News of cordoba

La Perla: Court confirms eight victims at Córdoba dictatorship site

Yesterday 15:44 Remains were recovered in 2025 at a former Army site near the La Perla detention centre, bringing to 38 the number of victims identified there; Trade unionists, students and political activists among those recovrered, most abducted in 1976.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Argentina run riot against Bolivia in first post-World Cup friendly

01-10-2026 00:13 National team takes its first steps without Lionel Messi; Albiceleste ease to a 4-0 victory in Córdoba as a new generation begins to emerge

death of diego maradona

Nurse says psychiatrist downplayed Maradona's crisis during home hospitalisation

02-07-2026 17:46 Diego Maradona suffered a sudden change in mood that was downplayed by his psychiatrist during the period of home hospitalisation in which he died, claims nurse in testimony.

SHOCKING FEMICIDE

Anger as it emerges suspect in teenager's killing attempted previous kidnap

03-06-2026 18:58 Details of shocking murder of 14-year-old Agostina Vega published by local media; Wave of public indignation over femicide and authorities’ previous handling of previous case involving prime suspect.

Football in Argentina

Belgrano stun River Plate to win historic first league title

25-05-2026 05:59 Belgrano came from behind to beat River Plate, clinching the Apertura title and securing the first top-flight crown in the club’s 121-year history.

Football in Argentina

Belgrano chase history for Córdoba as River Plate revisit old wounds

22-05-2026 14:02 Belgrano will walk out at the beautiful Estadio Mario Kempes on Sunday hoping to become the first league champions in Córdoba Province's history – River Plate stand in their way.

by Dan Edwards

EDUCATION

Historic Córdoba school set for first female director in 339 years

20-05-2026 12:46 The Colegio Nacional de Monserrat, one of Argentina’s oldest and most prestigious secondary schools, will celebrate its 339th anniversary this year and, for the first time in its history, it will be led by a woman. Two tickets have entered the race to lead the school, both headed by teachers with distinguished careers at the institution founded in 1687.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Belgrano dare to dream as Liga Profesional play-offs deliver unexpected

14-05-2026 17:29 With Estudiantes gone, a new champion will emerge. The final four are a mixed group of familiar faces and surprise packages, but perhaps the most compelling story in this title race belongs to Belgrano.

by Dan Edwards

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.

WORLD HERITAGE HONOUR

UNESCO grants heritage status to Córdoba’s cuarteto

10-12-2025 23:46 Córdoba’s emblematic genre becomes Argentina’s fourth cultural expression recognised by the UN agency.

ELECTION 2025: ANALYSIS

Challenges ahead as Provincias Unidas battles against polarisation

22-10-2025 11:32 Centrist alliance faces difficult challenge in midterms but is building towards 2027 presidential vote; Governors front could end up with caucus of between 16 and 20 national deputies – a crucial number that could block or unblock legislation.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Crime & Security

Trial confirmed for 19-year-old accused of creating AI porn of schoolmates

24-09-2025 12:57 Former student who used Artificial Intelligence to create fake porn images and videos of schoolmates will stand trial, confirms Córdoba court; If convicted, the defendant could receive prison sentence of between three and 20 years in jail.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

President says 'political panic' is rattling markets

20-09-2025 09:15 President Javier Milei blamed "political panic" for rattling markets in the run-up to crucial midterm elections.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Almost 300-year-old tree moved to make way for road widening

10-07-2025 00:11 Environmentalists fear ancient quebracho tree in Villa Allende, near Córdoba, will not survive transplant operation ordered by municipal government to allow road expansion.

DEBT & BONDS

Córdoba Province sells US$725 million of debt abroad

27-06-2025 13:51 Cordoba Province taps investors in the first international debt sale by a local government since President Javier Milei took office.

Horror in Córdoba

Córdoba nurse given life sentence for murder of five newborn babies

19-06-2025 16:16 Nurse Brenda Agüero, 29, sentenced to life in prison; Jury deliberated for 10 hours before handing down verdict; Ex-provincial minister Diego Cardozo acquitted and former hospital director Liliana Asís sentenced to five years in prison.

EDUCATION

Literacy crisis: Less than half of kids under nine meet reading standards

07-05-2025 11:00 Argentina’s Education Secretariat publishes first results from Aprender assessment under Milei administration. Provinces of Formosa and Córdoba achieved strongest results, Chaco at bottom of ranking.

ENERGY & GAS

Governors seek Vaca Muerta investments at Texas energy summit

23-04-2025 11:12 Leaders from four provinces in Argentina – Río Negro, Neuquén, Mendoza and Córdoba – aim to showcase their competitiveness to the global oil elite in Texas at the Offshore Technology Conference.

by Eugenia Muzio

NEW DEBT ISSUANCE

Provinces eye debt sales as economic optimism mounts

19-02-2025 15:30 Buenos Aires City— which oversaw a failed debt tender offer toward the end of 2024 — and Córdoba Province are each mulling the sale of around US$500 million of bonds between March and May

CÓRDOBA NEWSBORNS TRIAL

Mothers of dead Córdoba newborns learnt of suspicions via press

22-01-2025 13:50 Testimony during first two weeks of court proceedings reveals that mothers of newborns allegedly killed by nurse at Córdoba hospital first found out about suspicions via the media.

Córdoba newborn deaths

Nurse denies killings as trial into death of five newborns begins

10-01-2025 09:50 Prime suspect is 30-year-old nurse Brenda Agüero, accused of infanticide; Ex-provincial health minister, former hospital directors and healthcare professionals also facing trial.

COURTS

Unprecedented infanticide trial into newborn deaths begins

07-01-2025 11:10 Unprecedented trial sees 11 defendants facing trial by jury for the deaths of five infants at Córdoba neonatal hospital in 2022; Unlike similar cases of attacks on newborn babies reported in the United States, England and Mexico where only nurses are on trial, the case extends to 10 officials.

by María Ester Romero

COURTS

Lawyer for nurse accused of killing newborns predicts she will be cleared

07-01-2025 10:21 Slamming prosecutors, lawyer for nurse accused of killing five newborn babies predicts his client will be acquitted of all charges by the end of the trial.

NEONATAL DEATHS IN CÓRDOBA

Trial into death of five newborns at Córdoba hospital gets underway

06-01-2025 09:05 Eleven defendants in dock for deaths of five children at the Hospital Materno Neonatal in Córdoba; Former nurse Brenda Agüero, responsible for vaccinating the newborns, stands accused of poisoning babies with potassium.