News of state terrorism

Human rights activist Taty Almeida, founding member of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

Today 09:47 Teacher, iconic human rights activist, president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora and campaigner for the disappeared and downtrodden. Taty Almeida, who has died at the age of 95, would not be silenced in her tireless search for memory, truth and justice and the knowledge over what happened to her missing son Alejandro.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUP

50 tales for 50 years: Book collects personal stories of dictatorship’s crimes

22-03-2026 00:07 'La Retaguardia,' media outlet specialising in coverage of trials probing crimes against humanity during the military dictatorship, has compiled accounts drawn from court files and testimonies given in court.

by Giselle Leclercq

50th anniversary of 1976 coup

Videla’s confession: Reconstructing the dictatorship

22-03-2026 00:01 Published in 2012, 'Disposición Final' features an extended interview with military junta leader and former de facto president Jorge Rafael Videla. To mark the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état that brought him to power, we run a translated extract from Ceferino Reato’s historic non-fiction book.

by Ceferino Reato

CRIME & SECURITY

Bullrich announces arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’

16-01-2025 09:51 Nine-month investigation ends with arrest of 24-year-old in General Roca; Argentina’s security minister claims that “terrorist represented a concrete threat to national security" and was planning major attacks across nation.

human rights & judiciary

Villarruel vows to reopen criminal cases against anti-junta guerrillas

28-08-2024 11:52 Criticism rains down from human rights groups as Vice-President Victoria Villarruel promises to reopen criminal cases against left-wing guerrillas in speech at Senate ceremony for victims of terrorism.

News of state terrorism

Human rights activist Taty Almeida, founding member of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

50 tales for 50 years: Book collects personal stories of dictatorship’s crimes

Videla’s confession: Reconstructing the dictatorship

Bullrich announces arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’

Villarruel vows to reopen criminal cases against anti-junta guerrillas

Tireless human rights activist Taty Almeida, founding member of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

Argentina launch bid for back-to-back title in Messi's sixth World Cup

Argentina races ahead of storm in first training session with Marcos Senesi

Lionel Messi heads into historic sixth World Cup ‘as excited as ever’

Two years on, Argentina still searches for answers in missing child case

Eclipse solar total 2026: cuándo ocurrirá, dónde podrá verse y por qué será uno de los eventos astronómicos del año

Wachitas, la noche y el poder

"No me quiero ir sin tocar sus huesos": Alejandro, el hijo que Taty Almeida buscó hasta el final

Femicidio de Agostina: las pericias médicas darán luz sobre el móvil del crimen y qué pasó antes y después

Córdoba Bitcoin: "Es imposible que Adorni haya comprado esa cantidad en 2014, nadie tenía ese stock de bitcoins"