Archive for 2010
The world’s street art capital?
Argentina’s capital boasts one of the world’s most buoyant street art scenes thanks to the laissez-faire attitude of the city government
People’s court tries journalists who defended dictatorship
The Madres de Plaza de Mayo, a pressure group made up of mothers of those ‘disappeared’ during the military dictatorship, organised a symbolic trial in central Buenos Aires of journalists who justified the junta of 1976-83
Twenty five years for Argentina’s last dictator
Reynaldo Bignone, Argentina’s last de facto ruler, spent his first night in prison yesterday after being found guilty of crimes committed during the dictatorship. Bignone, 82, was the country’s last military ruler before the return to democracy in 1983. A Buenos Aires court found him guilty of human rights abuses committed in 1977 at the [...]
The big screen comes to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires’ annual celebration of independent cinema is underway, welcoming a quarter of a million viewers and showing over 1,000 screenings
Argentina and China in trade dispute over soya oil
Argentina and China are locked in a growing trade dispute after the Chinese government said it plans to boycott imports of soya oil from Argentina.
Argentina to see biggest anti-British protests for years
Argentina to see biggest anti-British protests for years
Argentinian veterans plan protests at Falklands oil rig
Former fighters in 1982 conflict accuse Britain of ‘piracy’
Marchers take to the streets to mark Falklands anniversary
Marchers took to the streets of Buenos Aires yesterday to mark the 28th anniversary of the Falklands War
The 10p cocaine byproduct turning Argentina’s slum children into the living dead
A generation of parents in Buenos Aires can only watch in despair as their sons and daughters are consumed by paco, a lethally cheap drug
‘Systematic’ Human Rights Abuses in Argentina’s Prison System
The violent deaths of four inmates in Argentine prisons in the past few weeks has confirmed the ‘systematic’ violation of human rights in the country’s penal system according to human rights groups. A new report by the Coordinating Committee against Police and Institutional Repression (CORREPI), an organisation for families of the victims of police brutality, [...]
