News of army

Crisis in Argentina’s Armed Forces as poor salaries lead to exodus

Today 07:58 Some 2,200 members of the Armed Forces have resigned this year. The Navy has been hardest hit, with some receiving monthly pay-cheques below 600,000 pesos.

Human rights

Peru's president signs military crimes amnesty bill into law

13-08-2025 17:36 Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signs controversial bill granting amnesty to military personnel, police and members of civilian self-defence units over a bloody 1980-2000 campaign against leftist guerrillas.

Politics – Analysis

From ‘Caputito’ to ‘Fat Dan’ – weird scenes of digital disinformation

31-05-2025 06:39 Milei and his digital pit-bulls appeal to freedom of expression while relying on manipulative and even false information to get their message across, while fostering censorship and hate of the traditional media. Freedom of speech for those who express the same kind of things as me, censorship for the rest.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentine seeks military trial in Italy over dictatorship deaths

09-09-2024 15:55 Lieutenant colonel Carlos Luis Malatto, accused of the murder of eight people during the country's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, seeks a military trial in Italy.

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Bolivian Army chiefs arrested after 'coup' attempt

27-06-2024 12:13 Two Bolivian Army leaders arrested after soldiers and tanks converge in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted "coup d'état."

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Bolivian president urges mobilisation against 'coup d'état'

26-06-2024 18:01 President Luis Arce on Wednesday called for Bolivians to mobilise in the face of an attempted "coup d'état" by military officers who tried to force their way into the seat of government in the centre of La Paz.

CRISIS IN ROSARIO

‘Armed forces will arrive in Rosario in next 24 hours,’ says Petri

11-03-2024 15:43 Defence Minister Luis Petri in Rosario drawing up new security plans with Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, Santa Fe Province Governor Maximiliano Pullaro members of new crisis committee.

SAN MARTÍN DE LOS ANDES

Four soldiers killed, 18 injured as Army truck overturns in Patagonia

21-09-2023 23:30 Driver loses control of Argentine Army truck travelling along Route 62 near San Martin de los Andes; For reasons that are still under investigation, military vehicle overturned and derailed, falling from a height of 10 metres down a ravine.