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UN committee releases damning report on human rights abuses in Venezuela

24-09-2022 08:00 Human rights watchdogs call for increased international pressure on government in Caracas following damning United Nations report; Pressure grows on Argentina to revise relations with Maduro administration.

by Sam Forster

Luis Moreno Ocampo: ‘Death cannot be a political weapon’

22-09-2022 23:50 The upcoming film 'Argentina, 1985,' released nationwide this coming Thursday, recounts the events leading up to the Trial of the Military Juntas – a milestone in contemporary national history, as well as a model for the world, in which those chiefly responsible for the crimes against humanity committed during the brutal 1976-1983 dictatorship were convicted and sentenced. In an exclusive interview, Luis Moreno Ocampo, one of the prosecutors in the trial together with Julio Strassera, recalls that historic moment and shares his thoughts on contemporary Argentina.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Argentina mourns loss of journalist Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú

07-09-2022 02:48 Iconic broadcaster passes away at the age of 91.

Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution

04-09-2022 22:46 The new ultra-progressive constitution proposed by Gabriel Boric’s government has been decisively rejected by the Chilean public this Sunday, in a compulsory vote to choose whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution.

US seizes cargo plane sold from Iranian to Venezuelan airline

03-08-2022 15:46 Argentinian authorities seized the cargo plane in June on the request of the USA. The Iranian and Venezuelan crew members were kept in Buenos Aires to investigate potential links with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Argentine judge allows some crew of grounded Venezuela plane to depart

02-08-2022 18:24 12 of the crew of the grounded plane have been allowed to leave Argentina. The group of Iranians and Venezuelans have been kept in Buenos Aires since June when the plane was seized.

Sunak or Truss to be Britain's next PM

20-07-2022 15:06 Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss compete to become Britain’s Prime Minister, Tories will vote early September.

Peruvian women ask Michelle Bachelet for help in face of violence

19-07-2022 14:28 Michelle Bachelet, UN Human Rights High Commissioner, met by Peruvian women, including trans women, denouncing the daily violence they face.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel puts his artistic life on display

05-07-2022 22:28 Legendary human rights activist takes his art public in a new exhibition at the Lucy Mattos Museum in Béccar, San Isidro.

Four sentenced to life imprisonment for Campo de Mayo ‘death flights’

05-07-2022 15:09 Courts recognise that planes from Campo de Mayo military garrison were used to throw disappeared detainees to their death in Río de la Plata; Four ex-Army officers handed life terms for crimes against humanity.

Opposition outraged as President Fernández visits Milagro Sala

01-07-2022 09:35 Peronist leader sparks outrage among opposition by visiting detained Túpac Amaru leader in hospital; Frente de Todos leader sends strong message to Supreme Court and Jujuy tribunals.

Colombian Truth Commission hands over grim final report on civil conflict

28-06-2022 21:35 Final 896-page report probes atrocities committed during Colombia’s near six-decade civil conflict and includes testimony from more than 14,000 victims of the fighting between leftist guerillas, far-right paramilitary groups and state agents.

UN human rights chief Bachelet won't seek second term

13-06-2022 14:09 Former Chile president Michelle Bachelet confirmed Monday that she will not seek a second term as the United Nations human rights chief.

Protesters call on authorities to do more to tackle femicide, gender violence

04-06-2022 20:26 On the seventh anniversary of the first 'Ni Una Menos' march, tens of thousands of demonstrators call on authorities to do more to tackle femicide and gender violence.

by Mariel Priven

UN human rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machine

27-05-2022 08:37 Beijing has outwitted the United Nations' human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say.

UN human rights chief Bachelet begins contentious China visit

23-05-2022 10:31 United Nations Michelle Bachelet begins controversial and long-anticipated visit to China, with a visit to the Xinjiang region where authorities stand accused of widespread violations on the agenda.

After abortion, gay marriage? Fears US court may target other rights

05-05-2022 13:51 With the US Supreme Court poised to roll back half a century of abortion rights, activists fear conservatives will set their sights on other constitutional freedoms like same sex unions.

Online media fuelling divisions, global tensions, says new report

04-05-2022 16:03 Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that have amplified political divisions worldwide, fanned international tensions and even contributed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders warns.

US official Blinken seeks 'strong' Latin American pact on migration

22-04-2022 00:06 United States seeking a strong declaration to coordinate on rising migration when Latin American leaders meet in Los Angeles.

Landmark Napalpí Massacre trial begins, 98 years after indigenous killings

20-04-2022 16:00 Nearly a century on from the 1924 Napalpí Massacre, in which more than 300 people were killed, a legal milestone is reached in a court in Resistencia, Chaco Province.