Diamela Eltit is a Chilean writer and university professor. She is a recipient of the National Prize for Literature.
Rodolfo Jorge Walsh was an Argentine writer and journalist of Irish descent, considered the founder of investigative journalism. He is most famous for his Open Letter from a Writer to the Military Junta, which he published the day before his murder, protesting that Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship's economic policies were having an even greater and disastrous effect on ordinary Argentines than its widespread human rights abuses.
Juan Gelman was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, country where he arrived as a political exile of the Military Junta.
The Night of the Pencils, was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students that began on the evening of 16 September 1976 and continued into the next day, during Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship.
Horacio Verbitsky is an Argentine investigative journalist and author with a history as a leftist guerrilla in the Montoneros. In the early 1990s, he reported on a series corruption scandals in the administration of President Carlos Menem, which eventually led to the resignations or firings of many of Menem's ministers. In 1994, he reported on the confessions of naval officer Adolfo Scilingo, documenting torture and executions by the Argentine military during the 1976–83 Dirty War. His books on both the Menem administration and the Scilingo confessions became national bestsellers. As of January 2015 Verbitsky is a Commissioner for the International Commission against the Death Penalty.
Alberto Vanasco was an Argentine novelist, poet and short fiction writer.
Juan Carlos Portantiero was an Argentine sociologist.
David Kraiselburd (1912–1974) was an Argentine journalist, newspaper publisher, and lawyer, best known for his commitment and actions against military regimes and political violence of both right- and left-wing extraction. He was assassinated shortly after the beginning of the Dirty War—in mid-1974—and shortly before the military coup.
Daniel Esteban Herrendorf is an Argentine writer, essayist and philosopher.
Juan Manuel Abal Medina is an Argentine academic, political scientist, and author. He was appointed Communications Secretary by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2011, and served as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina from December 2011 to November 2013. He was a national senator for Buenos Aires Province from 2014 to 2017.
Alberto Manuel Campos (1919–1975) was an Argentine politician and member of the Peronist Party. He was born in José León Suárez, Buenos Aires and was assassinated on December 17, 1975.
Fernando Nadra was an Argentine lawyer, journalist and public speaker. He was one of the most important leaders of the Partido Comunista Argentino and, from his Marxist ideological perspective, took part in most of the important political debates of his time. He stood out from other left-wing leaders of his time for his abilities as an organizer and collective activist, and his numerous attempts to promote agreement among different political sectors through pluralistic dialogue.
Andrea Graciela Giunta is an Argentine art historian, professor, researcher, and curator.
Dora Beatriz Barrancos is an Argentine researcher, sociologist, historian, feminist, and politician.
Eduardo Enrique "Wado" de Pedro is an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician currently serving as the country's Minister of the Interior. He previously served as National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province, as member of the Council of Magistracy, and General Secretary to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina affected the human rights situation in the country.
María Fernanda Raverta is an Argentine politician. She is currently the Executive Director of ANSES, appointed by President Alberto Fernández. She previously was Community Development of Buenos Aires Province.
Tamara Kamenszain was an Argentine poet and essayist.
Ana Carolina Gaillard is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Entre Ríos Province. Having originally run in 2017, she took office on 19 December 2019, following the resignation Juan José Bahillo. She previously served as deputy from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Justicialist Party, Gaillard sits in the Frente de Todos bloc.
Eduardo Héctor Garat Cabanillas was an Argentine lawyer and notary and a Montoneros militant.
