News of remembrance

Veterans attend services marking 40th anniversary of South Atlantic War

11-03-2022 14:14 British and Argentine veterans in Buenos Aires attend remembrance services.

by John Hunter

Remembrance Day: Tributes paid to fallen at British Cemetery

12-11-2021 22:29 The Buenos Aires British Cemetery hosted a Remembrance Day event this November 11, attended by representatives from several entities from the British community.

by John Hunter

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Emotion, ovations and plenty of tears as Argentine football remembers Maradona

05-11-2021 18:09 Local football marked what would have been the late Diego Maradona’s 61st birthday with a series of tributes to the superstar captain of Argentina’s 1986 World Cup-winning side.

MALVINAS DAY

Argentina renews Malvinas sovereignty claim, 39 years after war

03-04-2021 08:50 Argentina urges international community “to generate the conditions for the United Kingdom to take up the bilateral sovereignty negotiations in the terms stipulated by the UN."

MARCH 24

Rights groups call for 30,000 trees to be planted in memory of disappeared

24-03-2021 14:04 Human rights groups, marking the 45th anniversary of the coup that brought the 1976-1983 military dictatorship to power, are planting frees in honour of those who disappeared at the hands of the military junta.

MARCH 24

Nation pauses to remember victims of military dictatorship

23-03-2021 22:05 On Wednesday, nation pauses for a public holiday to mark the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice, in remembrance of victims of the brutal military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Fernández urges Argentina to remember dictatorship ‘horror’

22-03-2021 16:36 Peronist leader calls on citizens to keep memory of crimes against humanity committed by 1976-1983 military dictatorship alive, with this year’s remembrance services set to be limited by coronavirus pandemic.

Diego Armando Maradona (1960-2020)

Billionaire Eurnekian vows to build Maradona statue at Ezeiza

28-11-2020 07:15 Billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian is preparing to fulfil an old promise to Maradona by erecting a statue of the late player at Ezeiza international airport.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

British Cemetery honours fallen at Remembrance Service

14-11-2020 09:48 Community leaders ensure Covid-19 doesn’t prevent traditional Remembrance Day services from going ahead, though attendance was limited to just 20 people.