News of 25 de mayo

Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

22-04-2021 10:32 Mercedes 'Porota' Colás de Meroño, the vice-president of the Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, passed away at the age of 95 in Villa Devoto.

HUMAN RIGHTS

EAAF begins aerial search of Campo de Mayo military garrison

23-01-2021 10:36 Investigators from expert forensic team embark on unique aerial survey of military base in bid to uncover burial sites of individuals killed during 1978-1983 military dictatorship.

MORALES LEAVES ARGENTINA

Evo Morales leaves Argentina for Venezuela

23-10-2020 22:51 Bolivia's former president Evo Morales left Argentina for Caracas late Friday in an official Venezuelan aircraft, state news agency Télam reported.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Campo de Mayo 'death flights' trial gets underway

10-10-2020 08:54 Court begins trial into alleged crimes against humanity carried out by five military officers. First trial seeking to prove existence of death flights departing from Campo de Mayo military garrison.

by Luciana Bertoia

Bolivian election

He's not running, but Evo Morales looms large in Bolivia vote

27-09-2020 09:30 Bolivia is divided, mainly along ethnic, regional and socioeconomic lines, between those who applaud the former president as a voice for the historically poor and disenfranchised, and those who say he became increasingly corrupt and authoritarian during 14 years in power

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court grants Etchecolatz house arrest – but other rulings keep him behind bars

26-09-2020 09:35 Infamous human rights violator, guilty of multiple crimes against humanity dating back to 1976-1983 military dictatorship, granted house arrest by court, but previous rulings prevent him from leaving jail.

Coronavirus pandemic

First anti-lockdown protest takes place in Buenos Aires

26-05-2020 15:41 Around 150 demonstrators rallied at the Plaza de Mayo on the 25 de Mayo holiday, protesting the lockdown introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and the halt in economic activity.

NUNCA MÁS

Quarantined Argentines use balconies, networks to remember 1976 coup

24-03-2020 16:51 Today marks the anniversary of the 1976 military coup, but with a mandatory quarantine in place to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, Argentines are finding other ways to mark the day.

Argentine Activist Dies

A leading advocate for Argentina's disappeared dies at 92

04-02-2020 12:57 Berta Schubaroff, member of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, spent years silently protesting the 1976-1983 dictatorship.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Evo Morales joins Mothers of Plaza de Mayo for weekly march

26-12-2019 19:48 Former Bolivia president, currently living in Argentina as a refugee after being ousted from power, joined the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo for their weekly march in Buenos Aires' famous square on Thursday.

Transition of Power

Fences removed from Plaza de Mayo ahead of Fernández's inauguration

09-12-2019 13:35 After years of debate around the barriers near the Casa Rosada, city workers removed them overnight Sunday ahead of Peronist leader's swearing-in.

PHOTO GALLERY

Buenos Aires Pride March calls for an Argentina free of 'crimes of hate'

04-11-2019 12:01 For the first time, celebration organizers nixed the emblem “LGBTQ” from the title, saying it no longer represented all the identities the movement embodies.

by Carly Graf

Chile Protests

Human rights groups in Buenos Aires support Chilean protesters

23-10-2019 17:00 Eleven NGOs issue call of solidarity and demand President Sebastián Piñera bring end to fighting through peaceful means.

News of 25 de mayo

Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

EAAF begins aerial search of Campo de Mayo military garrison

Evo Morales leaves Argentina for Venezuela

Campo de Mayo 'death flights' trial gets underway

He's not running, but Evo Morales looms large in Bolivia vote

Court grants Etchecolatz house arrest – but other rulings keep him behind bars

First anti-lockdown protest takes place in Buenos Aires

Quarantined Argentines use balconies, networks to remember 1976 coup

A leading advocate for Argentina's disappeared dies at 92

Evo Morales joins Mothers of Plaza de Mayo for weekly march

Fences removed from Plaza de Mayo ahead of Fernández's inauguration

Buenos Aires Pride March calls for an Argentina free of 'crimes of hate'

Human rights groups in Buenos Aires support Chilean protesters

Raids uncover corrupt mayor’s stash of cash, guns and luxury cars

Fernández warns business leaders over ‘incomprehensible’ price rises

Argentina at crossroads over the future of its lithium sector

YPF moves forward with lithium development

UK stunned as Conservative MP David Amess stabbed to death

"Clientelismo" en la 9 de Julio: así reparten plata durante una protesta piquetera

Jorge Asís aseguró que hay “un acuerdo tácito” para dejar al kirchnerismo afuera

Eduardo Duhalde: “El problema no es el kirchnerismo, el problema es el cristinismo”

¿Dónde voto? Consultá el padrón definitivo para las elecciones legislativas 2021

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