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2 days ago

Milei administration in Argentina blocks journalist access to Casa Rosada

Milei's administration has restricted journalist access and used hostile rhetoric against the press, raising concerns about press freedom in Argentina.
#argentina
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago
Social justice

From testimony and denunciation to irony and humor: A 50-year cultural battle for the memory of the dictatorship in Argentina

SF parents
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fate of Argentina's disappeared remains open wound' as more victims identified

Argentina's history of state terror and forced disappearances remains a critical issue, with recent developments highlighting ongoing struggles for truth and justice.
Social justice
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

From testimony and denunciation to irony and humor: A 50-year cultural battle for the memory of the dictatorship in Argentina

Fifty years after Argentina's dictatorship, memory, truth, and justice are threatened, yet cultural expressions continue to address the trauma of genocide.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Colombia's history-making VP blames racism for four years of frustration

Francia Marquez becomes Colombia's first Black vice-president, highlighting systemic racism and exclusion faced by Black leaders in government.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Chile's far-right government rips up plan for memorial at Pinochet torture site

Colonia Dignidad was a fenced enclave where Paul Schafer held as many as 300 people with minimal contact with the outside world, subjecting them to severe abuse and torture.
Germany news
#cuba
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
World news

Cuba to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade

Cuba plans to pardon 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week amid US pressure for political change.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago
World news

Cubans also want an amnesty for their political prisoners

Wilber Aguilar petitioned Cuba's National Assembly for amnesty to free his son Walniel, sentenced to 12 years for participating in the July 11, 2021 protests.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Cuba announces release of over 2,000 prisoners as a humanitarian and sovereign gesture'

Cuba released over 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture amid U.S. negotiations and an ongoing energy embargo.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Nicaragua and Cuba in the mirror of Venezuela

The troika of tyranny in Latin America consists of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, but they require differentiated policies due to their unique circumstances.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Cuba to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade

Cuba plans to pardon 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week amid US pressure for political change.
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

US denies entry to Silvia Labayru, a victim of the Argentine dictatorship

Silvia Labayru, a former guerrilla, was denied entry to the U.S. despite having a valid visa, raising concerns about her book's impact.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Silvio Rodriguez: The world is run by an authoritarian, warmongering, thieving regime. And it's not Cuba'

There are politics in my songs, but not propaganda, says the musician, who receives EL PAIS on Wednesday at the Ojala studios in Havana. He speaks of the government's orthodox and closed vision in the economic sphere, and of his commitment to a less rigid socialism.
Music production
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Ivan Cepeda: Our fight is not with Paloma or Abelardo, it is with Uribe'

Cepeda emphasizes that he is not competing against other candidates like Abelardo de La Espriella or Paloma Valencia, but rather against former president Alvaro Uribe Velez.
US Elections
#venezuela
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Venezuela rights activist Javier Tarazona freed amid prisoner release

Javier Tarazona, Venezuelan rights activist and FundaRedes director, was released after 1,675 days in detention following terrorism and conspiracy charges.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Internal differences are delaying the amnesty promised by Delcy Rodriguez in Venezuela

Approval of Venezuela's political amnesty law is delayed due to internal government conflicts over scope, risking exclusion from the National Assembly agenda.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Leopoldo Lopez: There is still no clarity on the political transition in Venezuela'

Leopoldo Lopez emphasizes the need for a legitimate government in Venezuela through elections following the imprisonment of Nicolas Maduro.
#cuba-prisoner-release
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Juan Gabriel Tokatlian: If Peru, Colombia, and Brazil shift to the right, the US will have the bulk of Latin America under its influence'

The Trump administration is reviving Cold War-era domination strategies toward Latin America, asserting U.S. power and demanding regional compliance through coordinated diplomatic pressure.
Law
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Rodrigo Mudrovitsch: We perceive a strong disenchantment with human rights among young people'

Rodrigo Mudrovitsch prioritizes engaging youth, climate action, and speeding court processes during his two-year presidency of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Rift between Javier Milei and his vice president deepens with accusations of coup-mongering and corruption

In his opening address of the parliamentary year, while insulting and mocking opposition legislators, Milei alluded to an alleged conspiracy involving members of his government to try to overthrow him and with a rather unsubtle gesture, he seemed to point to Villarruel, seated behind him.
SF politics
#chilean-politics
US Elections
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Jose Antonio Kast, the Pinochet fan about to swerve Chile to the far right

Jose Antonio Kast won Chile's presidency with 58% of the vote by promising tough crime solutions, despite Chile's murder rate being relatively low compared to other Latin American countries.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Rubio says Cuba needs to get new people in charge' as US ratchets pressure

