BREAKING STEREOTYPES From homemakers to home builders: Venezuelan women breaking ground 08-03-2023 05:00 On an apartment construction project in Antímano, a poor neighbourhood of Caracas, 80 percent of the workforce is made up of women, most of them single mothers.
HUMAN RIGHTS Skyvan PA-51 ‘death flight’ plane to be repatriated 10-02-2023 10:34 Skyvan PA-51 used during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship to fly detainees to their death, including three members of Madres de Plaza de Mayo human rights group, will return to Argentina in the coming weeks before being put on display at ex-ESMA Navy Mechanics School.
AND THAT REMINDS ME… Hebe de Bonafini, 1928-2022 26-11-2022 06:44 The traumas of 1977, when Hebe de Bonafini lost both her sons, were the turning-point in her life, taking her from complete obscurity to a place in Argentine history and even the world spotlight. by Michael Soltys
Human rights Thousands pay tribute to late Mothers of Plaza de Mayo co-founder Bonafini 25-11-2022 08:00 Thousands converges on Plaza de Mayo to pay tribute to the late Hebe de Bonafini, as human rights activist's ashes are scattered in the public square where she led demonstrations for decades.
HUMAN RIGHTS ‘Isabelita’: the unknown agent who infiltrated the Madres de Plaza de Mayo 26-08-2022 10:06 Report by journalist Luciana Bertoia reveals a second federal agent, in addition to Alfredo Astiz, managed to obtain first-hand information about the human rights group after infiltrating their inner circle.
Human Rights Giovanola, one of the founders of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has died 20-07-2022 15:42 Delia Cecilia Giovanola, a founding member of the Grandmothers of the Plaza del Mayo who searched for their disappeared children, died last Monday. Subject of a famous photograph in which she protested during the dictatorship, she succeeded in finding her grandson.
HUMAN RIGHTS Mothers of Plaza de Mayo mark 45 years of indefatigable search for disappeared 01-05-2022 09:34 Mothers of Plaza de Mayo commemorate 45th anniversary of the human rights group's first march in front of the Casa Rosada.
WAR IN UKRAINE Five Argentine couples escape Ukraine with surrogate babies 04-03-2022 00:09 Five Argentine couples who were in Ukraine to fetch babies born from surrogate mothers have managed to leave the nation with their newborns, the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires confirmed.