Natalie Alcoba
Argentina Wants to Punish Deniers of Crimes Against Humanity
The country's military dictatorship killed and disappeared some 30,000 people, but deniers of those horrors are growing increasingly vocal.
A Missing Man is Forcing Argentina to Confront Transphobia
Tehuel De la Torre, age 22, went missing after he went to meet a man about a potential job.
Female Politicians Fighting El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Draw Inspiration from the US ‘Squad’
Five young women are taking on one of the world’s harshest abortion bans in this month’s legislative elections. They don’t expect to win—yet.
Women In Chile Got Pregnant After Using Faulty Government Birth Control Pills
Neither the government nor the pill manufacturer have offered any help to the women with unplanned pregnancies, and elective abortion is illegal in Chile.
Thousands Protest After A Teenage Girl Was Brutally Murdered by Her Police Ex-Boyfriend
The killing in Argentina of 18-year-old Úrsula Bahillo has prompted outrage around the country.
Honduras Is Trying to Make Legal Abortion Impossible
Latin America is home to some draconian anti-abortion laws, and Honduras is strengthening its own after Argentina decided to legalize the procedure.
Argentina Just Legalized Abortion in Landmark Decision for Latin America
The vote to make terminations legal took place in a region that's home to some of the world's most draconian anti-abortion laws.
Argentina Is One Step Away From Legalizing Abortion
The lower house of Congress just voted yes on the bill, which now needs to pass the Senate.
Argentina Might Be About to Deliver Latin America's Biggest Abortion Rights Win
The president just sent a bill to congress that could legalize abortion completely.
Argentina Just Bulldozed a Camp Filled With Families Made Homeless by COVID
The government cleared out thousands of people, who claim they have nowhere else to go, to honor a private property deal.
Argentina's Largest Bank Just Made a ‘Historic’ Pledge to Hire More Transgender People
Banco Nacion is the first bank in the world to adopt a quota for transgender people, the country’s banking union says.
Argentina's Underground Abortion Network Won't Let a Pandemic Get in Its Way
Coronavirus has upended the intimate work of Socorristas en Red, a collective of volunteers who help women get abortions. But it hasn't changed their ultimate goal: a dramatic cultural shift in how Argentina treats women seeking to end their pregnancies.