News of femicides

What we learned this week: February 13 to 20

20-02-2021 08:27 The stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Dilemmas and defining factors

13-02-2021 10:36 Two entirely different news items at opposite ends of the past week might well be the shape of defining factors in this year’s elections.

POLICING

More than 550 police officers suspended over 2019 pay mutiny

13-02-2021 09:59 Further suspensions may follow, with a total of 1,800 cops under investigation for their role in last year’s controversial police pay mutiny that saw a group of officers encircle the Olivos presidential residence.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Murders surge in Brazil despite pandemic

20-10-2020 08:52 Number of murders and other violent deaths in Brazil increased 7.1% in first half of the year, despite lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

GENDER VIOLENCE

‘This can’t happen’: Teen’s murder puts spotlight on Argentina’s femicide scourge

17-10-2020 08:19 Parents of slain 16-year-old Iara Rueda join campaigners in call for improved efforts to tackle gender violence. According to the MuMaLá NGO, there have been at least 213 femicides in Argentina so far this year already.

by Nick Evans

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Sabina Frederic: ‘Security means protecting people, not repression’

08-08-2020 08:37 During almost eight months leading the Security Ministry, social anthropologist and university professor Sabina Frederic has found herself under criticism from both Sergio Berni and Horacio Verbitsky. In a feature-length interview, she discusses those debates, Sergio Maldonado, Facundo Castro and why mediation should be prioritised over the violent use of force.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

KEY STORIES FROM THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

May 31- June 6: What we learned this week

06-06-2020 09:12 A round-up of frontpage stories from the last week in Argentina.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Surge in femicides sparks renewed concerns over gender violence

07-03-2020 10:51 As demonstrators prepare to take to the streets for International Women’s Day with a host of demands, a string of femicides has once again pushed the issue to the fore.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Macri promises new gender violence measures as femicides mount up

02-10-2019 14:33 President vows "concrete measures" as part of re-election campaign. Announcement comes a day after MuMalá feminist organisation reveals there has been a femicide every 32 hours in Argentina since the turn of the year.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Concern rises after Argentina sees four femicides in just one weekend

16-09-2019 17:08 Campaigners demand action after women were found dead in Neuquén, Chascomus, Santa Fe and Lomas de Zamora in just 48 hours. At least 178 femicides have been recorded in Argentina since the turn of the year.