Martina Jaureguy

Argentina, Buenos Aires

Reporter at Buenos Aires Herald

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Why is Cristina Kirchner running for local legislator?

3 weeks ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Twice president of Argentina, once vice president, four times senator and once deputy in the National Congress. With such a chequered political history, why is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running for a seat in the local legislature in Buenos Aires province in 2025? Kirchner made the long-awaited announcement on Monday night during an interview with the Herald’s sister channel C5N.
Ni Una Menos to join retiree march as deputies prepare to debate pension raise

3 weeks ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Wednesday is set to be a hectic day in Buenos Aires. A massive march that includes the Ni Una Menos protest against femicides, pensioners, public hospital doctors and scientists, among others, will gather in the square outside Congress in the afternoon. The protest will take place against the backdrop of a Lower House meeting scheduled for noon to potentially debate a pensions raise and a moratorium. The Ni Una Menos movement’s appearance on Wednesday will be their annual protest.
Photojournalist Pablo Grillo discharged from intensive care - Martina Jaureguy

3 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Martina Jaureguy

Photojournalist Pablo Grillo, who was severely injured after being shot in the head during a pensioner protest in March, was discharged from the intensive care unit of the Ramos Mejías Hospital after almost three months. He will now be transferred to Rocca Hospital to undergo rehab. “He is very happy,” Fabián Grillo, Pablo’s father, told the press outside the hospital while waiting for his son to come out. “This was like birth labor. He was born again,” he said, visibly moved.
Ten years of Ni Una Menos: How one tweet led to a global phenomenon - Martina Jaureguy

3 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Martina Jaureguy
Ten years of Ni Una Menos: How one tweet led to a global phenomenon

3 weeks ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Ni una menos. Not one less. The phrase calling to end femicides has taken the form of chants, flyers, pins, stickers, graffitties, street posters, and hashtags. It can be heard and seen in every city in Argentina, but also all over the Americas and even Europe and Asia. Even personalities such as The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood have shown support for the cause. Today, Ni Una Menos is turning a decade old. The line was popularized following a massive protest on June 3, 2015.
Photojournalist Pablo Grillo discharged from intensive care

3 weeks ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Photojournalist Pablo Grillo, who was severely injured after being shot in the head during a pensioner protest in March, was discharged from the intensive care unit of the Ramos Mejías Hospital after almost three months. He will now be transferred to Rocca Hospital to undergo rehab. “He is very happy,” Fabián Grillo, Pablo’s father, told the press outside the hospital while waiting for his son to come out. “This was like birth labor. He was born again,” he said, visibly moved.
Court stops part of Milei decree that severed right to strike in Argentina

3 weeks ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

A labor court has suspended the effects of two articles within a recently issued presidential decree that severed the right to strike for a large section of Argentina’s workforce. The decree, signed by President Javier Milei in May, had declared several services “essential,” which meant that at least 75% of their workforce should be available to work, even during stoppages.
Kicillof launches political movement MDF and says ‘Milei is the only adversary’

3 weeks ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Buenos Aires province governor Axel Kicillof formally launched his Right to the Future Movement (MDF, by its Spanish initials) with a rally on Saturday, in which he called for Peronism to unite against Javier Milei, labelling the president as “the only adversary.” The event comes ahead of the September 7 local legislative elections in Buenos Aires province, and long-standing infighting between Kicillof and former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner — who is currently head of the Partido...
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo denounce new ‘attack’ against university

1 month ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

The federal justice dropped Mothers of Plaza de Mayo University rector Cristina Caamaño from an ongoing lawsuit the university is carrying out to reverse a government intervention that began in February 2024. This means that Caamaño, who was replaced by a government-appointed “organizing rector” and was trying to get reinstated, is not considered legally to be the university’s top decision-maker.
Mother of Plaza de Mayo Carmen Loréfice dies at 99

1 month ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Mother of Plaza de Mayo Carmen Loréfice passed away on Monday at 99. Her son Enrique Jorge Aggio was kidnapped in 1976, and she spent decades looking for him, until the Argentine Forensic Anthropological Team (EAAF, by its Spanish initials) identified his body in 2010. “She was always proud of her son,” said Mothers of Plaza de Mayo-Founders’ Line in a post on Instagram, bidding farewell to their member.