Buenos Aires Study Abroad Jennafer Schoonover

1. If there were thousands of people disappearing in such a short period of time, how was it that no one found a way to resist the government or stop it? It seems as if there were people being taken off the streets day in and day out, there would have been people or some sort of power that could have helped to stop it? https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003971186/where-is-my-grandchild.html 2. What is the hardest part about identifying or finding these missing grandchildren? How do they get found in the first place, if they are unaware that they were even kidnapped in the first place? DId people just start checking their dna with the bank that was held from all those who were missing their grandchildren? https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003971186/where-is-my-grandchild.html 3. For the amount of people that the government was disappearing, I am wondering if they actually got information that they were looking for. Their whole idea was that left-wing activists were terr...

1. After reports of the hundreds of cases of ill-treatment and torture to inmates in prison by police and correctional officers, how are officers being held accountable and what measures can feasibly be taken to ensure that inmates are treated fairly, and the internal corruption isn't keeping officers from being help accountable for their actions or crimes against inmates, and the conditions in which they live? https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/argentina#49dda6 2. Women have been fighting for their rights for years now, and one aspect of human rights in Argentina that seems to be a huge problem still is femicide and violence against women. What are the main crimes against women and how might they differ from those predominately against men? https://worldjusticeproject.org/our-work/programs/rights-action-access-justice-women-argentina 3. There are lots of different crimes related to human rights in Argentina but are some of them more common than others? ...

1. With the amount of cameras that are currently throughout Buenos Aires, 7300, how far back are the records kept for on the security footage, and how much storage would something like this take? https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/justiciayseguridad/centro-de-monitoreo-urbano 2. With how many people it takes to monitor systems as large as the ones in Buenos Aires, New Orleans, and other major cities, how far out are we from systems of algorithms that screen the cameras and the footage they hold for red flags or incidences that humans would look for? With the immense amounts of information, you would think that humans would have a much higher margin of error than technology would soon have. https://www.eff.org/pages/surveillance-cameras 3. With all the new monitoring systems in place and the way the police have been using them now, what is keeping this new and growing technology from getting into the hands of the wrong people? I feel as if the new monitoring systems can tell you who...

During our lecture with Mariano about Argentina and LGBT rights I learned a lot about same-sex marriage and the lengths that were gone through to get those rights in Argentina. Mariano talked about how Argentina was the first Latin American Country to legalize same-sex marriage. The law was passed in July of 2010, and it was passed mostly by the socialist parties in the House of Deputies. One common misconception we talked about in class was how everyone in the US and other places always talks about Pope Francis being so progressive and accepting of LGBT and other causes, when in reality that's not really how he is. Compared to other leaders of the Catholic Church he may be better but that he was actually against the bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Cristina Kirschner was one of the main people who were fighting for the bill, and she went under a lot of fire to support it. Mariano also talked about how there would be huge protests against the passing of the bill. In order to com...

Questions created by Christina G. Jen S. and Madi C. Even though the government of the province of Buenos Aires mandated that 1% of public employees must be trans people according to World Politics Review, is this currently taking place, and what barriers are these individuals still facing with marginalization and discrimination in the public work sector? https://www. worldpoliticsreview.com/ insights/22682/what-drove-the- promotion-of-lgbt-rights-in- argentina According to the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans in Argentina, the responsibility of security for the LGBT community to ensure a safe and reliable way for members of this community to report hate crimes and offenses against them or their families, is the responsibility of each province and the city of Buenos Aires. Do members feel confident, safe and comfortable reporting these crimes and occurrences, or do they feel that they will indirectly victimize themselves further? https://www.undp.org/content/...

Questions created by Christina G., Jen S., and Madi C. Even though the government of the province of Buenos Aires mandated that 1% of public employees must be trans people according to World Politics Review, is this currently taking place, and what barriers are these individuals still facing with marginalization and discrimination in the public work sector? https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/insights/22682/what-drove-the-promotion-of-lgbt-rights-in-argentina According to the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans in Argentina, the responsibility of security for the LGBT community to ensure a safe and reliable way for members of this community to report hate crimes and offenses against them or their families, is the responsibility of each province and the city of Buenos Aires. Do members feel confident, safe and comfortable reporting these crimes and occurrences, or do they feel that they will indirectly victimize themselves further? https://www.und...