Women Leaders

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jul 25, 2011 Dig deeper

America’s Disappeared

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 Torture, prolonged detention without trial, sexual humiliation, rape, disappearance, extortion, looting, random murder and abuse have become, as in Argentina during the Dirty War, part of our own subterranean world of detention sites and torture centers.Torture, disappearance and murder have become, as in Argentina during the Dirty War, part of our own subterranean world of detention sites. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Che’s Motorcycle Amigo Is Dead

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2011 Alberto Granado, companion to Cuban revolutionary icon Che Guevara on a 1950s journey of discovery by motorcycle across Latin America, has died in Havana at the age of 88. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Sheds Latin Oil Producer

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2010 British Petroleum is still sloughing off assets to help cover its $40 billion fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil giant just sold a majority stake in Pan American Energy for $7 billion, putting its running total of recent asset sales at $21 billion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Cry From Argentina: ‘Close Guantanamo’

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 17, 2010 "Gitmo is going to remain open for the foreseeable future," said an unnamed White House official to The Washington Post this week. For guidance on the notorious U.S. Navy base in Cuba, President Barack Obama should look to an old naval facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cristina Kirchner and Late Husband Nestor

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico Oct 30, 2010 Dig deeper

Argentina Makes Gay Marriage Official

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2010 As of Wednesday, we can add Argentina to the list of nations that has beaten the U.S. to the enlightened punch by sanctioning gay marriage. In so doing, Argentina also gets the prize for being the first country in South America to make it legal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Dirty War’ Dictator Goes on Trial

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2010 A former military dictator of Argentina is on trial again. Gen. Jorge Videla, who helped lead the country's "Dirty War" of state terror in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is one of more than 20 defendants being tried for the 1976 murders of 31 jailed dissidents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pink Pork Edition

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2010 Why pork is the new Viagra, tech companies need to stop treating women like girls and what documentarians do when the cameras are off. All this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Argentine Couple Wed in Latin America’s First Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 After they encountered resistance in Buenos Aires earlier this month, Argentine couple Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello found an alternative location for their wedding, and they sealed the deal Monday in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost state in their country, making theirs the first same-sex marriage in Latin America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Impeachment for South Carolina Governor

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's affair with an Argentine may have exacted a personal cost and made him more vulnerable politically, but it looks as if his conduct won't cost him his job. A panel of his state's lawmakers have decided his indiscretions don't merit impeachment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ethics Troubles Loom Large for S.C. Governor

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2009 Looks like South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's extramarital activities, which were brought to light last summer after a faux Appalachian Trail excursion (by way of Argentina), aren't going to be wiped from the record anytime soon. Sanford is now looking at 37 ethics charges, at least a few of which appear related to his affair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )