Argentina’s Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President Javier Milei’s painful austerity measures. The demonstrations are the latest example of rising tension over spending cuts that are helping undo […]
“Big Brother”: Reboot of Buenos Aires facial recognition plan fuels privacy fears
DAVID FELIBA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that NGOs fear a controversial facial recognition system – dubbed Buenos Aires’ Big Brother – could be revived, threatening rights…
“We will teach by candlelight”: Argentine students and teachers protest Milei budget cuts
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s public universities held protests on Wednesday against sharp budget cuts by the government of President Javier Milei, turning off the lights in classrooms to draw attention to their predicament – and save money on electricity. The prestigious University of Buenos Aires (UBA) said it had experienced an 80 per cent […]
Argentines commemorate coup as Milei sows doubt about dictatorship past
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Thousands of Argentines took to the streets around the country on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1976 military coup that lasted eight years and led to widespread repression, torture and disappearances. Several local and human rights groups gathered in Buenos Aires, waving banners, singing songs and carrying photos of […]
A “fearless fight”: Their children disappeared in Argentina’s dictatorship. These mothers have looked for them since
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo…
Argentina’s child poverty rate on track to hit 70 per cent, UNICEF warns
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s child poverty rate could hit 70% in the first quarter of the year unless there is a change in course, UNICEF warned in a report on Tuesday, reflecting how high inflation, weakening growth and austerity is hitting the country hard. In a report, the UN Children’s Fund said the poverty […]
Postcards: As Argentina food prices soar, more people scavenge to survive
MIGUEL LO BIANCO, of Reuters, reports from Buenos Aires…
Saints of Past Ages: Maria Antonia de Paz y Figueroa
DÉBORA REY, of Associated Press, looks at the life of “Mama Antula”…
After embrace, Pope and Argentina’s Milei meet amid speculation Francis might finally go home
Rome, Italy AP Despite their rocky start, Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appeared to have hit it off as they held their first meeting Monday amid speculation that the Argentine pontiff might finally go home for a visit later this year. The Vatican said the two men met for an hour and 10 minutes, an […]
Pope and Argentine President Milei embrace after pontiff canonises Argentina’s first female saint
Vatican City AP Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei embraced Sunday in St Peter’s Basilica, as Argentine faith and politics came together during a Mass to canonise the country’s first female saint. The ceremony to declare Mama Antula a saint marked the first meeting between the Argentine pope and Milei, who once called Francis […]