The Trump administration intensifies pressure on Cuba through fuel embargoes and sanctions threats, demanding governmental change while threatening unspecified action against the island nation.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Argentina Senate approves contentious Milei-backed labour reforms

The Senate approved the so-called labour modernization law on Friday with 42 votes in favour, 28 against and two abstentions, handing the libertarian president one of his most significant legislative wins. Milei's administration argues the changes will spur investment and create formal jobs, while labour unions contend they weaken worker protections.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Spanish officer who led 1981 coup dies on day documents declassified

Photographs of Tejero wearing the tricorn patent leather hat of the Guardia Civil and brandishing a pistol at MPs on 23 February 1981 are among the most indelible images of Spain's young democracy.
Europe politics
Left-wing politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Gustavo Petro: Colombia's former rebel fighter turned president

Gustavo Petro evolved from an M-19 urban rebel to Colombia's first left-wing president, consistently pursuing peace, land reform, and environmentalism while facing assassination threats.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Spain to formally pardon 53 women incarcerated by Franco regime

The board, which had echoes of Ireland's notorious Magdalene laundries, was overseen by Carmen Polo, the wife of the dictator Gen Francisco Franco. Originally founded in 1902 to stamp out sex work, in 1941, two years after the end of the Spanish civil war, its role was extended to clamp down on female behaviour that deviated from norms laid down by the Catholic church.
Madrid food
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fears for women's rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office

Jose Antonio Kast, a 60-year-old ultra Catholic whose father was a member of the Nazi party, has consistently blocked progressive bids for women's rights and equality across his three-decade career in politics. As a congressman, Kast voted against divorce when Chile became one of the last countries of the world to legalise it in 2004 and vehemently opposed the legalisation of abortion under limited exceptions when it was passed in 2017.
Social justice
#labor-reform
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Jose Maria Balcazar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade

Jose Maria Balcazar was elected Peru’s president, replacing an ousted interim leader; he will serve five months and oversee upcoming presidential and legislative elections.
World politics
fromPrivacy International
2 months ago

Argentina's election authorities must guarantee the right to a universally accessible secret vote

Argentina's October 2025 legislative elections failed to guarantee secret, private, and non-discriminatory voting for blind, partially sighted, illiterate, and other vulnerable voters.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

More exploitation, fewer rights': Argentina braces for sweeping overhaul of labor laws

Argentina's senate prepares to approve labour law reforms that weaken unions, extend working hours to 12, cut severance pay, and allow direct employer-employee negotiations, despite concerns about rising informal employment and job losses.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Latin America: In the Shadow of the US | Ep 1 Coups

US-backed Cold War interventions in Latin America led to military coups, dictatorships, covert operations, resistance movements, regional repression, and lasting political instability.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

A 15-year-old teenager, missing since 1986, officially recognized as a victim of the Pinochet dictatorship

Luis had been missing for four decades, ever since he disappeared at age 15 during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990). The notice came from a court in Arica, in the far north of Chile, summoning him for failing to vote in the May elections for constitutional councilors, according to records from the Electoral Service (Servel). Under Chile's compulsory voting law, anyone who does not vote must provide a justification; otherwise, they face sanctions.
World politics
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Protesters clash with police over bid to restrict Argentina's labour rights

Argentine labour reforms would curb strikes, ease firing, cut severance, restrict collective bargaining, and sparked mass protests and clashes in Buenos Aires.
#peru-politics
#evo-morales
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Bernardo Arevalo: Guatemala's democracy is at stake in the coming month'

Guatemala's democracy faces a decisive struggle as reformist President Arevalo confronts entrenched corrupt powers resisting judicial and institutional reforms during critical upcoming appointments.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Fernandez wins Costa Rican presidency, steering Latin America further right

With 94% of polling stations counted, the political heir of outgoing president, Rodrigo Chaves, had captured 48.3% of the vote, compared with Ramos's 33.4%, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). As soon as the first results were announced, members of Fernandez's Sovereign People's party erupted in celebrations around the country, waving blue, red and white-striped Costa Rican flags. Viva Rodrigo Chaves, some cheered, in a nod to Fernandez's mentor.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14

Adult crime, adult punishment. That's the logic behind the bill championed by Argentine President Javier Milei to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, which was approved this Thursday in the Chamber of Deputies. The new Juvenile Criminal Code, which received 149 votes in favor and 100 against, was debated for more than eight hours and now goes to the Senate for final approval.
World news
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Juan Manuel Santos, former president of Colombia: The world is on the wrong track'

Juan Manuel Santos remains highly active internationally, promoting Colombia's peace process, engaging with former FARC communities, and warning about growing global risks like nuclear tensions.
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