On Friday morning, a Brazilian court first granted a prosecutor’s request that Argentine tourist Agostina Páez, who is facing accusations of making racist insults, be taken into preventive custody to await trial. Páez, a 29-year-old attorney from Santiago del Estero, had been under house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor. According to the complaint filed by employees, Páez allegedly directed racist insults at staff members during a dispute over the bill. Under Brazilian law, racism and racial insults are treated as serious criminal offenses. The Argentine tourist has maintained her innocence.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald February 06, 2026 21:52 UTC