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

Thousands attend Christmas charity dinner in Buenos Aires

Chinese workers saved from 'slave-like conditions' in Brazil

Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79

Venezuela releases teenagers arrested in post-election protests

Argentina’s economy expanded faster than expected in October

“Dragonfly”, la misión de la NASA que busca la presencia de posibles formas de vida en el planeta Saturno

Salario mínimo, vital y móvil: fijaron el monto para diciembre y los aumentos hasta marzo de 2025

Impactantes imágenes del accidente aéreo de Azerbaijan Airlines que dejó 38 muertos

Cómo es la lujosa estancia de Máxima Zorreguieta en Bariloche donde pasa Navidad y año nuevo

Dos diplomáticos rusos se negaron al test de alcoholemia y la embajada denunció "una grave violación" al derecho internacional