News of corruption

Ambassador to Israel Sergio Urribarri steps down after graft conviction

08-04-2022 15:33 Former Entre Ríos Province governor sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of five crimes, including embezzlement , malfeasance and business dealings incompatible with holding public office.

Brazil’s refusal to collaborate on Argentine branch of Odebrecht case flagged

07-04-2022 17:27 Federal Prosecutor Federico Delgado says Brazilian courts have "stonewalled" every attempt to obtain information concerning the local chapter of the so-called 'Operação Lava Jato' corruption scandal.

Honduras political crisis deepens ahead of president-elect's swearing-in

25-01-2022 18:18 Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner due to attend president-elect Xiomara's Castro's swearing-in ceremony in two days.

The lady’s not for burning

03-12-2021 23:12 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner makes a blazing return to centre stage after a long pre-electoral and post-electoral silence.

Courts free ex-public works secretary José López on bail

09-11-2021 09:00 Former Public Works secretary, who has been in jail since he was famously discovered throwing bags containing some US$9 million over a convent wall in Greater Buenos Aires, released on a reduced bail to 14.5 million pesos, covered thanks to the properties and cars of three of his friends.

Raids uncover corrupt mayor’s stash of cash, guns and luxury cars

15-10-2021 12:32 Courts in Salta Province order police raids on 18 properties linked to Salvador Mazza Mayor Rubén Méndez, confiscating more than US$850,000 in cash, weapons and imported luxury cars.

Former vice-president Amado Boudou granted parole

23-07-2021 15:33 Argentina’s former vice-president, jailed for crimes related to the irregular acquisition of a major money-printing firm, granted parole after serving two-thirds of his 70-month prison sentence.

Thousands in Brazil join anti-Bolsonaro protests

03-07-2021 21:44 Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to protest President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces an investigation over an allegedly corrupt Covid vaccine deal. 

London Police police accused of 'institutional corruption' over unsolved murder

15-06-2021 16:17 London's Metropolitan Police engaged in " institutional corruption" by denying and even concealing failings in handling of unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan 34 years ago, says independent panel.

Brazil raids target top officials in Covid-battered Amazonas

02-06-2021 15:59 Brazilian police carried out raids in the Amazonas state Wednesday, targeting top officials suspected of embezzling pandemic emergency funds.

What we learned this week: April 10 to 17

17-04-2021 09:21 The pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Cristina & the courts: Outstanding cases against Argentina's vice-president

17-04-2021 08:59 Dollar futures case dismissed against former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who led nation between 2007 and 2015. But Argentina’s current vice-president – who denies all the charges filed against her and claims she is a victim of “judicial and political persecution” – still faces a number of other allegations in the courts.

Brazil's Supreme Court rules Moro was 'biased' against Lula

23-03-2021 19:14 Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that judge Sergio Moro was "biased" in convicting ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of corruption in 2017, a new victory for the left-wing leader as he eyes a political comeback.

Netanyahu polling ahead but win uncertain in new Israel vote

22-03-2021 14:37 Israeli voters readied for a fourth election in under two years Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead in the polls but uncertain of clinching a governing majority.

Declare me innocent, or else

20-03-2021 07:48 Political power is now in the hands of individuals who are far more interested in the future of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her offspring than in the fate of the rest of the population.

by James Neilson

Macri returns, but is unable to turn the page

20-03-2021 07:35 Taking a page from Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s playbook, Mauricio Macri has used a book launch to reset his political career in the midst of an electoral campaign.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Diego Santilli: ‘I’d like Horacio Rodríguez Larreta as our presidential candidate’

13-03-2021 06:01 Buenos Aires City Deputy Mayor Diego Santilli on the future of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta’s “hands-on” leadership and security in the nation’s capital.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

The year of the jab

06-03-2021 09:29 The president’s speech was not all about Covid. Fernández drove home the message – with the five members of the Supreme Court looking on remotely – that he is not satisfied with the performance of the judicial branch.

by Martín Gambarotta

Fernández de Kirchner attacks judicial 'persecution' as corruption case heard

04-03-2021 16:47 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner let rip at Argentina's Judiciary on Thursday, accusing the courts of engaging in "persecution" against her as she gave testimony in graft case.

Defiant Sarkozy on offensive after graft conviction

03-03-2021 10:54 Former France president Nicolas Sarkozy launches offensive to clear his name after being handed a three-year sentence for corruption, lambasting the verdict and mulling a petition to Europe's top rights court.