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When Transitional Justice Enters the Culture Battle

In Argentina, the rise of the radical right is not just revisiting the past—it is transforming transitional justice into a central terrain of political struggle.

28.04.2026

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In the Name of Freedom: The Dismantling of Decent Work in Argentina

Javier Milei’s recently approved labor reform promises to liberate the Argentine people from the obstacles that constrain their individual prosperity. Yet beneath its façade of freedom, the reform redefines the legal protections that have long safeguarded workers, their well-being, and their environments, as the Agenda 2030’s “Decent Work” Goal demands.

26.03.2026

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From the Certainty of the Past to the Uncertainty of the Future: Argentina’s Midterms Elections

Argentina’s midterm elections tested not only the government’s ability to sustain its reform agenda but also citizens’ growing preference for results over ideology—a transformation increasingly visible across middle-income democracies.

5.11.2025

Book Reviews

Politics of Legal Discovery in Argentina

In El Descubrimiento De La Ley, the political scientist Catalina Smulovitz offers a sophisticated and timely account of how law has become a central instrument of political struggle in Argentina, with implications that extend across Latin America. As the author is one of the region’s most respected scholars of politics and law, which draws on decades of empirical observation and theoretical reflection, the result is a work that challenges readers to reconsider the place of law in democratic practice and illuminates how legal institutions can be mobilized for both accountability and power.

3.09.2025