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In recent years, Argentina has led Latin America in the struggle for gender equality and LGBTQ rights. But with the election of Javier Milei as president last December, many Argentinians fear all that progress is now being derailed. Annette Young talks to noted feminist journalist and author, Luciana Peker, who has gone into self-imposed exile after facing a series of threats. She warns what is happening in Argentina could easily happen elsewhere in the world. Also as the French capital prepares to host the Olympics this July, we meet twin sisters who've managed to bravely train under Russian shelling in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv; in the hope of winning gold for Ukraine in artistic swimming.
By FRANCE 24 English5
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In recent years, Argentina has led Latin America in the struggle for gender equality and LGBTQ rights. But with the election of Javier Milei as president last December, many Argentinians fear all that progress is now being derailed. Annette Young talks to noted feminist journalist and author, Luciana Peker, who has gone into self-imposed exile after facing a series of threats. She warns what is happening in Argentina could easily happen elsewhere in the world. Also as the French capital prepares to host the Olympics this July, we meet twin sisters who've managed to bravely train under Russian shelling in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv; in the hope of winning gold for Ukraine in artistic swimming.

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