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Allen 'Tex' Harris and his wife, Jeanie, photographed in 1982 in Washington DC.

HUMAN RIGHTS

'Tex' Harris, US diplomat who detailed dictatorship's crimes, dies at 79

Yesterday 13:04 Famed US diplomat, who was sent to Buenos Aires in 1977, famously opened the US Embassy's doors to relatives of those disappeared by the dictatorship and created a detailed catalogue of the 1976-1983 military regime's human rights abuses.

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán meets with officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

IMF hails 'productive' meeting with Guzmán, as minister faces creditors

Yesterday 08:54 Economy minister says Argentina is facing "a critical moment" ahead of meeting with private creditors and bondholders in Washington on Tuesday.

Residents of Puerto Deseado march to demand justice after the rape of Maria Santino and the murder of her 4-year-old son on Sunday, February 23.

Puerto Deseado attack

Suspects detained in Puerto Deseado murder case

24-02-2020 16:21 Two suspects, one underage minor and another who suffers from schizophrenia, have been identified as investigators probe sexual assault of 45-year-old woman and murder of her son.

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán and US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

DEBT TALKS

Guzmán flies to United States after meeting US Treasury chief

24-02-2020 15:48 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán held a "productive" meeting with US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on the sidelines of the G20 summit of finance ministers in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

A bartender prepares an espresso coffee inside the Bar Nilo where a makeshift shrine of soccer legend and former Napoli player Diego Armando Maradona is displayed, in downtown Naples, Italy, Wednesday, September 18, 2019.

MARADONA LEGACY

For Napoli fans, the team is a religion – and Maradona is god

24-02-2020 07:00 Some of the Argentine legend's most memorable exploits took place in Naples, and he is still revered there with god-like status in a city which is lacking many basic social services.

A man walks by posters against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Buenos Aires on February 19, 2020.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Government agrees to IMF talks aimed at new financing deal

23-02-2020 15:06 The International Monetary Fund and the government announced Saturday that they have agreed to start talks aimed at reaching a new financing agreement to tackle the country's debt burden.

Argentina's central bank net worth jumps after note valuation change.

CENTRAL BANK

Central Bank back in black – thanks to US$35-billion accounting manoeuvre

22-02-2020 13:21 By changing the way they value government bond holdings, bank transformed its net worth from minus US$2 billion to a US$33-billion surplus.

Relatives of the ARA San Juan’s fallen crew demonstrate outside the Casa Rosada, in this file photograph taken in 2019.

ARA SAN JUAN TRAGEDY

Relatives keep up fight to uncover truth about ARA San Juan sinking

22-02-2020 12:19 Investigations into submarine tragedy continue; Government preparing four iniatives to honour lives of 44 crew-members who died in tragedy, including trip to vessel’s final resting place.

by Luciana Bertoia

Abortion back on the agenda.

KEY STORIES

Feb 17th-23rd:What We Learned This Week

22-02-2020 12:08 Stories that caught our eye in the last seven days.

Deaf survivors of clerical sexual abuse hold up posters as they stage a demonstration in front of the Vatican on Thursday.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS

Próvolo abuse survivors ask Pope for justice

22-02-2020 10:26 Deaf survivors of clerical sexual abuse fly to Vatican, hoping to build pressure on Pope Francis to come clean about the crimes committed against them.

Campaigners are optimistic that 2020 will be their year, less than two years on from a failed attempt.

ABORTION DEBATE

Activists renew call for legalisation of abortion in Argentina

22-02-2020 09:53 ‘19F’ rally brings tens of thousands of demonstrators to streets. Legislative battle lies ahead, with government set to present abortion reform bill to Congress on March 1.

by Joseph Charney

Argentina's economy entered recession in 2018.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's shrank 2.1% in 2019, reports INDEC

21-02-2020 18:00 Argentina's recession-hit economy shrank by 2.1 percent in 2019, the INDEC national statistics bureau announced Friday.

The economist, ex director of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), Jorge Todesca, died today at 73 years old.

