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Remains found confirmed to be one-year-old missing in Bahía Blanca

1 day 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.
Buenos Aires chosen as 2027 World Capital of Sport

2 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Fernando Nunez |Fernando Romero Nuñez

Buenos Aires City was chosen to be the 2027 World Capital of Sport, the city government announced on Monday. The award, given by the European Association of Capitals and Cities of Sport (ACES, by its Spanish acronym), recognizes cities with “exceptional dedication to promoting sport, health, and community engagement,” according to a statement.
Tension at Boca Juniors as fans share discontent with Juan Román Riquelme presidency

2 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Fernando Nunez |Fernando Romero Nuñez

Tension surrounds Argentine football giants Boca Juniors, after the club posted a video urging fans to support the team following their narrow win over Lanús. The Xeneize narrowly beat Mauricio Pellegrino’s men on penalties on Saturday, but the game was marred by whistles at players and chants against the Juan Román Riquelme-led board of directors. This is the first time that Boca fans have shared their discontent in such a vocal manner in regards to Riquelme’s leadership.
Calls to Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo about lost identities soar after The Eternaut release

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.
IACHR warns of erosion to women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, memory policies in Argentina

2 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.
Dictatorship criminals, including ‘Angel of Death’ Astiz, transferred to ‘VIP prison’

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.
Nazi propaganda material from 1941 discovered in Argentine Supreme Court basement

3 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Martina Jaureguy

Several boxes containing Nazi propaganda material were discovered in the Argentine Supreme Court, 84 years after they were originally confiscated. According to the judicial body, the documentation had been shipped to Argentina in 1941 from the German embassy in Tokyo but was seized by local authorities upon discovering its contents. It remained long forgotten in the Supreme Court basement until the recent findings. .
Macri hits pause on potential alliance with LLA after anti-graft bill falls through

4 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Facundo Rafael Iglesia Frezzini

Former president Mauricio Macri said that negotiations over a common electoral front between his party, the PRO, and ruling party La Libertad Avanza (LLA) have been hindered after the Senate failed to pass the anti-graft bill known as Ficha Limpia (Clean Record) last week. “This has made the attempt even more complicated, which is only an attempt for now, and absolutely no progress has been made,” Macri said in an interview with Radio Mitre.
Maradona’s psychiatrist says family chose home care over rehabilitation center

5 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Fernando Nunez |Fernando Romero Nuñez

Diego Maradona’s psychiatrist, Agustina Cosachov, took the stand surprisingly in the trial over the former star’s death and said that home care was determined after Maradona’s family rejected the idea of committing him to a rehabilitation center. Cosachov, one of the three main accused in the case, altered the order of the day after asking to testify at the opening of Thursday’s hearing.
YPF bets on Vaca Muerta as company reports US$10 million loss in Q1

6 days ago | buenosairesherald.com | Facundo Rafael Iglesia Frezzini

Argentina’s state-owned oil and gas company YPF ended the first quarter of 2025 with a US$10 million loss, a US$667 million drop compared to the same period last year. On Thursday, the company’s CEO, Horacio Marín, and its CFO, Federico Barroetaveña, presented the results to investors.