News of soldiers

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

All eyes on Army as Brazil heads for elections

29-09-2022 01:00 Experts say that while Jair Bolsonaro has the backing of some in the military, it is highly unlikely the institution would get involved in anything resembling a coup.

Human Rights

Colombia peace tribunal charges 19 soldiers for 300 murders

26-07-2022 17:11 Soldiers who committed war crimes in Colombia in the 2000s have finally been brought to justice, with the special peace tribunal charging 19 for the murder of 303 people.

MALVINAS: 40 YEARS ON

New charges added to Armed Forces torture case during Malvinas war

01-04-2022 21:49 Argentine Federal Prosecutor’s Office adds sexual harassment and anti-Semitism charges to the case against military officers for the torture of their own soldiers during the Malvinas War.

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

Brazilians join fight in far-away Ukraine

28-03-2022 14:02 Hundreds of Brazilians are looking to join the 20,000 volunteers from more than 50 countries who have applied to join the International Legion of Defence of Ukraine, a corps launched to help fend off the Russian invasion.

Darwin cemetery

Malvinas humanitarian mission: Red Cross discovers five bodies

20-08-2021 03:11 Red Cross experts working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers on the disputed Malvinas (Falkland) Islands said Thursday they discovered an additional body buried in a common grave.

HUMANITARIAN PROJECT

Red Cross sends second mission team to identify fallen Argentine soldiers

16-08-2021 14:20 The Red Cross said Monday it had begun a second phase in its forensic work to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried on the disputed Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court investigates FARC for recruitment of 18,000 children

11-08-2021 15:57 Colombia's former rebel group being investigated over alleged recruitment of more than 18,000 children to fight in guerrilla conflict against state.

HUMANITARIAN MISSION

Argentina, UK agree new mission to identify graves of Malvinas soldiers

20-03-2021 07:55 Two countries sign agreement asking Red Cross to lead second humanitarian mission to disputed islands to identify remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin Cemetery.

News of soldiers

All eyes on Army as Brazil heads for elections

Colombia peace tribunal charges 19 soldiers for 300 murders

New charges added to Armed Forces torture case during Malvinas war

Brazilians join fight in far-away Ukraine

Malvinas humanitarian mission: Red Cross discovers five bodies

Red Cross sends second mission team to identify fallen Argentine soldiers

Court investigates FARC for recruitment of 18,000 children

Argentina, UK agree new mission to identify graves of Malvinas soldiers

Five of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa handed life sentences

Judges: Attack on ‘defenceless’ Báez Sosa was ‘previously agreed’

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

Báez Sosa trial: Who was convicted and what was their sentence?

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

La Policía de la Ciudad recluta jóvenes para unirse a la fuerza: cuáles son los requisitos y cuál es el sueldo

Qué dice la ley y en qué momento podrían salir de prisión los cinco rugbiers condenados a perpetua

Recusan a Horacio Rosatti y acusan a la Corte de ocultarlo

Alerta meteorológico a corto plazo por fuertes tormentas y granizo en Buenos Aires

Sierra Chica, el violento penal donde podrían ir los rugbiers condenados por el crimen de Báez Sosa