In these troubling times, when many countries experience the unlimited abuse of people’s civil liberties, it is useful to remember the value of individual ...

Like many other older churchmen, politicians and businessmen in Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been questioned by some for his role during this country’s bloody 1976–83 military ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine high court Friday suspended a controversial decision to grant bail to high-profile defendants accused of torturing and killing dissidents during the 1976-1983 ...

A verdict is expected Tuesday in the trial of two former Ford Motor Company executives in Argentina who are accused of participating in the military dictatorship's "dirty war" against leftist dissent.

AMPUS, France — The dark cloud over Father Bergoglio, a Jesuit priest in Buenos Aires during the 1970s, has dissipated with time, but it remains a troubling mystery for those who lived through ...

If the papal transition is of intense interest to you, I’d strongly suggest watching my entire bloggingheads interview with RD contributor Mary Hunt, a Catholic theologian who lived in Argentina ...

Alicia Partnoy survived torture and violence as one of thousands of people who were forcibly “disappeared” during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” a seven-year government campaign to suppress suspected ...

Since the Sundance premiere of 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' the parallels between the fraught political climate of 1970s Argentina and that of our present have only become more pronounced. Here's what ...

Mariana Enríquez, author of "Our Share of Night," journeys through 21 cemeteries around the world in a new collection of essays.