News of robert

Leo XIV says Church must fight 'lack of faith' in first mass as pope

Today 15:19 Pope Leo XIV urges Church to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pontiff.

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

Today 08:26 Leo XIV first set foot in Peru some four decades ago as a missionary, before becoming bishop of the diocese of Chiclayo in the northwest of the country and gaining citizenship in 2015.

PROFILE: Leo XIV

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

Yesterday 21:34 Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago but also has a Latin American connection, after spending much of his career in Peru before moving to Rome under Francis’ guidance.

REACTION TO NEW POPE

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

Yesterday 14:44 US President Donald Trump hails election of Robert Prevost as new pope, says he looks forward to meeting him.

NEW POPE CHOSEN

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

Yesterday 14:32 Italian newspaper La Repubblica has called the new pontiff "the least American of the Americans" for his soft-spoken touch.

NEW POPE IN PLACE

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

Yesterday 14:24 Robert Francis Prevost of the US becomes pope, will adopt name of Pope Leo XIV.

TRADE TALKS

US official quietly visits capital as Argentina pushes for tariff exemptions

05-05-2025 15:06 Senior US trade envoy quietly visits Buenos Aires as Argentina’s pushes for exemptions to Donald Trump’s import tariffs.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Coming through the rye

25-01-2025 06:55 “There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.” Well worth recalling in this election year in Argentina where there is a widespread assumption among pundits that Milei is coasting to victory.

by Michael Soltys

JIMMY CARTER (1924-2024)

A good man who lived a good life

04-01-2025 06:26 Before Jimmy Carter, the US State Department would only protect its own citizens if they fell foul of a foreign dictator. But under him, thousands of lives were saved by US diplomacy.

by Robert Cox

MIDDLE EAST

World marks first anniversary of October 7 attack on Israel

07-10-2024 07:37 Global commemorations mark first anniversary of Hamas's deadly October 7 attack, with memorials held to honour the victims and the hostages still in captivity in Gaza.

COMMUNITY

Robert Cox speaks up for independent journalism

24-05-2024 14:54 Former 'Buenos Aires Herald' editor warns of threat to freedom in speech at UWC luncheon.

by Michael Soltys

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.

MILEI & HIS DOGS

Milei says his four cloned dogs chose their own economist names

05-04-2024 14:56 The cloned dogs that Javier Milei refers to as his “four-legged children” all bear the names of his economist heroes. But the president insists he didn’t choose their names — they did.

PRESIDENT & HIS POOCHES

Javier, Conan and the clones: Milei doggedly devoted to cloned pooches

06-12-2023 12:10 Argentina's ultra-libertarian president-elect Javier Milei may be considered barking mad by some, but is nothing if not devoted to his "four-legged children": Conan, Milton, Murray, Robert and Lucas.

OBITUARY

A personal tribute: Maud Daverio de Cox, 1931-2023

02-12-2023 08:44 Maud Daverio de Cox's story is quite rightly centred on human rights, but the late 92-year-old was remarkable woman and loyal wife who shone through her writing despite a brutal battle with blindness.

by Michael Soltys

OBITUARY

Maud Daverio de Cox, author indelibly linked to dictatorship era, dies at 92

01-12-2023 11:38 Author Maud Daverio de Cox, the wife of former 'Buenos Aires Herald' editor Robert Cox who helped expose abuses perpetrated by 1976-1983 military dictatorship, passes away aged 92.

by James Grainger

Art & Culture

Filmmakers protest against Milei at San Sebastián Festival

26-09-2023 12:40 Argentine film directors and actors published a manifesto at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival, protesting against the closure of cultural institutions, one of the campaign promises of libertarian front runner Javier Milei.

GUEST VOICE

Victoria Villarruel, human rights, and truth

22-09-2023 05:19 Many victims and relatives of victims of armed organisations neither feel represented by, nor do they endorse, Victoria Villarruel’s claims and views on human rights.

by Gustavo Llarull**

JAVIER MILEI INTERVIEW

Five giant dogs are the only issue that Javier Milei won’t touch

16-08-2023 21:57 The world's most famous dogs this week all belong to Javier Milei – just don't ask him about them...

JOURNALISM & HUMAN RIGHTS

Robert Cox awarded honorary doctorate by Rosario University

28-06-2023 22:42 “Journalism can save lives,” declares the former editor of ‘Buenos Aires Herald’ newspaper as he is honoured for his ethics and quest for truth during the military dictatorship’s era of state terrorism.