News of argentina disappeared

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

Today 00:10 Fifty years after the 1976 coup, the sport continues a long struggle to uncover the fate of the disappeared.

by Dan Edwards

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUP

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

Today 00:07 'La Retaguardia,' media outlet specialising in coverage of trials probing crimes against humanity during the military dictatorship, has compiled accounts drawn from court files and testimonies given in court.

by Giselle Leclercq

50th anniversary of 1976 coup

Videla’s confession: Reconstructing the dictatorship

Today 00:01 Published in 2012, 'Disposición Final' features an extended interview with military junta leader and former de facto president Jorge Rafael Videla. To mark the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état that brought him to power, we run a translated extract from Ceferino Reato’s historic non-fiction book.

by Ceferino Reato

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUP

Trials into crimes against humanity press on amid political tensions

Yesterday 00:09 Thousands investigated, hundreds convicted, but ageing suspects, slow courts and political pressure threaten progress. As the 50th anniversary of coup d’état draws nears, government criticism raises concerns over accountability for crimes against humanity.

by James Grainger

Editorial

Fifty years after

Yesterday 00:08 We should remember every day that 50 years ago there was a military dictatorship and count our blessings for a democracy equally capable of electing leftist populism and the far-right libertarian administration now ruling.

50th anniversary of 1976 coup

Anniversary recall

Yesterday 00:06 Inviting people to recall their own memories of the 1976 coup excludes around 85 percent of the population – the others have to steer a tricky course between dogmatic echo chambers and broader perspectives.

by Michael Soltys

HUMAN RIGHTS & COURTS

Forensic team identifies 12 new dictatorship victims at Córdoba’s ‘La Perla’ site

11-03-2026 11:19 Court in Córdoba confirms skeletal remains found at La Perla detention centre last year have been identified and pertain to 12 missing dictatorship victims; Former detention centre operated in the La Calera area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

Human rights

Forensic experts identify remains of law student who disappeared in 1977

09-04-2025 11:13 Activist and law student Virginia Beatriz Tempone, 21, was abducted and forcibly disappeared in Mar del Plata in 1977 during the dictatorship’s time in power.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announce discovery of 'grandchild number 139'

21-01-2025 12:26 Human rights group announces press conference at the Casa de la Identidad to reveal details of latest discovery.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Abuelas announce discovery of 138th child taken by dictatorship

27-12-2024 20:50 Human rights group Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo confirms they have found the 138th missing grandchild snatched by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Almost 50 years on, French families still seeking answers about disappeared relatives

22-11-2024 11:14 Almost 50 years on, families are still seeking answers about French citizens who disappeared in Argentina in the late 1970s, during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship’s reign of terror. Last week’s visit to Buenos Aires by French President Emmanuel Macron put the topic back on the agenda.

HUMAN RIGHTS

30,000? The debate about how many were disappeared in Argentina

10-08-2024 06:55 How many people went missing in Argentina in total as victims of state terrorism and forced disappearances during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship? And why is it important to differentiate between those categories in order to clear up debates, even when installed due to cruelty or cynicism? Why does the canonic figure of 30,000 continue to be so powerful? And what can academic research contribute?

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Aunt of missing five-year-old child Loan testifies he was ‘run over’

29-06-2024 15:23 Confession delivers unexpected twist in missing child case; Loan Danilo Peña, last seen two weeks ago, was “run over” by ex-Navy officer Carlos Pérez and ex-municipal employee María Victoria Caillava, says aunt; Police believe body may have been buried in cover-up.

POLITICS & HUMAN RIGHTS

Alberto González: ESMA torturer – and vice-president’s mentor

29-03-2024 21:02 He headed the dreaded “underground” of the ESMA Navy Mechanics School concentration camp. Convicted for crimes against humanity, Alberto González was also the first dictatorship-era criminal to be sentenced for rape. He is also the mentor of Argentina’s Vice-President Victoria Villarruel.

by Juan Luis González

24 de MARZO

Milei government casts doubt over dictatorship crimes

24-03-2024 18:49 Milei administration echoes vice-president's line, demanding justice for "the victims of terrorism" during military dictatorship era and questioning 30,000 disappeared estimate from human rights groups.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentines send message with march in memory of dictatorship

24-03-2024 17:03 Huge crowds head to Plaza de Mayo to mark the 48th anniversary of the coup d'état that brought Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship to power, resulting in the disappearance, exile and execution of tens of thousands of people in secret death camps across the country.

News of argentina disappeared

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

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

Videla’s confession: Reconstructing the dictatorship

Trials into crimes against humanity press on amid political tensions

Fifty years after

Anniversary recall

Forensic team identifies 12 new dictatorship victims at Córdoba’s ‘La Perla’ site

Forensic experts identify remains of law student who disappeared in 1977

Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announce discovery of 'grandchild number 139'

Abuelas announce discovery of 138th child taken by dictatorship

Almost 50 years on, French families still seeking answers about disappeared relatives

30,000? The debate about how many were disappeared in Argentina

Aunt of missing five-year-old child Loan testifies he was ‘run over’

Alberto González: ESMA torturer – and vice-president’s mentor

Milei government casts doubt over dictatorship crimes

Argentines send message with march in memory of dictatorship

Crypto-scandal: Novelli and Milei’s US$5-million $LIBRA deal

Five decades on from military coup, poll shows strong rejection of Argentina’s dictatorship

When military coups were normal

Argentina to now face Mauritania and Zambia in March friendlies

Anniversary recall

Un experto en derecho internacional asegura que “Kicillof tenía razón” sobre el caso YPF

Alicia Hartridge de Videla, la mujer que rechazó la herencia de "esa mujer" y construyó la "familia ejemplar" del dictador

Ultimátum de Trump a Irán: "Abren Ormuz o en 48 horas destruiremos todas sus plantas de energía, empezando por la más grande"

Adorni acorralado entre la negación de Karina Milei y la bronca de Marcelo Grandio

Club Atlético Bar de Viejes: una nueva propuesta antialgoritmo para recuperar el encuentro en bares