ECONOMIST

Ex-INDEC director Jorge Todesca dies at 73

21-02-2020 16:58 Economist tasked with restoring the integrity of the INDEC under the Macri administration has died just weeks after leaving his post, family confirms.

Thousands of protesters from feminist organizations are gathering on february 19 2020 in the Plaza del Congreso to reinforce the demand for the legalization of abortion as of March 1 when the regular session begins.

WOMEN RIGHTS

'Soon' – Fernández vows to present abortion legalisation

21-02-2020 13:42 Health Minister, Ginés González García, declares that President Fernández will send an abortion reform bill to Congress "soon," but underlines that the Peronist leader will determine its timetable.

Farmers operate combines during soybean harvest near Salto, Argentina.

Bloomberg

Default rocks the Argentine brokers who sell soy to the world

21-02-2020 12:23 Soy giant Vicentin files for bankruptcy, posing a threat to the Argentine soy industry.

President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner embrace on inauguration day.

BLOOMBERG: OPINION

Argentina’s government needs to speak with one voice on debt

21-02-2020 08:38 Before Argentina can come up with a solid economic plan, it needs a credible political pact. That takes a government which speaks with one voice, mutes the palace incendiaries and treats debt and economic recovery not as a passion play but as part of a national business plan.

by Mac Margolis

Lionel Messi is part of the list of more than 60 people who were consulted in databases such as the AFIP or the National Directorate of Migration.

Federal investigation

Judge probes whether Messi was spied on by government agencies

20-02-2020 20:28 Federal justice is investigating whether former Macri administration officials illegally used information systems to spy on star Lionel Messi, as well as dozens of local politicians, judges, journalists and businessmen.

by Cecilia Devanna

The leaders of the Supreme Court's Department of Preventive Medicine and Labour will face trial for blasphemy next week.

BLASPHEMY

Coronavirus: Supreme Ct tells judicial workers not to share mate, phones

20-02-2020 17:25 Despite there having been no diagnosis of the coronavirus on Argentine soil, statement to judicial employees discourages sharing of mate and mobile phones, among other measures, to prevent potential contagion.

President Alberto Fernández.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Fernández revokes Macri decree creating witness protection agency

20-02-2020 16:51 DNU, issued in final days of Macri's time in office, would have seen responsibilities for witness protection taken away from Justice Ministry in favour of a specialist, autonomous agency.

Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero during the re-launch of the Caring Prices program on January 7 2020.

'TARIFAS'

Government likely to increase utility rates in June, says Cafiero

20-02-2020 16:16 Government will unfreeze public services rates starting from June, but increases will only hit “the sectors that can support them,” says Cabinet chief.

Getafe's Uruguayan midfielder Mauro Arambarri (L) challenges Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Getafe CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on February 15, 2020.

EUROPEAN FOOTBALL

Messi demands calm after chaotic two months for Barcelona

20-02-2020 13:37 Barcelona has been hit recently by a series of setbacks on the field and conflicts inside the club. And though Lionel Messi has had enough, he says he won't leave the club.

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Friday, February 14, 2020.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina gets IMF’s seal of approval to hit bondholders hard

20-02-2020 13:07 The Fund just gave the government the backing it needed to hit its bondholders with a significant haircut.

Thousands of women hold up green scarves demanding abortion reform in Buenos Aires on February 19, 2020.

ABORTION DEBATE

Thousands of women rally for 'Aborto Legal' in Argentina

20-02-2020 09:49 Thousands of women, with nearly all sporting the green scarves that have become the iconic symbol of Argentina's abortion rights movement, rally before Congress.

Various trade, social and political organizations at the door of Congress to protest against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on February 12, 2020.

DEBT TALKS

Famed economist concerned Argentina is on road to 'total default'

20-02-2020 09:00 Economists, including respected Turkish academic Nouriel Roubini, warn that Argentina's lack of credibility and a coherent economic plan may mean negotiations with IMF end up fruitless.

