por Federico Poore Para el sociólogo Máximo Sozzo, profesor de criminología en la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, los bajos salarios de las fuerzas policiales solo explican una parte de los amotinamientos de las últimas semanas. ¿Qué factores explican la crisis policial? Estas protestas estuvieron fuertemente ligadas a dos tendencias, que no han sido homogéneas pero […]
‘Border Guards cannot replace everyone’ by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 11-12-2013 Sociologist Gabriel Kessler has been studying crime for more a decade. As a Conicet researcher and teacher at the University of La Plata, his published works include Sociología del delito amateur — a take on marginal youth who had committed crimes — and […]
Improvements achieved — but security forces need to be controlled by civilians by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 10-12-2013 Major improvements regarding citizen security have been achieved since the return of democracy, although inconsistent approaches to criminal activity — which has become more complex over the last 30 years — and the lack of structural […]
Media conglomerate indicates its intention to divide itself into six parts to comply with law by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 05-11-2013 Media giant Clarín Group presented yesterday morning its own disinvestment plan following the recent Supreme Court ruling that confirmed the constitutionality of the Broadcast Media Law. “This is a decision forced on us […]
On Media Law ruling, opposition leaders say one thing, but think the opposite by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 31-10-2013 Opposition political leaders this week were frustrated — at least on the record — by the final outcome of the lengthy judicial battle over the Broadcast Media Law. With the (factually correct) argument that the […]
Defence Minister Agustín Rossi talks to the Herald as he hits first 100 days in office by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 09-09-2013 The day’s last rays of sun enter the office on the 11th-floor of the Defence Ministry, where Agustín Rossi has been working during the past 100 days. Metres away from the Government […]
«It’s stupid not to go to the debates in Todo Noticias» by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 29-09-2013 Argentine journalist Eduardo Blaustein is best known for Decíamos Ayer, a take on the role of the printing press during the last military dictatorship that has become a classic in the genre. His latest book, Years of […]
«Perón no fue un estadista» por Federico Poore Ámbito Financiero, 27-09-2013 Promediando la charla, el historiador italiano Loris Zanatta admitirá que llegó al peronismo «de causalidad». De paso por Buenos Aires, donde vino a presentar su último trabajo sobre la política exterior de las primeras dos presidencias de Juan Domingo Perón, «La Internacional Justicialista», el […]
BA province Security minister vows to double police forces in only two years by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 26-09-2013 The head of the Victory Front (FpV) Buenos Aires province Security Minister Alejandro Granados yesterday announced that one of his key goals in his new post is to have a total of 100,000 police across […]
Supreme Court justices appear unconvinced by media group’s main argument by Federico Poore Buenos Aires Herald, 30-08-2013 One of the main merits of the two-day public hearing over the constitutionality of the Broadcast Media Law at the Supreme Court was that it forced the sides to take their arguments out of judicial circles and into […]