News of coup

Is no memory sacred?

25-03-2023 06:00 Despite the increasing distance from the 1976 military coup on its 47th anniversary, Memory Day cannot be consigned to the past because it is all about impunity, which also belongs to the present and future. v

LATIN AMERICA

OAS send mission team to Peru to 'analyse' political crisis

20-10-2022 17:58 Organisation of American States expresses its support for Peruvian government and decides to send a mission to the country after President Pedro Castillo, under investigation for corruption, asked for help to overcome the political crisis.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

All eyes on Army as Brazil heads for elections

29-09-2022 01:00 Experts say that while Jair Bolsonaro has the backing of some in the military, it is highly unlikely the institution would get involved in anything resembling a coup.

Bolivia

Bolivian ex-leader Jeanine Áñez sentenced to 10 years in prison

13-06-2022 13:57 Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Áñez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for an alleged plot to oust her rival and predecessor Evo Morales.

human rights

Argentines take to streets, marking 46th anniversary of 1976 military coup

24-03-2022 22:00 Tens of thousands of Argentines march to the Plaza de Mayo on the 46th anniversary of the coup that installed the brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

Bolivian politics

Bolivia ex-leader Áñez stands trial for Bolivia coup

10-02-2022 11:19 Jeanine Áñez stands trial Thursday, accused of orchestrating the ouster of her predecessor as Bolivia's leader, Evo Morales.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentine case into crimes against Rohingya begins

17-12-2021 02:18 A representative for Myanmar's Rohingya minority community testified in an Argentine court Thursday as a part of an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity by the Asian country's military rulers.

Biden's democracy summit

Before Biden, president denounces OAS support for Bolivia 'coup'

10-12-2021 15:58 Argentina’s president delivers a speech focused on Latin America to Joe Biden’s summit on democracy, during which he criticises 2019 "coup" in Bolivia "endorsed by a large part of the international community and the OAS."

Courts

Argentina's justice system to probe Myanmar war crimes claims

30-11-2021 08:54 Argentina's justice system will investigate allegations of war crimes committed by the Myanmar military against that country's Rohingya minority under a court ruling upholding the principles of universal jurisdiction.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Italy asks Chile to extradite 'Operation Condor' criminals

23-08-2021 16:19 Italy seeking extradition of three former members of Chile's military sentenced to life by European nation's courts for murdering two Italians in 1973.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rohingya to give testimony to Argentine court in push for Myanmar Army probe

17-08-2021 14:17 Rohingya refugees expelled from Myanmar in a bloody crackdown are to testify before Argentine court. They will use the principle of "universal jurisdiction" to urge a full judicial investigation into allegations of war crimes committed against them.

'Boliviagate'

Macri fiercely denies ‘Boliviagate’ allegations, slams Fernández

16-07-2021 02:03 Former president says his successor’s word has been “devalued” by allegations his administration sent lethal ammunition to Jeanine Áñez government in Bolivia that was used to repress followers of Evo Morales in 2019.

ALLEGATION

Bolivia: Argentina sent tear gas, ammunition to Áñez administration in 2019

09-07-2021 22:15 President Alberto Fernández apologises to the Bolivian government amid claims that tear gas and live ammunition were shipped then used to repress protests.