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FERIA DEL LIBRO 2025

Milei phenomenon dominates 49th edition of Buenos Aires book fair

09-05-2025 08:47 The 49th edition of Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires has been – as was the case last year – dominated by President Javier Milei and his impact.

POLITICS & MEDIA

Milei administration intensifies offensive against press

03-05-2025 10:23 President Javier Milei’s government is presenting the media and journalists to voters as the “new caste” and has decided to ramp up its attacks on reporters; New attack attempts to associate them with “lies” and “defamation,” with one online ally even calling for one journalist to be jailed.

by Pablo Varela

HUMAN RIGHTS

Milei government pushes civil war narrative on coup anniversary

24-03-2025 17:03 Casa Rosada pushes out controversial video on 49th anniversary of coup that installed Videla; Declassification of files announced, call for “complete memory” of dictatorship era; Support for legal appeal over 1974 attack on Army captain and family.

POLITICS

‘Las fuerzas del cielo’ – Who’s who in Milei’s new ‘praetorian guard’

23-11-2024 17:00 With presidential advisor Santiago Caputo leading operations in the shadows and Daniel ‘Gordo Dan’ Parisini as its main reference point, new organisation intends to gain ground in Buenos Aires Province and beyond ahead of 2025 midterms.

by Giselle Leclercq

POLITICS

‘Forces of heaven’: Milei loyalists launch ‘armed' libertarian grouping

19-11-2024 17:49 La Libertad Avanza supporters, headed by online troll ‘Gordo Dan,’ government deputies and national officials, stage rally in San Miguel to launch new “armed” wing and "praetorian guard" known as "the forces of heaven."