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Montevideo, April 20th 2026 - 15:35 UTC

Tag: Agostina Páez

  • Friday, April 3rd 2026 - 23:55 UTC

    Father of Argentine lawyer detained for racism in Brazil repeats same gestures at bar

    In a second recording from the same night, he is heard claiming that he personally paid the $18,000 bail imposed by the Brazilian court so his daughter could return to Argentina

    Mariano Páez, father of lawyer and influencer Agostina Páez, was filmed imitating monkey gestures at a bar in Santiago del Estero — the same racist gesticulations that led to his daughter's indictment for racial slur in Brazil, where she spent over two months detained in Rio de Janeiro. The incident took place just hours after the young woman's return to her home province.

  • Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:22 UTC

    Argentine lawyer held in Brazil on racial slur charges faces new uncertainty after court reversal

    Páez was filmed making racist gestures toward employees of a bar in the Ipanema neighborhood

    Agostina Páez, a 29-year-old Argentine lawyer and influencer from the province of Santiago del Estero, has been held in Rio de Janeiro since January 14, when she was filmed making racist gestures toward employees of a bar in the Ipanema neighborhood. The video quickly went viral and led to three criminal complaints for racial slur, a crime that carries a penalty of two to five years in prison per offense under Brazilian law.