News of 25 de mayo

Stories of the dictatorship

Abuelas welcome grandson no. 130: Javier Matías

13-06-2019 14:54 The 130th recovered grandchild will now start a new search for answers: whether his pregnant mother, disappeared during Argentina's dictatorship, ever gave birth to his baby brother or sister.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo identify 130th missing grandchild of long search

10-06-2019 15:56 Abuelas confirm "restitution of identity" of another grandchild. Group will hold a press conference on Thursday with the individual, who lives 'outside of Capital Federal.'

BOLSONARO IN B.A.

Protesters take to streets to tell Bolsonaro he's not welcome in Argentina

07-06-2019 19:22 Hours after President Macri had hosted his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, at the Casa Rosada, a crowd dominated by leftists marched on the Plaza de Mayo to express their disapproval of the far-right leader.

by Jonah Shrock

SEMANA DE MAYO

25 de Mayo: a celebration we should know more about

25-05-2019 11:53 The business of patriotic dates is mostly a thing of the past, except where governments set the days of their choice to their importance.

by Andrew Graham-Yooll

KEY STORIES

May 20th-26th: What We Learned This Week

25-05-2019 11:47 What has happened the last seven days?

ECONOMIC TENSIONS

Protesters decry IMF talks as Macri's economic reshuffle brings respite

26-05-2018 08:17 Thousands swarm downtown on 25 de Mayo to protest the government seeking financial help from IMF. Government’s bid to keep peso under control seems to pay off as president takes series of measures to streamline economic team.

OPINION: GUEST VOICE

42 years on, the search for justice continues

24-03-2018 16:05 The size of the march on May 10, 2017 against the '2x1' ruling highlighted the broad social consensus for the legal processes that have addressed human rights crimes committed systematically by the Armed and security forces.

by Verónica Torras

42 years

Argentina to remember coup

23-03-2018 13:22 The anniversary finds a number of the country’s human rights organisations united around a shared opposition to the Mauricio Macri administration.

by Jayson McNamara

TRIED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATOR

Argentina's last ruling dictator Reynaldo Bignone dies aged 90

07-03-2018 12:47 Bignone had received his most recent life sentence last year for human rights violations committed between 1976 and 1977 against conscripts at the National Military College.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Church says it will hand over ex-ESMA baptism certificates to judges

07-03-2018 10:16 Argentine Synod agrees to hand over more than 100 certificates to judges.

NEWS ROUND-UP

What we learned this week: CFK, the Malvinas and a rally for Santiago

09-09-2017 13:54 Get a quick review of the main stories from the last seven days.