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Commotion in Puerto Madero where two British tourists were robbed and shot

Attack on British tourist raises red flags about crime in capital

21-12-2019 09:09 Long lauded as one of South America’s safest big cities, some fear Buenos Aires may see more attacks, at times violent, against tourists in the coming years.

by Carly Graf

“We learned that our division makes them stronger. Because of that, we won’t divide again”, said the new president.

PLAZA DE MAYO

Peronists usher in new era with party for the people

14-12-2019 11:06 Thousands gathered for music and celebration on inauguration, enduring sweltering heat to hear the first words from President Alberto Fernandez.

by Carly Graf

A number of indicators muddle confidence in the clarity of the president’s vision.

NEW ERA IN ARGENTINA

Mixed signals on foreign policy as Fernández’s term begins

14-12-2019 09:54 How will Alberto Fernández shift Argentina’s outlook on the world? Here’s what we know after his first few days as president.

by Carly Graf

Medical residents from Buenos Aires hospitals protest against passage of Resident's Law

Healthcare

Protests from medical residents in Buenos Aires force annulment of law

09-12-2019 07:00 After five day of protests against what some branded a “regressive” law to regulate working conditions, residents get buy-in from City lawmakers to create new legislation together.

by Carly Graf

Pablo Fullana Borsato, who was brutally murdered last weekend.

HUMAN RIGHTS

LGBTQ campaigners demand activist’s death be treated as a hate crime

07-12-2019 11:47 Renowned architect and anti-discrimination campaigner Pablo Borsato was found brutally murdered last weekend. Activists say his killing underlines the continued marginalisation of the LGBTQ community.

by Carly Graf

Alberto Fernández announces his Cabinet yesterday in Puerto Madero.

TRANSITION 2019

Alberto Fernández faces challenge navigating Peronist power struggle

07-12-2019 09:47 Analysts eagerly watch on as former Cabinet chief takes office, with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as his vice-president.

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“Where there is light, something has to change”.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Thousands march to ‘shine a light’ on femicide and gender violence

30-11-2019 11:01 In Mendoza and across the country this week, demonstrators rallied to call for justice and and end to violence against women

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The convictions are the culmination of a legal battle that’s lasted more than three years. The priests deliberately neglected their legal obligation to teach the children how to communicate in sign language, thereby crippling them from being able to talk about abuses.

PRÓVOLO ABUSE TRIAL

‘Survivors, not victims’ – ex-Próvolo students finally find justice in court

30-11-2019 10:50 Celebrations in Mendoza as two Catholic priests accused of sexually assaulting and raping students at Antonio Próvolo Institute for the deaf are sentenced to over 40 years in prison.

by Carly Graf

Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Dr. Shimon Samuels.

INTERVIEW

Shimon Samuels: Anti-Semitism ‘opens door’ to ‘all forms of bigotry’

23-11-2019 12:17 International director of the Wiesenthal Center on the global resurgence of hate crime and anti-Semitism globally.

by Carly Graf

Founded in 2007, Xumek is a volunteer legal organisation, staffed by full-time students or professionals who commit to the work as a labour of love.

CATHOLIC CHURCH & ABUSE

Próvolo case: Legal team expects justice for Church sex abuse victim

23-11-2019 11:38 In this exclusive report from Mendoza, Carly Graf meets lawyers from Xumek, the NGO representing plaintiffs in the shocking ‘Próvolo’ scandal, in which two priests stand accused of the rape and sexual assault of minors at an institute for deaf children in Mendoza.

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Demonstrators rally on the streets of the capital in favour of abortion reform.

ABORTION DEBATE

Activists: Macri’s revoking of abortion protocol is ‘arbitrary and shameful’

23-11-2019 10:48 Frustration boils over on both sides of the aisle after president revokes health secretary’s new protocol for non-punishable abortions.

by Carly Graf

Annual celebration

True gaucho tradition celebrated in San Antonio de Areco

16-11-2019 10:36 Dia de la Tradición brings out the crowds as locals celebrate the country’s traditional economic and cultural bedrock.

by Carly Graf

HUMAN RIGHTS

CELS celebrates 40th anniversary

09-11-2019 10:05 Iconic organisation brings together musicians, artists and activists to honour four decades of pioneering human rights work.

by Carly Graf

“I think of our organisation as many different sectors coming together for a grand commitment to defend human rights”, says Chillier.

INTERVIEW: CELS 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Gastón Chillier: ‘CELS has an agenda of values, not of politics or partisanship’

09-11-2019 09:49 The executive director of Centre for Legal and Social Studies, one of Argentina’s most influential human rights groups, reflects on the organisation’s four-decade fight – and the battles that still lie ahead.

by Carly Graf

The proposed legislation that would have allowed women to obtain an abortion within the first 14 weeks of pregnancy forced leaders to publicly account for their positions.

ABORTION DEBATE

Activists press Fernández to keep campaign promise on abortion

09-11-2019 08:58 Pressure mounts on president-elect to make legalisation a priority upon taking office.

by Carly Graf

Firefighters from La Boca and New York City play a friendly match at the training facilities of La Bombonera

FIREFIGHTING

Fighting fire with fútbol

04-11-2019 16:18 The volunteer firefighters of La Boca hosted their peers from the New York Fire Department for a weekend of food, wine and, of course, football, as they remembered Sergio Villanueva, their fallen Argentine comrade who lost his life on September 11, 2001.

by Carly Graf

Images from the Gay Pride Parade in Buenos Aires, on November 2, 2019.

PHOTO GALLERY

Buenos Aires Pride March calls for an Argentina free of 'crimes of hate'

04-11-2019 12:01 For the first time, celebration organizers nixed the emblem “LGBTQ” from the title, saying it no longer represented all the identities the movement embodies.

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ELECTION 2019

Lucas Romero: If Peronist unity is sustained, we’ll move towards two parties

02-11-2019 10:10 Political scientist and director of the Synopsis consultancy firm, Lucas Romero, on the election, the importance of a unified Peronist ticket and whether Argentina is moving toward a two-party system.

by Carly Graf

Unrest is sweeping across the continent, with demonstrations erupting in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and other nations.

ANALYSIS

Protests engulf Latin America, but don’t oversimplify, experts say

26-10-2019 12:50 There’s no simple explanation for the turbulence, analysts say, despite thematic undercurrents of economic equality, lack of social mobility and political disenfranchisement.

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President Mauricio Macri thanks the crowd, after delivering a speech at his #SíSePuede march on Avenida 9 de Julio.

ELECTION 2019

Macri’s longest and largest march – but will it be enough?

20-10-2019 00:42 One week before voters go to the ballot boxes, president tries to appeal to voters’ anger, frustration and dreams all at once.

by Carly Graf