Hello, and welcome to the Latin America Weekly newsletter! In this issue: Javier Milei and his push to revise Argentina’s past are met with street resistance. Why Gustavo Petro is threatening to reform Colombia’s constitution. And investigators look into China’s role in the region’s media.
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Dictatorship anniversary sparks large anti-Milei protests
Opposition to Argentina’s Javier Milei made its most robust show of force on March 24, with massive street protests during the anniversary of the 1976 coup that gave way to the bloodiest military dictatorship ever seen in the country.
👉 Why it matters. While March 24 rallies are the norm in Buenos Aires, these were the biggest in many years, with multiple smaller cities across the country also showing unprecedentedly large mobilizations.
- The catalyst was an administration that picked progressivism as its target, questioning the public sector, human rights activists, and feminist groups from day one, dismissing complaints casually and turning a blind eye to violence against the left.
Pardons? Rumors of a presidential pardon for dictatorship-era criminals gained steam...