News of nuns

Almost 50 years on, French families still seeking answers about disappeared relatives

22-11-2024 11:14 Almost 50 years on, families are still seeking answers about French citizens who disappeared in Argentina in the late 1970s, during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship’s reign of terror. Last week’s visit to Buenos Aires by French President Emmanuel Macron put the topic back on the agenda.

POLITICS & HUMAN RIGHTS

Tribute to dictatorship victims highlights libertarian divisions on rights

06-08-2024 16:07 Libertarian dividing lines drawn? National lawmaker highlights French nuns killed during junta’s reign of terror; Libertarian deputy says Bullrich approved visit to jailed junta killers.

OBITUARY

Horacio Méndez Carreras upheld dignity and decency in inglorious times

02-05-2024 09:00 Horacio witnessed so much. Some of his experiences were as hilarious as they were chilling, but he did much more than bear witness. He is a man who helped make Argentina a better place.

by Robert Cox

OBITUARY

Horacio Méndez Carreras, human rights lawyer who tracked murder of French nuns, dies at 86

02-05-2024 08:57 Heralded human rights lawyer, who was born in 1937 and passed away on Monday, worked with Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo as plaintiff in the trial probing crimes against humanity committed at ESMA Navy Mechanics School. In 1984, he was contracted by the French state to pursue an almost impossible case: investigating the forced disappearances of French nuns Alice Domon and Léonie Duquet.

PRÓVOLO ABUSE TRIAL

Mendoza court acquits nuns in Próvolo deaf children sex abuse case

19-10-2023 10:12 Nuns from the Antonio Próvolo Institute, investigated for sexual abuse of deaf children, acquitted by court; Victims’ lawyers criticise court and say they will appeal.

News of nuns

Almost 50 years on, French families still seeking answers about disappeared relatives

Tribute to dictatorship victims highlights libertarian divisions on rights

Horacio Méndez Carreras upheld dignity and decency in inglorious times

Horacio Méndez Carreras, human rights lawyer who tracked murder of French nuns, dies at 86

Mendoza court acquits nuns in Próvolo deaf children sex abuse case

Correo Argentino, ARCA, Trenes Argentinos top redundancy rankings

YPF: Appeals court halts handover of company shares for a week

Milei celebrates as June inflation data hints at stabilistation

Peñico: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4,000 years old opens doors to tourists

US judge extends Argentina’s YPF handover deadline by three days

Desalojaron la Casa Blaquier tras más de 40 años de ocupación: la Ciudad restaurará el edificio

Rotación de la Tierra: se viene el día más corto de la historia del planeta

Tras amenazas de la mafia y un exilio forzado, la princesa Amalia de Holanda logró graduarse

Vacaciones de invierno en Buenos Aires: tres tours gratuitos para descubrir la ciudad en familia

Villa Allende: para la Municipalidad el traslado del quebracho fue "impecable"