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…
Italy approves extradition of priest wanted for murder, torture during Argentina dictatorship
Rome, ItalyAP Italy’s justice minister has approved the extradition of an Italian priest sought by Argentina on charges of murder and torture during that country’s last military dictatorship but the priest is appealing the extradition in Italian courts, a lawyer and rights groups said Thursday. Attorney Arturo Salerni, who represents Argentina, told The Associated Press […]
AI imagines kids of victims kidnapped during Argentina dictatorship
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters A project by Argentine artist Santiago Barros uses artificial intelligence to imagine what the children of those who disappeared during the country’s bloody military dictatorship (1976-1983) would look like today. “Seeing them look you in the eyes, it makes you question, it reminds you the horror is still out there, that […]
Argentina “death flight” plane returned from US
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentine officials on Monday welcomed the return of an airplane from which the country’s last military dictatorship threw political opponents to their deaths, and that will now be part of a museum dedicated to the victims’ memory. The turboprop plane took part in the so-called “death flights” that Argentina’s bloody 1976-1983 dictatorship […]
Pope says Argentina Government wanted “my head” when he was in Buenos Aires
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis said that when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires more than a decade ago, the Argentine Government wanted “to cut my head off” by backing false accusations that he had collaborated with the military dictatorship of the 1970s. Francis made his comments on 29th April in a private conversation with Jesuits […]