Natalie Alcoba

argentina

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. 
Natalie Alcoba
5.4.21
argentina

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.
Natalie Alcoba
4.16.21
abortion

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.
Natalie Alcoba
2.24.21
chile

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.
Charis McGowan
Natalie Alcoba
2.23.21
femicide

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.
Natalie Alcoba
2.11.21
Honduras

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.
Natalie Alcoba
1.25.21
argentina

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.
Natalie Alcoba
12.30.20
abortion

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.
Natalie Alcoba
12.11.20
abortion

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.
Natalie Alcoba
11.18.20
argentina

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.
Amy Booth
Natalie Alcoba
10.29.20
argentina

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. 
Natalie Alcoba
8.10.20
World News

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.
Natalie Alcoba
8.5.20
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