The national government accused the digital media El Grito del Sur of receiving more than 200 million pesos annually for alleged "political agreements with the previous administration," as well as illegally occupying part of the Espacio de la Memoria Virrey Cevallos. These accusations are part of a stigmatizing strategy against memory, truth, and justice projects. Osvaldo López, former coordinator of the site, highlighted that memory sites are important to the current government, as they seek to erase them.
The Virrey Cevallos operated as a clandestine detention center between 1976 and 1983 in Buenos Aires. In January 2009, it was opened to the public, framed within the Preservation, Signaling, and Dissemination Law of Memory Sites. The journalistic project El Grito del Sur, emerging from an agreement with the Faculty of Social Sciences of the UBA, aims to raise awareness of the history of the Espacio de la Memoria and other similar spaces, as well as to develop an informative agenda focused on human rights and memory.
Osvaldo López pointed out that the government seeks to silence historical narratives contrary to the official ones through budget cuts, mass layoffs, and paralysis of activities at these sites. In the last year and a half, the staff at Cevallos has significantly decreased, affecting the activities carried out at the location. Despite accusations of illegal financing, members of El Grito del Sur demonstrated that even the Wi-Fi network was funded by themselves, without receiving resources from the memory site or the government.
The activities that were maintained at Virrey Cevallos, such as guided tours, have decreased in frequency and visitor numbers. The space, which operated as a CCD, seeks to promote the participation of universities and other educational institutions in the study and research of the events that occurred during the State terrorism. López emphasized that the journalistic project did not receive any type of economic compensation, relying solely on the voluntary work of the students and professionals who participated in it.
