Dictatorship
Six dictatorship-era perpetrators convicted in Buenos Aires and Patagonia
Six former military and armed forces members, most of whom were part of intelligence branches, were convicted this week of crimes against humanity...
Martina JaureguyAugust 27, 20260
Court overturns acquittal of dictatorship-era judges over child appropriation
The Argentine Supreme Court overturned the acquittal of two former judges and two judicial workers of the country’s last dictatorship who had been...
Martina JaureguyAugust 13, 20260
Netflix unveils Mothers of Plaza de Mayo biopic Villaflor
Netflix unveiled on Friday new pictures and the plot of Villaflor, a film about the true story of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo...
Buenos Aires HeraldJune 13, 20260
Dictatorship doc sparks denialism debate within Argentine film community
A heated online debate between Argentine filmmakers and critics sparked through the local film community last week, triggered by Juan Villegas’ dictatorship documentary...
Buenos Aires HeraldMay 9, 20260
Dictatorship repressor sentenced to life Eduardo Ruffo gets parole
Eduardo Alfredo Ruffo, sentenced to life imprisonment for cases of kidnapping, torture, and child abduction committed during the Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983), was released...
Buenos Aires HeraldMay 7, 20260
Dictatorship repressor sentenced to life Eduardo Ruffo paroled
Eduardo Alfredo Ruffo, sentenced to life imprisonment for cases of kidnapping, torture, and child abduction committed during the Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983) was released...
Buenos Aires HeraldMay 7, 20260
Four former air force members sentenced to 25 years for crimes against humanity
Four former members of Argentina’s air force were sentenced to 25 years each for committing crimes against humanity with 133 victims during the...
Martina JaureguyApril 29, 20260
Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo receive record-high number of inquiries
The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, an organization looking for the people stolen as babies by the last Argentine dictatorship, received a record-high...
Buenos Aires HeraldApril 13, 20260
Late dictatorship criminals house searched for potential repression files
The judiciary conducted a search in the house of late former army commander Carlos Suárez Mason, who was responsible for clandestine detention and...
Martina JaureguyApril 13, 20260
Institution key to finding babies stolen by dictatorship suffers 60% budget cut under Milei
President Javier Milei’s austerity policies have hit one of the main pillars in Argentina’s fight to find and identify those who were “disappeared”...
Martina JaureguyMarch 28, 20260
