News of violence

Boca star Sebastián Villa found guilty of assaulting ex-partner

02-06-2023 22:08 Boca Juniors midfielder Sebastián Villa has played his last game for the club after a court found him guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend in April 2020.

More than 40% of victims of sexual violence in Argentina are children

24-05-2023 14:08 New report by UFEM unit reveals that 87% of adult victims of sexual violence are female and that 90% of those charged with such crimes are male.

Politicians playing with fire

08-04-2023 06:29 Much of the population is in a very angry mood. Unless the authorities do more to deter criminals, many more politicians could get roughed up whenever they venture into unfriendly territory.

by James Neilson

Family seek justice for slain Catamarca minister

06-04-2023 18:00 The children of Juan Carlos Rojas, late Catamarca Province social development minister, denounce the “cover up” of their father’s brutal murder last December, providing photos of mutilated victim as proof of wrongdoing.

IWD: State and justice system owes debt to victims of femicide

08-03-2023 12:33 Femicide numbers are not decreasing and Argentina lacks the effective government policies to prevent them. The State – and the Judiciary – has an outstanding debt with the nation's women.

by María Pastore

Mabel Bianco: ‘The mechanisms we have to support women are not working’

08-03-2023 07:00 Physician, campaigner and activist Dr. Mabel Bianco on gender equality in Argentina, abortion reform, barriers to reproductive freedom and tackling violence against women.

by Erica Davis

Young Venezuelan dies after being shot in the head in Palermo phone robbery

06-03-2023 18:46 In the early hours of Monday morning, a young man was shot in the head when he resisted the theft of his cell phone, in another act of insecurity that shook the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Palermo.

UN experts call for end to violence in Peru

06-03-2023 12:06 UN experts express concern about reports of repression, arbitrary killings, arrests and detentions in Peru and called on the country's authorities to create dialogue to end the crisis.

Campaigners in Rosario demand action in ‘capital of perfect crime’

15-02-2023 21:58 "They’re killing us and nobody does anything" – activist group Familiares y Víctimas de la Inseguridad makes new appeal to provincial and national governments; Narco violence continues to terrorise Rosario with 41 homicides since turn of the year.

Argentina retains low score in global corruption ranking

02-02-2023 12:50 Transparency International publishes results of annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), with discouraging results for the country and the region.

One dead, more than 100 injured amid chaos at Gimnasia-Boca match

07-10-2022 09:14 One person died of a cardiac arrest on Thursday following violent clashes that started outside a football match on the outskirts of Buenos Aires before spilling into the stadium and onto the pitch, authorities said.

At least 15 dead in Ecuadoran prison riots

04-10-2022 15:36 Tactical units sent to re-establish control following fatal clash between inmates and authorities.

Rumblings from below

17-09-2022 02:55 The botched attempt to assassinate Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has encouraged fears that Argentina could see the return of political violence.

by James Neilson

Violence-ridden Rosario suffered one murder a day in August

07-09-2022 14:47 Incessant and fatal violence continues in Rosario: crime-ridden city suffered 31 violent killings in August.

Peruvian women ask Michelle Bachelet for help in face of violence

19-07-2022 14:28 Michelle Bachelet, UN Human Rights High Commissioner, met by Peruvian women, including trans women, denouncing the daily violence they face.

Colombian forces kill FARC dissident leader

18-07-2022 14:19 Death of rebel leader Nestor Vera described by Colombian government as “final blow” to FARC.

Indigenous protests cost Ecuador US$1 billion, central bank says

05-07-2022 10:00 Days of protests over the cost of living by indigenous Ecuadoreans could cost the country at least US$1 billion, claims nation's central bank.

Ecuador talks falter after soldier killed by 'violent demonstrators'

29-06-2022 13:22 Negotiations to end more than two weeks of disruptive living cost protests by indigenous Ecuadoreans were dealt a blow Tuesday when the killing of a soldier prompted the government to suspend participation.

One femicide every 35 hours in Argentina last year

31-05-2022 15:36 During 2021, a woman died from gender violence every 35 hours, according to official government data.

After Uvalde, Biden vows to keep up pressure for gun regulation

30-05-2022 21:53 US President Joe Biden continues push for stricter gun regulation after the latest US mass shooting that left 21 people dead – an uphill battle given the Democrats' narrow congressional majority.