OBITUARY Pope Francis, promoter of more compassionate Church, dies at 88 21-04-2025 14:51 Pontiff was praised for focus on poverty and human suffering; Born in Argentina, he was the first pope from the Americas.
OBITUARY Ronnie Scott, beloved World War II veteran, dies aged 107 17-04-2025 19:41 An inspiration to much of the local community, Ronald David Scott – who volunteered from Argentina to join the Allies’ war effort in 1942 – passes away in his 108th year. by Michael Soltys
OBITUARY Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist 13-04-2025 23:25 As one of Latin America’s foremost writers and intellectuals, Mario Vargas Llosa defended individual liberty, democracy and the free market, which often put him at odds with his peers and political leaders in the region.
LITERARY LEGEND DIES Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89 13-04-2025 23:15 Mario Vargas Llosa has died in Lima at the age of 89, confirms family; Nobel literature laureate is considered to be one of the greats of Latin America's literary "boom" of the 1960s and 1970s.
OBITUARY Dictatorship-era torturer ‘El Turco Julián’ dies in jail 26-03-2025 09:59 Former Federal Police officer Julio Héctor Simón, who tortured his victims at the ‘El Olimpo’ clandestine detention centre and commanded task forces entrusted with the abduction and disappearance of persons, dies aged 84 while serving time for three convictions of crimes against humanity.
OBITUARY Comedic actor Antonio Gasalla dies aged 84 18-03-2025 16:07 Actor and comedian Antonio Gasalla was 84 years old; he had been hospitalised with pneumonia and discharged last week, but his health had declined in recent years.
OBITUARY Abuelas and Madres founder Mirta Acuña de Baravalle dies at 99 04-11-2024 14:30 Mirta Acuña de Baravalle, one of the founders of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo and Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, has died at the age of 99.
OBITUARY Former Health minister Ginés González García dies aged 79 18-10-2024 14:41 Veteran politician and physician Ginés González García, whose lengthy career in public service ended in disgrace during the coronavirus pandemic, dies at the age of 79.
PERU EX-PRESIDENT Peru's deeply divisive former leader dead at 86 12-09-2024 00:26 Polarising ex-Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori has died aged 86 in the nation's capital Lima, family reports.
OBITUARY Alberto Fujimori, authoritarian behind Peru rebound, dies at 86 11-09-2024 22:15 Former president of Peru oversaw the defeat of Maoist terrorists, tamed hyperinflation and continued to loom large over national politics after being imprisoned for his role in killings by death squads.
HUMAN RIGHTS Madres de Plaza de Mayo activist Herenia Sánchez de Viamonte dies at 97 09-09-2024 14:12 Tributes paid to human rights activist and teacher, who passed away at the age of 97; Sánchez de Viamonte, who co-founded La Plata branch of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, remembered for tireless search for her son and daughter-in-law, who were kidnapped by the military dictatorship in 1977.
OBITUARY Gregorio Pérez Companc, one of Argentina’s richest men, dies at 89 14-06-2024 13:20 Gregorio Pérez Companc, who helped transform the face of Argentina’s corporate world with investments from telecommunications to farming and oil, which made him a billionaire, has died aged 89.
OBITUARY Tommy Hudson OBE, 1932-2024 14-06-2024 12:38 A stalwart of the Anglo-Argentine community, Tomás Neville Hudson died on June 4 in his 92nd year.
César Luis Menotti (1938-2024) ‘El Flaco’ left an indelible mark on Argentine football 07-05-2024 16:48 César Luis Menotti will be forever associated with football and the nation he took to the top of the world, in the most difficult of circumstances. by Dan Edwards
OBITUARY Former World Cup winning coach César Luis Menotti dies at 85 05-05-2024 18:42 César Luis Menotti, the endearing football romantic who led the Albiceleste to first World Cup triumph in 1978, has died at the age of 85.
OBITUARY Horacio Méndez Carreras upheld dignity and decency in inglorious times 02-05-2024 09:00 Horacio witnessed so much. Some of his experiences were as hilarious as they were chilling, but he did much more than bear witness. He is a man who helped make Argentina a better place. by Robert Cox
OBITUARY Horacio Méndez Carreras, human rights lawyer who tracked murder of French nuns, dies at 86 02-05-2024 08:57 Heralded human rights lawyer, who was born in 1937 and passed away on Monday, worked with Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo as plaintiff in the trial probing crimes against humanity committed at ESMA Navy Mechanics School. In 1984, he was contracted by the French state to pursue an almost impossible case: investigating the forced disappearances of French nuns Alice Domon and Léonie Duquet.
OBITUARY Piñera: the ‘locomotora’ that return the right to power in Chile 08-02-2024 01:02 Former president and businessman, who led Chile for two terms (2010-2014, 2018-2022), was nation’s first right-wing leader of post-Pinochet democratic era.
OBITUARY Transgender activist and author Cecilia Gentili dies in New York at age 52 07-02-2024 16:31 Tributes paid to trailblazing trans advocate, originally from Santa Fe Province, who has died at the age of 52.
OBITUARY A personal tribute: Maud Daverio de Cox, 1931-2023 02-12-2023 08:44 Maud Daverio de Cox's story is quite rightly centred on human rights, but the late 92-year-old was remarkable woman and loyal wife who shone through her writing despite a brutal battle with blindness. by Michael Soltys
OBITUARY Kissinger: controversial giant of statecraft who moulded post-war US history 30-11-2023 17:37 Relentlessly ambitious US diplomat whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, dies at 100.
OBITUARY Henry Kissinger, diplomat who defined US foreign policy, dies at 100 30-11-2023 13:38 Henry Kissinger, the child refugee who rose to define United States foreign policy during the 1970s, has died.
Obituary Harold Briley, BBC journalist during South Atlantic war, dies at 92 29-06-2023 00:06 Harold Briley, most famous here as the BBC correspondent who covered the 1982 South Atlantic war, lost a long battle against cancer on Monday aged 92.