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Founder and President of Cooperativa Liberté. Co-founder of the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Committees. Founder of the anti-torture organization Proyecto Mecha. Systems Analyst and Master's in Artificial Intelligence. Creator of julIAna, an AI dedicated to rights in complex contexts. Founding member of SAJuR. Active member of the Latin American Academy of Criminal and Penitentiary Law.
Articles where it appears
I didn't come to prison to make friends
It's one of the phrases you hear most often between these walls. This Friendship Day, we take it as our starting point: no one comes here to...
20/07/2026
Liberté turns 12: dignified work is possible inside
On July 3, 2014, a stamp at the entrance desk of Unit 15 in Batán marked the start of Liberté. The story of that first day, twelve years lat...
03/07/2026
«Learning to think like foreign ministers»: Hernán Alberto Terneus taught a class on international conflicts at Liberté
Consultant Hernán Alberto Terneus —United Nations specialist in science and development— gave an open class at Liberté on how international...
21/06/2026
«Labor "Modernization" as the Destruction of Social Gains»: a class by two labor lawyers at Liberté
Labor lawyers Cynthia Benzion and Leonardo Elgorriaga taught an open class on labor reform in Liberté's territory. More than eighty people —...
07/06/2026
Proyecto Mecha closes: the suggestion boxes in Batán have been abolished
After nine years of campaigns, complaints, and a radio program built inside Batán without institutional permission, Proyecto Mecha announces...
23/05/2026
Registration is now open for the Cultivando Soberanía 2026 Diploma Program
The diploma program on food sovereignty, agroecology, and sustainable habitat is back. Second 2026 cohort of the UNMdP extension program coo...
19/05/2026
Esteban Pintos at Liberté: the politics that go unseen and the meanings that slip through without our noticing
"Politics is the only thing that stands between the enrichment of a few and the impoverishment of the majority." Chronicle of last Saturday'...
17/05/2026
Marathon for Peace: the world's first inside a prison
Two editions (March 2019 and November 2022) in which incarcerated people, victims, formerly incarcerated people, family members, professiona...
02/05/2026
Juan and Matera Gaucha: the folklore made from within
Juan arrived at Unidad Penal N°15 in Batán from a life in the countryside, unable to read or write. Today he hosts Matera Gaucha*, his folkl...
01/05/2026
An Academic Look at Liberté: Sofía Agudo Lutjens's Research Has Been Published
The researcher analyzes the cooperative as a restorative penitentiary practice. Her research is now available to read and download in our ne...
20/04/2026