The incomes of registered active argentines went from US$1.385 to US$771 with a drop of 44.3 percent in the last four years

NEW STUDY

Average wage fell 44.3% in dollar terms under Macri government, says study

20-02-2020 07:30 New report finds there has been a collapse of the average income in dollar terms since 2015, dropping from US$1,385 to just US$771 in four years.

The Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, in the Palace of Finance, along with the delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Julie Kozack, and Luis Cubeddu on February 14 2020

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

IMF says Argentina's debt burden is 'unsustainable'

19-02-2020 18:27 Review by International Monetary Fund mission team paves the way for the government to ask private bondholders to take on losses, as it prepares to renegotiate its obligations.

People on the streets receive hot meals while temperatures remain low in this city in 2019.

HOMELESSNESS

Officials search for solution to 'housing emergency' in Buenos Aires

19-02-2020 15:48 City legislators, officials and social organisations group together to find solutions for those living on streets of the capital, with more than 7,000 believed to be sleeping rough.

Deaf survivors of clerical sexual abuse from Argentina, (from L) Claudia Labeguerie, Ezequiel Villalongo and Daniel Oscar Sgardelis gesture during a press conference at the Geneva Press Club.

Church Abuse

Deaf Argentine abuse survivors target pope with defiant message

19-02-2020 15:33 The victims of the Próvolo Institute are seeking a private meeting with Pope Francis in an effort to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Graciela Sosa and her husband Silvino Baez mourn the death of their son Fernando Baez Sosa outside of Congress.

Villa Gesell Murder

Thousands rally to demand justice for slain teen Fernando Baez Sosa

19-02-2020 09:17 Demonstrators marched in a rebuke to violence in Argentina and to demand the killers of Báez Sosa – who was brutally beaten to death by a group of young rugby players – be brought to justice.

Blairo Maggi, Brazil's agriculture minister, speaks during the Brazil Investment Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Bloomberg

Soybean mogul negotiating to buy Tejar’s Brazil unit

19-02-2020 08:42 Amaggi, Brazilian soybean group owned by entrepreneur-turned-politician Blairo Maggi, in advanced talks to buy the local unit of Argentina’s El Tejar, according to reports.

President Alberto Fernández denounced on a

'POLITICAL PRISONERS'

Fernández denounces a Judiciary defined by ‘political winds’

18-02-2020 16:19 Via Twitter, president stated that "may there never again be a justice that pursues according to the political winds" and added that "in recent years lawfare has been established in Argentina.”

Presidential candidate for the Partido Nacional party, Luis Lacalle Pou, gives a thumb up while awaiting the results in Uruguay's run-off.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Fernández to meet Uruguay leader Luis Lacalle Pou next month

18-02-2020 15:08 Argentine leader will miss Uruguayan leader's inauguration on March 1 due to clash with congressional sessions, but he will travel to Montevideo a day or two afterwards.

Eight children have died from malnutrition since the start of 2020.

Indigenous Rights

Salta Governor Sáenz says 'absence of State' to blame for Wichí deaths

18-02-2020 14:45 After eight child deaths among Wichí community since the beginning of 2020, governor responds to crisis and underscores critical situation facing indigenous in northern province.

The Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, in the Palace of Finance, along with the delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Julie Kozack, and Luis Cubeddu on February 14 2020

DEBT TALKS

IMF mission team keeps low profile during time in Argentina

18-02-2020 13:59 Officials from the International Monetary Fund depart Buenos Aires on Wednesday, after meeting with a host of ministers from the Argentine government.

Cuts of beef are displayed at a butcher's shop in Buenos Aires.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina's beef exports to China stumble due to coronavirus

18-02-2020 12:21 South American meat exporters are seeing a sharp slowdown in trade with the Asian nation as the coronavirus disrupts shipments. One industry leader says exports have almost ground to a halt.

The Minister of Economy, Martin Guzmán, during a presentation to Congress on February 2020.

