50 tales for 50 years: Book collects personal stories of dictatorship’s crimes

Carlos Ramírez was six years old on March 14, 1977. In the early hours of that morning, police officers and Army personnel surrounded his home and opened fire. His mother, Vicenta, was... Read more »

The 24th of March | Buenos Aires Times

José Claudio Escribano and I are probably the only two left of those who went through the entire 1976-1983 military dictatorship working in journalism and holding positions running a newsroom, and who... Read more »

Football and memory: the dictatorship’s shadow on the game

Like it or not, professional football is as tightly linked with the world of politics as any other mass public activity. As the events of the last few weeks have shown, political... Read more »

Milei says Argentina can ‘guarantee Europe’s energy security’ during speech in Hungary

President Javier Milei declared in a closing speech to the CPAC summit in Hungary on Saturday that “Argentina is in a position to guarantee Europe’s energy security.” The remarks came after the... Read more »

Fifty years after | Buenos Aires Times

T uesday’s 50th anniversary of the 1976 military coup – National Memory Day for Truth and Justice for almost all this century since 2002 – merits being a special occasion and earlier... Read more »

Trials into crimes against humanity press on amid political tensions

By JAMES GRAINGER @JAMESGRAINGER0   As Argentina prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, investigations and trials probing crimes against humanity continue to advance – despite the shifting... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: March 13 to 20

  ‘$LIBRA’ RETURNS TO LIMELIGHT An apparent draft (but unsigned) contract for US$5 million between President Javier Milei ‘$LIBRA’ cryptocurrency creator Hayden Mark Davis leaked from the mobile telephone of lobbyist Mauricio... Read more »

Adorni under pressure as fresh complaint questions state contracts

Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni is facing a new line of scrutiny – and is attempting to brush it off.  Hours after reports of a new complaint emerged Thursday, Adorni appeared alongside President... Read more »

Insta-savvy churches are propelling Brazil’s Gen Z to the right

One of the hottest spots in Brazil’s country music capital of Goiânia looks like your typical nightclub. Black walls blanketed in graffiti, neon signs flickering, Gen Z-ers in crop tops, leather skirts... Read more »

Cabinet chief faces conflict-of-interest complaint over wife’s business links

Bettina Julieta Angeletti, the wife of Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni, has entered the spotlight, further complicating matters for the ruling party. She was denounced in court by national deputy Marcela Pagano (Coherencia,... Read more »