Martina Jaureguy

2 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Bahía Blanca is still enduring the consequences of the massive storm that hit the city in March. On Monday, the judiciary confirmed that “biological remains” found on April 26 belong to one-year-old Delfina Hecker, the only person who remained missing. The discovery brings the death toll to 18. Delfina and her sister Pilar Hecker, 5, who was found 20 days ago, were the two youngest victims of the tragedy.

2 days ago | qoshe.com | Martina Jaureguy

The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo have announced a sharp increase in the number of identity inquiries since the release of Netflix’s The Eternaut. Calls, emails and messages are said to have soared from people wondering if they were appropriated as children during the last military dictatorship in Argentina. The show is based on the comic book by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, who himself has a tragic family history related to the time of the dictatorship.

2 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo have announced a sharp increase in the number of identity inquiries since the release of Netflix’s The Eternaut. Calls, emails and messages are said to have soared from people wondering if they were appropriated as children during the last military dictatorship in Argentina.

3 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has warned that Argentina’s government is implementing policies that hurt the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people. President Javier Milei’s austerity measures and the rise in poverty during the first semester of 2024 also eroded the overall population’s enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights, it added.

3 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

A group of 19 dictatorship criminals who were being held in the elderly wing of the Ezeiza prison were transferred on Friday to a jail located inside the Campo de Mayo military compound. Human rights organization H.I.J.O.S. questioned the move on the grounds that the convicts will now be under “privileged” conditions compared to common prisoners. The Security Ministry has not replied to a request for comment from the Herald about why the convicts were transferred.