“Dirty War” general Luciano Benjamín Menéndez received his fourth life sentence on 8th June, after a Tucumán court found him guilty of crimes against humanity for the torture and murder of 22 desaparecidos while he was army chief in 1976 and 1977. Also known as “the hyena”, Menéndez is considered one of the last dictatorship’s harshest leaders and has been in prison since 2008.

The EU Supreme Court ruled that U.S.-based Monsanto Co. cannot use a patent on its genetically modified soybeans to block the importation of Argentine soy meal on 6th July. The decision comes after Monsanto withdrew the lawsuit that produced the case on 23rd June.

Argentine politics can be sometimes hard to understand, and reading the news is often confusing if you don’t know how the system works. The following should make things clearer and help you to better understand Argentine politics. How does democracy work in Argentina? In Argentina, the president is both head of the state and head [...]

Earlier this month, former Argentine President Carlos Menem and six other members of his administration were indicted and put under arrest for obstructing the investigation of the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Aid Society. Accused of covering up evidence and protecting a key suspect, the indictment is a relief to the large Jewish Argentine community who awaits closure on the case.