Francesca Fiorentini looks at the significance of the conclusion of the ESMA ‘megacase’, where 16 former naval officers were found guilty of crimes against humanity during the last military dictatorship.

On the anniversary of Néstor Kirchner’s death, Celina Andreassi analyses how the government has adapted to the loss of the most important political figure of the last decade.

With over 98% of the votes counted, incumbent Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the party Frente para la Victoria, has won 53.96% of the votes; beating her nearest rival by a margin of more than 35 points.

On the anniversary of activist Mariano Ferreyra’s death, Marc Rogers examines how his killing exposed the tragic consequences of union violence and police compliance in the repression of social protests.

Wrapping up our pre-election series, Celina Andreassi concludes the complex history of peronism, a movement that became increasingly divided and contradictory after the death of its leader in 1974.

Celina Andreassi continues our political history series with a look at peronism: the most important – and arguably most confusing – political movement of 20th-century Argentina.

Continuing our political series, Alejandro Alberto speaks to Senator Juan Carlos Zabalza about Argentina’s Socialist Party: its origins, its Santa Fe stronghold, and its first presidential campaign.

It can be hard to figure out what’s really going on in Argentina. You could easily spend a whole day weeding through the contradicting perspectives of the country’s three big three papers (Clarín, La Nación, and Página 12). And with a 24-hour-news cycle that mixes celebrity gossip with news briefings, it can seem like there’s […]

In the second part of our political series, Celina Andreassi concludes the story of the Unión Cívica Radical, from ‘the father of democracy’ Raúl Alfonsín to the presidential campaign of his son Ricardo.

With the presidential election just over a month away, Celina Andreassi looks at the fascinating 120-year history of Argentina’s oldest political party: the Unión Cívica Radical.