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The trials that could block Cristina Fernández Kirchner from office

17-12-2024 15:00 The former president and vice-president faces four sets of legal proceedings in the courts; Cristina Fernández de Kirchner must stand trial in the ‘Hotesur-Los Sauces’ case, alongside her son, with other trials relating to the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran and sweeping ‘Cuadernos’ graft trial. ‘Vialidad’ ruling also expected in 2025.

POLITICS & COURTS

Supreme Ct sends Fernández de Kirchner to trial for Iran memorandum

05-12-2024 19:23 Nation’s highest tribunal endorses previous ruling revoking acquittal of all defendants and orders trial in case first opened after complaint by late AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman.

World

Biden to meet European leaders for talks on Ukraine, Middle East

08-10-2024 08:17 US President Joe Biden will meet the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom in Berlin on Saturday to discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Bombing in Beirut

Israel hits Beirut as world awaits its response against Iran

03-10-2024 15:54 Nine people died and dozens injured in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after an Israeli strike on a medical site. Amidst waiting for Israel’s response against Iran, Beirut was bombed and the European Union increased humanitarian aid by 30 million euros.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Argentina condemns 'unjustified' Iranian attack on Israel

01-10-2024 22:13 President Javier Milei’s government condemns Iran's "unjustified and dangerous" missile attack against Israel, warning it could "escalate a conflict that threatens to project itself beyond the region and acquire a global dimension."

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Iran fires missiles at Israel in new Middle East escalation

01-10-2024 14:34 Iran's official news agency IRNA says Tehran has launched "a missile attack on Tel Aviv," Israel's commercial hub; Attacks come after Israeli raids against Iran-backed militants in Lebanon.

MIDDLE EAST

Flurry of diplomacy to ease Middle East tensions

05-08-2024 11:54 Diplomatic pressure mounted Monday to avoid an escalation between Iran and Israel following high-profile killings that have sent regional tensions soaring, while numerous governments urged their citizens to leave Lebanon.

AMIA attack

Controversial article by Tehran newspaper warns Argentina over 'Iran enmity'

17-07-2024 15:04 'The Tehran Times,' one of the mouthpieces of the Iranian government, publishes a controversial article that includes a thinly veiled threat.

HUMAN RIGHTS

IACHR holds Argentina responsible for for failings over AMIA attack

14-06-2024 17:07 Top human rights court deems Argentine state responsible for not preventing, nor properly investigating, the lethal 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre.

HELICOPTER TRAGEDY

Iran mourns death of president, foreign minister in helicopter crash

20-05-2024 09:51 Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region. Killed alongside Raisi were Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven others.

AMIA BOMBING PROBE

'Illegal': Iran slams Argentina bid to arrest minister over AMIA attack

24-04-2024 15:21 Tehran condemns "illegal" Argentine request for Interpol to arrest Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi over his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires.

AMIA BOMBING INVESTIGATION

Argentina seeks arrest of Iranian minister over 1994 AMIA bombing

23-04-2024 23:11 President Javier Milei's government calls for Interpol to assist in the arrest of Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, in connection with the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in 1994.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Global calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

19-04-2024 10:55 World leaders appealed for calm on April 19 after reported Israeli retaliation against Iran added to months of tense spillover from the war in Gaza, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in the central province of Isfahan.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel launches strike against Iran, reports US media

18-04-2024 23:55 Israel has launched a strike against Iran in retaliation for its weekend attack, US media reported Thursday night.

DIPLOMACY

Bullrich sparks row with Bolivia, Chile with Hezbollah claims

17-04-2024 16:36 Bullrich alleges the presence of Iranian-linked forces in Bolivia and Chile, along with Triple Frontier; Arce’s administration calls for “end of provocation,” while Boric demands respect.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President Milei cuts short international trip over Mideast crisis

13-04-2024 21:56 President Javier Milei is ending his international trip early to handle his country's response to the crisis in the Middle East.

AMIA CASE

La Libertad Avanza celebrates court ruling blaming 1990s terrorist attacks on Irán

12-04-2024 15:06 Ruling party and PRO leaders celebrate Thursday's court decision, while attacking Kirchnerism for an alleged “cover up” and “treason."

AMIA BOMBING RULING

AMIA bombing: Argentina court holds Iran, Hezbollah responsible

11-04-2024 19:28 Court blames 'terrorist state' Iran for 1990s attacks; Ex-judge Galeano’s sentence reduced, opening the door to lawsuits in international courts, judges ratify attack as crime against humanity.

BILATERAL ROW

Venezuela closes airspace to Argentina as reprisal for plane seizure

12-03-2024 18:56 Venezuela announces it has closed its airspace to any aircraft coming from or going to Argentina as a reprisal for last month's handover of a seized cargo plane to US authorities.

Detained Plane Row

Maduro slams Milei after US seizes Venezuelan plane

16-02-2024 10:39 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro slams Javier Milei, branding him a "bandit" who allowed the United States to seize an Emtrasur plane.

DETAINED PLANE ROW

After 20 months at Ezeiza, US seizes Venezuela’s ‘Iranian’ plane

13-02-2024 17:42 Maduro government condemns “brazen theft” of Emtrasur aircraft that was detained at Argentina’s Ezeiza airport for close to two years; United States finally seizes plane, which Washington says was part of an irregular transfer with Iran.

VENEZUELAN PLANE CASE

Judge orders surrender of grounded Venezuela plane to United States

03-01-2024 16:18 Caracas reacts angrily to court ruling “robbery” ordering that seized Venezuelan cargo plane be handed over to US authorities.

Terrorism in Latin America

Hezbollah operations in South America: what we know

10-11-2023 18:42 Here is what we know – and don't – about Hezbollah's presence in South America, which the United States has called a major security risk.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Supreme Court delivers judicial setbacks for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

10-10-2023 18:37 Argentina’s highest court moves to dismiss different claims made by the former president’s defence team in the money-laundering and Iran memorandum cases.

GUEST COLUMN

Be careful women and children

10-10-2023 13:48 There is no doubt that being a woman, thinking, wanting to study and daring to express ideas are unforgivable crimes in the Islam of the Iranian Ayatollahs and their Taliban cousins.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

UNITED NATIONS

Rafael Grossi re-elected as chief of UN nuclear watchdog

25-09-2023 17:59 Rafael Mariano Grossi, first Latin American to head United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency, is re-elected for another four-year-term.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Double judicial setback for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

18-09-2023 23:20 Federal Appeals Court orders reopening of two high-profile cases against Argentina’s vice-president: Hotesur-Los Sauces corruption probe and controversial Memorandum of Understanding with Iran. Beginning of both trials likely to be delayed due to additional appeals.

AMIA ATTACK

1994 AMIA bombing: Argentina seeks arrest of four Lebanese

15-06-2023 17:38 Argentina on Thursday sought an international arrest warrant for four Lebanese citizens suspected of involvement in the 1994 bomb attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured 300.