Former navy captain Alfredo Astiz AKA “Blond Angel of Death” went on trial with 18 other former police and military officers charged with crimes against humanity during Argentina’s “dirty war.”
Thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets to celebrate the victory of José “Pepe” Mujica, a former leader of the Tupamaro urban guerilla group, in a runoff election for the presidency.
Israel’s Knesset unanimously approved a resolution demanding that Argentina extradite those colonels and generals involved in mass killings during the country’s military dictatorship.
The Argentine Senate approved a law that would authorize the government to obtain DNA samples from individuals suspected to have been born to forced disappearance victims
Amnesty International has called on Brazil and Paraguay to redouble efforts to find an indigenous teacher who has been missing since a violent eviction of peasants at a border village.
Coverage of IAPA’s annual meeting in Buenos Aires focused on legal measures limiting press freedoms in populist regimes, but use of terror against the media is escalating in US allies such as Mexico.
Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo fired the head of the armed forces two days after he sacked the commanders of the army, navy and air force amid rumors of a coup.
The trial of Argentina’s last military ruler, Reynaldo Bignone, opened this week at a Buenos Aires sports arena, attended by hundreds of relatives of his victims from the “dirty war” years.
Two weeks after Rio de Janeiro won the 2016 Olympics, the Brazilian city was rocked by an intense gun battle that left 12 dead and a Military Police helicopter in flames.
Argentina’s former President Carlos Menem was charged with obstructing an investigation into the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires.
Spanish police arrested former Argentine military pilot Juan Alberto Poch on charges that he flew “death flights” in which some 1,000 dissidents were thrown from planes into the sea.
Striking subway workers in Buenos Aires opened the turnstiles for two hours, letting commuters ride for free.
