Under pressure from international bodies, Argentina updated its anti-terrorism laws at the end of 2011, drawing criticism from human rights and social organisations. Charlie Ramsay reports.

Recent violence on the agricultural frontier in Brazil and Argentina reveals the challenge of protecting native tribes as land used for food production escalates across the region.

Today marks one year since the brutal repression of the a peaceful roadblock by the indigenous Qom community in Formosa. Patricio Guillamón has spent a year following the case, and shares his images.

Patricia di Filippo offers a comprehensive review of Argentine Supreme Court Justice Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni’s fascinating new book rethinking crime and criminology: ‘La palabra de los muertos’.

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.

Five years after Jorge Julio López’ disappearance, Patricia di Filippo says the unresolved case shows that some elements of the military-police state active in the 1976-83 dictatorship are still alive and kicking.

After another violent confrontation last month in Jujuy Province, Mia de Graaf takes a look at the recurring problem of police brutality in Argentina.

“In Argentina, not everybody knows who they are.” This is the way the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo introduce their campaign to recover their grandchildren, who went missing during the last dictatorship.

More than 3,000 West African refugees have sought asylum in Argentina since 2000. Jorge Santander speaks to some of the arrivals about their journey and how they adapt to life in Buenos Aires.

As Argentina remembers the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War, Cecilia Cartoceti examines the plight of the veterans who continue to fight for recognition and acceptance.