundo Iglesia The government gave the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) a 270% budget increase for operational costs on...

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Overturning legal abortion in Argentina not on agenda, Milei says

President Javier Milei said that overturning legal abortion in Argentina is not part of his government’s agenda, despite his self-proclaimed...

06.05.2024 40

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The omnibus bill cleared the Lower House: what’s next?

Ruling coalition La Libertad Avanza (LLA) is preparing for another round of intense negotiations to gather support for President Javier Milei’s...

05.05.2024 50

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Argentine universities plead for funding as crunch sees staff paid in installments

Economically, Argentina’s public universities are still in critical condition. After last week’s massive march to defend public education and a...

02.05.2024 30

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Lower House passes Milei’s omnibus bill, moves on to vote on each chapter

The Chamber of Deputies approved a pared-down version of President Javier Milei’s state reform proposal known as “omnibus bill” after 20 hours...

30.04.2024 20

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Omnibus bill puts National Genetic Database at risk, deputies warn

The National Genetic Database, used to find the children of people disappeared by the dictatorship and reunite them with their biological families,...

29.04.2024 20

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Argentine ex-navy officer convicted of torturing 300 people thanks to smuggled photo

An Argentine former navy officer has been convicted of crimes against humanity after a photo smuggled by a detainee helped to prove his involvement in...

25.04.2024 10

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Argentina requests Iranian minister be arrested over AMIA bombing

Argentina has requested Pakistani and Sri Lankan authorities arrest Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi while he visits those countries. The...

24.04.2024 20

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Milei’s presidency has Peronism at a crossroads. What now?

Despite presiding over skyrocketing inflation and an administration beset by infighting, Peronism was upbeat in October 2023. Presidential candidate...

21.04.2024 20

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‘Any society can return to its crimes if the narrative changes’: Nataliya Gumenyuk

By Martina Jaureguy and Sofía De Sousa Nataliya Gumenyuk is anxious. It’s been raining all week, and on the morning of the interview, the thunder...

20.04.2024 30

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BA province accuses US eye-scanning company of abusing consumer rights

By Martina Jaureguy and Facundo Iglesia The Buenos Aires province government has accused U.S. iris-scanning company Worldcoin of including “abusive...

17.04.2024 10

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La Libertad Avanza seeks to become an official party, gain national foothold

Hundreds of people stood in a line stretching over two blocks outside a bar called Gabbana in Palermo last Sunday. Their goal was to sign up as...

13.04.2024 20

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UN complaint filed against Defense Minister Petri over army archives closure

Buenos Aires legislator Victoria Montenegro filed a complaint against Defense Minister Luis Petri before the United Nations after the Defense Ministry...

07.04.2024 10

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Fired state employees to reenter workplaces in massive protest against layoffs

Fired state employees grouped within the union State Workers Association (ATE by its Spanish initials) sought to enter their workplaces on Wednesday...

03.04.2024 20

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State layoff wave: thousands of contracts ended, public offices close

At least 5,600 state workers were laid off over the past week amid President Javier Milei’s severe austerity measures, according to the State...

31.03.2024 10

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Public TV network cancels programming amid fears it could become a ‘black screen’

Public news channel TV Pública’s programming will be canceled on Wednesday on the grounds that there is “no money,” a slogan President Javier...

26.03.2024 20

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Hundreds of thousands march to call for memory, truth and justice

Around 400,000 people flocked to Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires for Sunday’s National Day of Memory, Truth, and Justice march. This year, collective...

25.03.2024 70

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How this artist accidentally found an Operation Condor plane on Google

Sebastián Santana Camargo knew that the five activists forced to board the plane in Paraguay were never seen again. The Uruguayan artist had been...

24.03.2024 60

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Here’s how to get the dengue vaccine in Argentina

Argentina is going through its worst dengue outbreak in 20 years. In 2024 alone, over 100,000 cases have been registered and 69 people have died. ...

21.03.2024 10

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Rural worker dies after heat stroke in Jujuy

A farm worker died Thursday in Jujuy after suffering heat stroke the previous day while harvesting lemons for agribusiness company Ledesma, according...

20.03.2024 10

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Nineteen Human Rights Secretariat workers laid off without prior notice

Nineteen people from the Human Rights Secretariat have been laid off without prior notice within the past week. Asked for comment, a press...

15.03.2024 30

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‘An instrument of torture’: Argentina asks Uruguay to return Operation Condor plane

An Argentine judge has asked Uruguayan authorities to repatriate a plane used to transport victims of the region’s dictatorships from Paraguay to...

12.03.2024 6

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