News of insecurity

Latin America's IT brain drain a regional challenge

23-03-2022 14:45 In Latin America, like elsewhere, demand for software engineers, developers and programmers has exploded. But companies face an "enormous" deficit in skilled IT professionals, according to experts.

CRIME & SECURITY

Three police officers charged with killing of Lucas González

07-12-2021 16:46 Three City police officers – Gabriel Alejandro Issasi, Juan José Nieva and Fabián Andrés López – remanded in custody and charged with killing 17-year-old Lucas González last month.

DEATH OF LUCAS GONZÁLEZ

Killing of 17-year-old by three police officers sparks debate over ‘trigger-happy’ policing

20-11-2021 11:49 NGO expresses concern over use of ‘excessive force’ by officers after youngster Lucas González is shot in head twice by police officers in City neighbourhood of Barracas.

by James Grainger

CRIME & SECURITY

Ramos Mejía murder shifts election spotlight onto crime

12-11-2021 22:01 Slaying of kiosk vendor Roberto Sabo in populous La Matanza delivers indignant protests, clashes with the police, public recriminations, media scrums and campaign talking points.

Crime & Security

9 out of 10 porteños feel unsafe on City streets, study finds

26-01-2021 09:00 New study probing crime and insecurity finds that nine out of ten porteños say they feel unsafe on the streets of Buenos Aires.

CRIME & SECURITY

Federal police officer killed in fatal stabbing attack near MALBA

29-09-2020 18:14 Inspector with the Federal Police stabbed to death just outside the MALBA Latin American art museum in Palermo on Tuesday afternoon.

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

SECURITY & CRIME

Bullrich, Berni express support for ‘vigilante justice’ pensioner who killed his attacker

25-07-2020 09:53 Politicians express support for 71-year-old Quilmes retiree Jorge Adolfo Ríos, as crime and security returns to forefront of political agenda.

News of insecurity

Latin America's IT brain drain a regional challenge

Three police officers charged with killing of Lucas González

Killing of 17-year-old by three police officers sparks debate over ‘trigger-happy’ policing

Ramos Mejía murder shifts election spotlight onto crime

9 out of 10 porteños feel unsafe on City streets, study finds

Federal police officer killed in fatal stabbing attack near MALBA

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

Bullrich, Berni express support for ‘vigilante justice’ pensioner who killed his attacker

Four killed after medical plane crashes at Río Grande airport

Paraguay president: Crew member of grounded plane ‘changed face’ in Cuba

Three signs show that Argentina is heading to a devaluation

Fifty years from Trelew massacre, ex-Navy officer stands trial in Miami

INDEC: Argentines have more than US$360 billion in undeclared wealth

La certera respuesta de Lorenzetti a Alberto Fernández sobre el fallo a Milagro Sala

Luis D'Elía desafío a Roberto Navarro: "Me gustaría decirte cara a cara lo equivocado que estás"

"Llevó la urna al baño y volvió con 100 votos para Baradel": polémica por las elecciones de SUTEBA en La Matanza

Tras el anuncio del paro, Alberto Fernández criticó al campo: "Déjenme de embromar, hay que producir"

El Gobierno oficializó los nuevos sueldos de las Fuerzas Armadas: cuánto cobrarán sus miembros