Overview
- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released its 2025 report that praises a sharp drop in poverty yet warns of democratic and rights setbacks in Argentina.
- The commission criticizes President Javier Milei’s decision to name Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla to the Supreme Court by decree without prior Senate approval, a move later rejected by the Senate.
- Investigators document heavy-handed policing of a retirees’ protest in Buenos Aires that used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons, leaving 20 injured and 114 detained, with photojournalist Pablo Grillo seriously hurt.
- The report details cutbacks for vulnerable groups, including the end of free medicines for retirees, frozen pension bonuses, a veto of a pension hike and moratorium, and more than 110,500 suspended disability pensions after the disability agency was dissolved.
- Press freedom risks grow as the commission’s free-expression office warns of an accelerated decline in journalism and local outlets report accredited reporters are barred from entering the Casa Rosada.