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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...

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Ex-military intel captain convicted for role in child appropriation case in Tucumán

Former military intelligence captain Carlos Alberto Vega was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the abduction and appropriation of...

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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...

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Former dictatorship officer gets life in prison for crimes against humanity

Former military officer Jos Ignacio Saravia Day was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the false imprisonment of three soldiers during...

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Operation Massacre killings of 1956 declared crimes against humanity

A San Martín court declared that the execution of 12 men committed in José León Suárez in 1956 and depicted in journalist Rodolfo...

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Trial over appropriation of stolen grandchild 128 begins in Tucumán

A long-awaited trial over the appropriation and identity substitution of Marcos Ramos, the 128th stolen grandchild found by the Grandmothers of Plaza de...

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Mother of Plaza de Mayo Taty Almeida dies at 95

President of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Taty Almeida passed away on Sunday at 95. Beloved by her fellow mothers and the rest...

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Court opens truth trial into Operation Massacre, 70 years later

In 1957, renowned journalist and militant Rodolfo Walsh published Operación Masacre (“Operation Massacre”), revealing the horrors of an execution carried out by police...

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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...

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Press and rights groups warn Milei lobby bill could lead to permanent state surveillance

Freedom of expression and human rights organizations warned that a bill introduced by President Javier Milei to regulate lobbying activities could lead to...