BOND PAYMENT DELAY

Further 're-profiling' of maturities in pesos looms, analysts predict

18-02-2020 12:00 Next key date for government be March 6, with A2M2 payments worth about US$1 billion due that day. Government may have to resort to the issue as Martin Guzmán’s credibility is being tested by the markets.

by Mirta Fernandez, Perfil

The laboratory of Biological Security where the the Coronavirus diagnosis take place

VIRUS OUTBREAK

Coronavirus outbreak: Tests in Argentina come back negative

18-02-2020 12:00 Scientists say tests on samples have come back negative. Argentines in Hubei province – the epicentre of the outbreak – ask government for help in leaving China.

Former president Mauricio Macri, pictured in February 2020.

JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO

Mauricio Macri quietly returns to political activity

18-02-2020 10:06 Former president opens new office on Avenida del Libertador, three blocks from the Olivos presidential residence; meets with Rodríguez Larreta, Patricia Bullrich and Pichetto.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Pro-choice activists react outside Congress, shortly after lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to legalise abortion.

Abortion rights

'19F': Pro-abortion activists prepare to renew call for legalisation

17-02-2020 16:26 Third annual '19F' march, led by the National Campaign for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion, will take place this Wednesday from 5pm before Congress.

President Alberto Fernández during the announcement of the pension reform, also led by the head of ANSeS, Alejandro Vanoli.

PENSIONS AND RETIREES

Officials defend Fernández's move to adjust pensions after criticism

17-02-2020 14:01 Government officials move to defend president after he announced adjustments to pensions on Friday in a move that sparked support and criticism.

This February 15, 2020 photo courtesy of the Center for Great Apes shows an orangutan named Sandra in Wauchula, Fla. Sandra, who was granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina and later found a new home in Florida, celebrated her 34th birthday on Valentine's Day with a special new primate friend. Patti Ragan, director of the Center for Great Apes says Sandra has “has adjusted beautifully to her life at the sanctuary” and has befriended Jethro, a 31-year-old male orangutan.

ANIMAL RIGHTS

Sandra the Orangutan makes new friend in Florida

17-02-2020 08:18 Prior to moving, Sandra had lived alone in the Buenos Aires City Zoo. Now she's celebrating her 34th birthday on Valentine's Day with a special new primate friend.

In this file photo taken on January 19, Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales, exiled in Argentina, arrives at the meeting of leaders and representatives of his Movimiento al Socialismo - Movement for Socialism - (MAS) party to chose their presidential candidate for the Bolivian general election, in Buenos Aires.

EX-BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT

Evo Morales returns to Argentina after Cuba medical care

17-02-2020 08:01 "Very healthy" former Bolivian president flies back to Buenos Aires after undergoing medical treatment in Havana.

People protest against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outside of the Argentine Congress, on February 12, 2020. The sign partly reads,

DEBT HISTORY

Argentina and the IMF: a story of love and hate

17-02-2020 07:00 History looms large, as government officials continue to meet with mission team from the International Monetary Fund.

Norway's Casper Ruud holds the trophy after beating Portugal's Pedro Sousa in the final match of the ATP Buenos Aires tennis tournament on February 16, 2020, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ruud won 6-1, 6-4.

ATP BUENOS AIRES

Ruud bags maiden ATP title at Argentina Open

16-02-2020 18:19 Norwegian Casper Ruud clinched his first title, beating lucky loser Pedro Sousa 6-1, 6-4 in the Argentina Open final on Sunday.

Within his limitations Meoni has two hard acts to follow – Florencio Randazzo and Dietrich.

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Transport taken off the fast track

15-02-2020 11:29 As a Radical backed by one of the last entries into the Frente de Todos coalition, Mario Meoni seems to lack the political momentum to make any footprint, while the fiscal pressures from the debt crisis dominating the agenda are already making themselves felt.

by Michael Soltys

Will the private bondholders get the message? Will the hedge funds oblige and yield? It doesn’t look like it.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Mission: impossible (to pay debt)

15-02-2020 11:09 The government’s biggest challenge is to buy time without defaulting on its humongous debt. Will the private bondholders get the message? Will the hedge funds oblige and yield?

by Martín Gambarotta

CFK posted a pic with her daughter, who is still in Cuba.

