Argentina’s sci-fi classic finds new power in Netflix’s ‘The Eternaut’

“El Eternauta,” Argentina’s legendary sci-fi comic, is now a Netflix sensation. But behind the alien invasion and apocalyptic snow lies a darker truth — its creator was disappeared by the dictatorship. The World’s Latin America Correspondent Tibisay Zea reports on how this story became a tool of memory and resistance.

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