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Atomic Energy Commission fires 61 workers amid military police operation

Atomic Energy Commission fires 61 workers amid military police operation

The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA, by its Spanish acronym) has fired 61 workers employed on temporary contracts, including highly...

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Keiko Fujimori wins Peru’s presidential election

Keiko Fujimori wins Peru’s presidential election

Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has won Peru’s presidential election, according to the final vote count released on Monday, bringing to an end a...

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Milei names Diego Santilli chief of staff after Adorni scandal

Milei names Diego Santilli chief of staff after Adorni scandal

Updated on June 29, 11:30 a.m. President Javier Milei has chosen Interior Minister Diego Santilli to become his new chief of staff, following the...

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UN urges Argentina and UK to resume Malvinas sovereignty talks

UN urges Argentina and UK to resume Malvinas sovereignty talks

The United Nations’ Special Committee on Decolonization issued a new call urging Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations over the...

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Far-right outsider Abelardo de la Espriella declared Colombia’s president-elect

Far-right outsider Abelardo de la Espriella declared Colombia’s president-elect
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‘Operation Massacre’ killings of 1956 declared crimes against humanity

‘Operation Massacre’ killings of 1956 declared crimes against humanity

A San Martín court declared that the execution of 12 men committed in José León Suárez in 1956 and depicted in journalist Rodolfo Walsh’s...

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Mother of Plaza de Mayo Taty Almeida dies at 95

President of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Taty Almeida passed away on Sunday at 95. Beloved by her fellow mothers and the rest of the human rights...

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Court opens ‘truth trial’ into Operation Massacre, 70 years later

In 1957, renowned journalist and militant Rodolfo Walsh published Operación Masacre (“Operation Massacre”), revealing the horrors of an execution...

13.06.2026 70

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Preliminary results in Peru elections show technical tie

Peru is still waiting to learn who its next president will be. Following Sunday’s runoff election, votes are still being counted and preliminary...

08.06.2026 90

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Peru to choose new president in a run-off marred by deep uncertainty

Peru will hold its presidential election runoff on Sunday between right-wing Keiko Fujimori and left-wing Roberto Sánchez Palomino. The election...

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Milei’s proposal to allow ‘non-human corporations’ run by AI causes concern in Argentina

Politicians and tech experts expressed concern over the implications of President Javier Milei’s proposal to allow “non-human corporations” run...

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Thousands protest against femicides in massive Ni Una Menos march

Hundreds of thousands gathered outside Congress to call for an end to femicides in the 11th Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) march. They also protested the...

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Government celebrates drop in homicide rates amid shock over femicide cases

The security ministry celebrated that Argentina is “the least violent country in Latin America and the Caribbean” after it registered its...

02.06.2026 90

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Two femicides spark outrage ahead of Ni Una Menos march

Argentina is in shock after the remains of Agostina Vega, 14, were found in Córdoba on Saturday, and the body of Dulce Candia, 17, was discovered in...

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Colombia elections: far-right De la Espriella and left-wing Cepeda to compete in runoff

Far-right candidate Aberlardo de la Espriella took the lead in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, and will face...

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Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo honored with World Cup-inspired album

As Argentine children race to collect stickers and complete their 2026 Men’s Football World Cup albums ahead of the tournament that starts in June,...

28.05.2026 70

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Argentina to implement digital system that will use citizens’ data to simulate scenarios

27.05.2026 100

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Trust in Milei government drops for sixth consecutive month

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BA archbishop warns of unemployment, ‘social paralysis’ with Milei in front row

Buenos Aires Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva called on the government to end Argentina’s  “social paralysis,” in reference to a lack of jobs...

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Colombia elections: a continuation of Petro’s model or a sharp turn to the right?

Colombia will hold elections on May 31 to choose its next president. The winner will succeed current President Gustavo Petro, who cannot seek...

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Military agreement with US labels Argentine Sea as ‘global common good’

Argentina and the United States signed a new cooperation agreement that includes joint patrol operations in the Argentine Sea as part of the...

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Three challenges Milei faces as infighting pushes LLA to boiling point

Argentina’s ruling party, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), is experiencing growing internal turbulence.  Alongside a series of corruption scandals...

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Argentina 101: What is hantavirus and how do you prevent it

A hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, which departed from the city of Ushuaia in southern Argentina in April, is causing...

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Government presses ahead with privatization of state-owned firms

Argentina’s government on Friday launched a bid to privatize public water utility AySA by selling its entire stake in the company to private...