KEY STORIES

Feb 3rd-16th: What We Learned This Week

15-02-2020 10:59 News that caught our eye in the last seven days from Argentina.

The deaths of Wichi children from malnutrition and dirty water (with eight such recent fatalities in the district of TartagaI alone) has become a news splash in recent days.

EDITORIAL

Bridging the distance

15-02-2020 10:53 A major actor compounding the appalling neglect suffered by the Wichi indigenous population is the 1,500 kilometres separating them from the corridors of power in an overcentralised country.

The recent death of Claudio Bonadio, the judge most criticised by Kirchnerism, marks the end of the era in the courts of Comodoro Py.

JUDICIARY

Two months into Fernández’s term, change is afoot for Argentina’s Judiciary

15-02-2020 10:34 Vacancies, nominations and reviews: Winds of change begin to sweep through Comodoro Py federal courthouse as the government begins to size up judicial reform.

by Luciana Bertoia

Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi will take on the work of Claudio Bonadio.

JUDICIARY

Martínez de Giorgi set for higher profile, thanks to Bonadio’s cases

15-02-2020 10:09 Judge chosen by lottery to take on late peer’s work, including high-profile ‘Cuadernos’ probe. He has often sought to avoid the limelight, though hasn’t always been able to.

by Luciana Bertoia

Jair Bolsonaro and Felipe Solá.

TRADING PARTNERS

Bolsonaro, Fernández open to meeting, as ties with Brazil warm

15-02-2020 09:38 Foreign Ministry Felipe Solá flies to Brasilia this week, as ties with Argentina’s giant neighbour finally began to warm after weeks of remarks and rows.

by James Grainger

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán addressed Congress.

ECONOMY MINISTER

Markets, economists react badly to Guzmán’s debt comments

15-02-2020 09:34 Economy minister’s address to Congress pitched to local audience.

People protest against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outside of the Argentine Congress, on February 12, 2020. The sign partly reads,

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentina and IMF discuss debt in shadow of 2001 crisis

15-02-2020 09:28 These are crucial days for Argentina, which this week began hosting an IMF mission team for talks on restructuring US$44 billion in debt owed to the lender.

Gerry Rice and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Cristina raises stakes for Argentina's crucial talks with IMF

15-02-2020 09:17 Vice-president lays into IMF, as government officials welcome mission team to Argentina.

“The worst thing that could have happened is the Province paying up without protest”, says Kicillof.

AXEL KICILLOF INTERVIEW

Kicillof: 'Macri’s austerity left the Province dying of hunger'

15-02-2020 08:47 Buenos Aires Province governor and former economy minister talks numbers, debt, payments and Peronist unity.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires re-opens after US$4.5M renovation

Shoah Memorial

Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires re-opens after US$4.5M renovation

15-02-2020 03:25 City museum dedicated to the Shoah opens its doors to the public, showcasing interactive testimonies with survivors.

by Joseph Charney

Buenos Aires by night: Avenida 9 de Julio.

Bloomberg

Hedge funds join forces to prepare for Argentina debt talks

14-02-2020 19:06 Monarch Alternative Capital LP is spearheading a group of hedge funds organising ahead of debt restructuring talks with Argentina, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg

Bank of America pitches ‘mutually beneficial’ debt restructuring plan

14-02-2020 17:42 Bank of America Corp says it figured out a feasible way to solve Argentina’s debt crisis: Offer so-called pars and discount bonds for foreign-currency investors. For Argentina, it could make financing needs more manageable and reduce debt-to-GDP to 60% in the next decade.

At an emotional ceremony presided over by President Alberto Fernández, Argentina on Thursday handed over the 9,000th national identity document (DNI) issued with rectified data due to a change in gender, a right established by Law since 2012.

