News of attack

President warns UN leaders of threat from political violence

20-09-2022 22:21 Alberto Fernández addresses attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on world stage for first time, as he calls for greater global solidarity on efforts to tackle political violence and food insecurity.

Magnicide versus magnification

17-09-2022 02:57 The failed attack on the vice-president should serve to place the grieta rift in a new light. Instead of being viewed as an unbridgeable gap between two political sides, the chasm should be seen as the millions who find no place in the two opposing coalitions or society as a whole.

Extremist group in spotlight as Fernández de Kirchner attack probe progresses

15-09-2022 23:38 Fernando André Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte formally charged with attempted murder; AFI leaks audio from Revolución Federal group proposing “infiltration” techniques to kill the vice-president.

‘I’m alive because of God and Virgin Mary’ – Cristina breaks silence after assassination attempt

15-09-2022 23:06 Vice-president referred to the event for the first time in public and revealed she received a call from Pope Francis in the wake of the failed shooting attack.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's attacker – not such a lone wolf?

12-09-2022 15:32 Fernando André Sabag Montiel, the man who pulled the trigger against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner but failed to kill her, is still an unknown quantity in Argentina – but it's increasingly looking like he did not act alone.

President Fernández condemns death threats against Mauricio Macri

10-09-2022 11:49 President Alberto Fernández condemns death threats made against his predecessor in office, opposition leader Mauricio Macri.

Call for ‘hate speech’ law divides government and galvanises opposition

09-09-2022 11:22 Ruling coalition U-turns on proposal after INADI anti-discrimination institute Director Victoria Donda demands introduction of ‘hate speech’ law in wake of attack on vice-president.

by Sam Forster, for the Buenos Aires Times

The problem is not other people, but us

09-09-2022 10:48 Following the attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the only thing on which both sides agree is that the blame belongs to the discourse of hatred which the other side foment.

by Gustavo González

Attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner triggers misinformation and mistrust

08-09-2022 14:22 As news agencies began transmitting the image of a man pulling the trigger of a pistol aimed at the face of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, social networks were exploding with messages casting doubts about the attack.

Judge: Attacker and girlfriend 'planned' attempted hit on CFK

08-09-2022 03:11 Fernando Sabag Montiel, and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, planned the attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to preliminary charges filed by judge probing the case.

Police confirm arrest of girlfriend of Fernández de Kirchner's attacker

05-09-2022 08:17 Fernández de Kirchner's lawyer Gregorio Dalbón says he's sure attacker Fernando André Sabag Montiel "didn't act alone," as police confirm arrest of his 23-year-old girlfriend Brenda Uliarte.

Investigators fear crucial info on CFK attacker's mobile phone may be lost

04-09-2022 18:36 Multiple reports suggest attacker's mobile phone has been reset to factory mode, potentially putting at risk vital information; Sources say no fingerprints were found on the Bersa Thunder .32-calibre gun allegedly used by Sabag Montiel in the attack due to melee that followed attempted shooting.

Violence never the solution

03-09-2022 11:24 What happened on Thursday night remains unimaginable but somehow it must be imagined and faced. A country whose capacity for shock has seemingly been tested to the limits is now tested yet further.

‘Stop the hate’ – pro-CFK supporters take to streets after attack

02-09-2022 19:30 The emblematic Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires was filled with demonstrators on Friday as huge crowds repudiated the attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Stunned Argentines condemn shocking shooting attempt

02-09-2022 11:12 Large demonstrations called for midday Friday across Argentina in repudiation of the failed assassination attempt on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's life.

Images of the historic attempt on Fernández de Kirchner's life

02-09-2022 10:27 A man attempted to shoot Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner near her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday, a shocking incident that President Alberto Fernández described as "most serious event that has happened since" Argentina restored democracy in 1983.

President Fernández decrees national holiday after failed attack on Veep

02-09-2022 00:47 President Alberto Fernández declared Thursday night that the suspected assassination attempt against Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is "the most serious" since Argentina recovered democracy in 1983.

Maduro, Lula, Evo Morales condemn attack on former president

02-09-2022 00:17 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro "energetically" rejects "attack" against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; Reactions flood in from United States, Bolivia and Brazil.

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing attack

12-08-2022 21:46 Salman Rushdie, the British author who was subject to a fatwa calling for his death in 1989, was stabbed today. His agent reports he is on a ventilator and could lose an eye.

Renewed calls for justice 28 years after attack on AMIA Jewish Centre

19-07-2022 13:32 Argentine Jews are still waiting for justice, nearly 30 years after a terrorist attack which killed 85. They demonstrated their frustration with the lack of answers this Monday outside the rebuilt Jewish Centre.