15.05.2026 90

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National Bank of Genetic Data warns lack of budget prevents it from taking samples

Argentina’s National Bank of Genetic Data, an institution dedicated to finding the stolen babies of dictatorship victims, warned that they are...

14.05.2026 90

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Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez Palomino to compete in Peru runoff

Peru’s presidential race is headed to a runoff between right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing contender Roberto Sánchez Palomino,...

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Forensic anthropologists identify 17 dictatorship victims in Córdoba military field

The Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF, by its Spanish initials) identified 17 people who were killed and buried in a military field in...

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Hantavirus cruise cases rise to seven but WHO says infection risks are ‘low’

The number of confirmed hantavirus cases amongst passengers on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, which suffered an outbreak of the rat-related virus in...

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Mercosur-EU deal is partially underway. That doesn’t mean negotiations are over

May 1 marked a turning point for the history of South America: a part of the trade agreement between regional bloc Mercosur and the European Union...

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Judiciary suspends implementation of university funding law

The implementation of the public university funding law, which aimed to grant salary and resource raises for the sector, was suspended after the...

08.05.2026 80

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Contractor reveals Adorni spent US$245,000 on house reforms

A contractor who carried out structural reforms on a house in a gated community purchased by Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni in 2024 said the government...

05.05.2026 90

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Adorni faces the press again as journalists allowed back into Casa Rosada

The Argentine government allowed the press to enter the presidential palace, the Casa Rosada, once again after suspending access for eleven days after...

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Three dead in cruise that parted from Argentina in suspected hantavirus outbreak

A suspected outbreak of rodent-borne disease hantavirus in a cruise ship that parted from Argentina has the international health community on alert....

04.05.2026 100

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Chief of Staff Adorni speaks to Congress amid illicit enrichment accusations

Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni is delivering his first national administration report before Congress amid an ongoing investigation into alleged illicit...

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Four former air force members sentenced to 25 years for crimes against humanity

Four former members of Argentina’s air force were sentenced to 25 years each for committing crimes against humanity with 133 victims during the last...

28.04.2026 90

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New mental health law would change hospitalization rules. Experts say people’s rights could suffer

The government has filed a bill aimed at reforming Argentina’s 2010 mental health law. The proposal includes a provision aimed at loosening norms...

26.04.2026 90

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Milei files bill to modify disability emergency law he refuses to comply with

The government introduced a new bill aimed at changing how people with disabilities access state subsidies in order to combat “fraud,” after...

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Government requests Supreme Court to overturn labor reform suspension

The government filed a motion to request the Supreme Court overturn the suspension ordered by a judge of a large portion of the government’s labor...

17.04.2026 100

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Why traveling on public transport in Buenos Aires has become hell

Trying to get from point A to point B in Buenos Aires seems like an impossible task lately. To take a bus you might have to stand in endless queues...

14.04.2026 100

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Government slashes funding for pensioners’ medical services

The government has cut payments to doctors working for PAMI, the public agency that provides medical and social services to pensioners. On Monday,...

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Late dictatorship criminal’s house searched for potential repression files

The judiciary conducted a search in the house of late former army commander Carlos Suárez Mason, who was responsible for clandestine detention and...

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Why traveling on public transport in Buenos Aires has become hell

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Lower House approves Milei’s reform on glaciers protection law

Mining will now be allowed in areas surrounding glaciers near the Andes mountains after the Lower House approved modifications to a law that protects...

09.04.2026 100

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Argentina stops sending DNA kits to identify potential children of dictatorship victims in Europe

The Argentine government is no longer sending DNA kits to consulates to identify potential children of dictatorship victims who are currently residing...

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Kast visits Milei in first international trip as president of Chile

Argentine President Javier Milei is sharing a bilateral meeting with Chilean leader José Antonio Kast, who chose the neighboring country for his...

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Peru to vote for president amid deep political crisis: here’s what you need to know

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Argentine microsatellite released in space during Artemis II mission breaks record

An Argentine microsatellite that traveled into space as part of the United States’ Moon exploration mission Artemis II established communication...

03.04.2026 100

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Government to change human rights undersecretary again after just three months

The Argentine government will appoint Leonardo Szuchet as the new human rights undersecretary this week to replace Joaquín Mogaburu, who has only...

31.03.2026 100

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Institution key to finding babies stolen by dictatorship suffers 60% budget cut under Milei

President Javier Milei’s austerity policies have hit one of the main pillars in Argentina’s fight to find and identify those who were...

28.03.2026 100

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Argentines call for memory, truth and justice 50 years since the last military coup

Human rights organizations, unions, social groups and hundreds of thousands of Argentines marched to the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the presidential...

25.03.2026 100

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