GENDER ISSUES

9,000th DNI recording change of gender issued in Argentina

14-02-2020 17:11 Under a right enshrined in law in 2012, 9,000 Argentines have now altered their national identity document to reflect their change in gender.

Eight rugbiers accused of murdering Báez Sosa will remain detained.

Fernando Báez Sosa murder

'Los rugbiers': 8 of 10 Villa Gesell attackers remanded in custody

14-02-2020 16:58 Eight of group charged with homicide; two who were previously released, Alejo Milanesi, 20, and Juan Pedro Guarino, 19, will remain under investigation.

Marcos Galperin

E-Commerce Giant

Marcos Galperin resigns as president and CEO of MercadoLibre

14-02-2020 16:12 Argentine entrepeneur, who has led website to multi-billion-dollar success, will be replaced by Brazilian businessman Stelleo Passos Tolda.

Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF)

International Honour

Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

14-02-2020 15:36 The group, known as the EAAF, has worked with victims in more than 60 countries of various catastrophes and conflicts.

Photograph of the Veladero mine in San Juan operated by Barrick Gold in September 2015.

MINING

Barrick Gold, Shandong invest in Veladero mine in San Juan

14-02-2020 14:08 Barrick Gold and Shandong Gold are pursuing three strategic projects with the aim of extending the useful life of the Veladero mine until at least 2030: investment, employment and growth.

Michael Hasenstab, executive vice president and global chief investment officer of Franklin Templeton Cos LLC, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Bloomberg - Long Read

Money manager expects crisis to worsen as Argentina's bonds blow up

14-02-2020 13:49 Investment fund Franklin Templeton’s star money manager, Michael Hasenstab, interprets government's move to delay a US$1.4-billion local bond payment as a sign that the economic slowdown is only going to worsen.

Soccer player Mara Gómez poses with her old jersey from the first amateur soccer club she played for, Toronto, in La Plata, Argentina.

LOCAL FOOTBALL

Transgender woman poised to make Argentine football history

14-02-2020 11:40 AFA has yet to make a ruling about transgender athletes, and doubt remains about whether Mara Gómez will be allowed to compete in professional women's leagues

Handout pictures released by the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences showing the discovery of a new species of dinosaur found in El Cuy, Río Negro Province, on May 15, 2019. With four metres of length, the new dinosaur was named Tralkasaurus cuyi, said the Scientific Divulgation Agency of the National University of La Matanza.

DINO DISCOVERY

Dino discovery: Researchers find distant relative of T-Rex in Patagonia

13-02-2020 18:09 The remains of a 90-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in Patagonia by a team of paleontologists.

Former Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meets Pope Francis at the Vatican.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Ex-Brazil president Lula meets Pope Francis at the Vatican

13-02-2020 17:04 Meeting comes one day after Argentine pontiff released his major document on the Amazon, in which he denounced the destruction of the rain forest and the exploitation of indigenous peoples.

Group picture of the Falklands Badminton Team published on February 12 2020

Name controversy

Malvinas row: Falklands badminton team competes despite Argentina protest

13-02-2020 16:48 Argentina objects to team from disputed islands using name 'Falklands' while participating in Pan-American competition in Brazil.

The offices of the INDEC national statistics bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed in January to 2.3%, reveals INDEC

13-02-2020 16:36 Lowest monthly rate recorded since July 2019, which prices increased by 2.2%. Since January 2019, prices in Argentina have increased by 52.9%, reveals bureau.

People from organisations representing the victims of alleged abuse by members of the Catholic Church, protest outside the archdiocese office in Mendoza, Argentina, Monday, May 6, 2019. Members of online research database BishopAccountability.org and Ending Clergy Abuse are in Argentina demanding the church take a

CHURCH ABUSE SCANDALS

Deaf Próvolo child abuse victims accuse Pope Francis of inaction

13-02-2020 14:49 The victims, represented by the global organisation Ending Clergy Abuse, have requested a public audience with the Argentine pontiff.