Another teen girl's death gives new energy to Argentina's femicide protests

Key Points:

• The 2015 killing of pregnant teenager Chiara Páez sparked Argentina's Ni Una Menos movement against femicide, which has resurfaced amid outrage over the recent murder of 14-year-old Agostina Vega in Córdoba.
• Agostina was sexually assaulted, hanged, and dismembered; her case has reignited protests and demands for government action, while criticism mounts against President Javier Milei's administration for downplaying femicide and defunding gender violence programs.
• Authorities faced backlash for delayed response and handling of Agostina’s case, with the main suspect in custody but officials hesitant to classify the killing as femicide, a designation that carries harsher penalties.
• President Milei has pursued a cultural war against gender-based policies, dissolving women's support institutions, defunding victim aid programs, and opposing the legal recognition of femicide.
• Annual Ni Una Menos protests have gained renewed urgency, with demonstrators calling for justice for Agostina and broader societal recognition of gender violence amid fears of regression in women's rights protections.