News of attack

Trial in absentia – the hope of justice for AMIA bombing

Yesterday 19:18 The case of the Jewish community centre would be the first application of this kind of trial in Argentina. How this tool against impunity works, its authors, international precedents and other possible cases, such as the crimes of the military dictatorship, to which it could be applied.

by Sabrina Chemen

COURTS: AMIA BOMBING

Judge orders trial in absentia for 10 suspects in 1994 AMIA bombing

26-06-2025 13:59 Argentina will try in absentia 10 Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the deadly 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre that killed 85 people.

DISCREDIT & DISTRACTION

Darín and Milei’s online army: empanadas or rotten fish

27-05-2025 14:43 Argentina’s government, along with its army of online trolls and sympathetic journalists, used the price of empanadas to mock Ricardo Darín and distract from the economic crisis. Viral mockery and aligned media coverage helped them avoid talking about frozen wages, austerity, and the loss of purchasing power.

by Nicolás Gonzalez

STREAMING & SERIES

Netflix’s 'El Eternauta' echoes fight against tyranny, says Darín

30-04-2025 21:20 Ricardo Darín defends Buenos Aires from an alien attack in new Netflix series 'El Eternauta,' based on the legendary graphic novel written by Héctor Oesterheld and illustrated by Francisco Solano López.

CYBER-ATTACK

Cyber-attack on Uruguay government may have come from Argentina

18-03-2025 11:10 A cyber-attack on a Uruguay government website Monday declared that the country "needs rulers, not puppets”; News reports as journalists accuse Argentina as the source of the hack.

CRIME & SECURITY

Man detained over Sociedad Rural Argentina explosive package released

09-09-2024 15:04 A 40-year-old man arrested in connection with the investigation into last week’s letter-bomb attack at the offices of the Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA) is released from custody.

AMIA ATTACK 30TH ANNIVERSARY

New claim for justice on 30th anniversary of AMIA attack

18-07-2024 14:14 On Thursday, AMIA president Amos Linetzky headed the rally for the victims of the attack on the Jewish association on its 30th anniversary, and questioned courts’ failure to progress in the sentencing of those responsible.

AMIA ATTACK

Declassified reports, leads, controversies – AMIA terrorist attack, 30 years on

15-07-2024 17:54 Mossad, the suicide bomber’s body, Stiuso’s declassified report and a book with historic details – three decades on and with no-one held responsible in the courts, the revelations keep coming.

by Rodis Recalt

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.

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.

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.

HUMAN RIGHTS

H.I.J.O.S. rights activist provides details of attack at her home

25-03-2024 17:12 Abused HIJOS activist Sabrina Bölke goes public and speaks out about attack she suffered: "They tortured me and said they were going to kill me."

HUMAN RIGHTS

Attack on rights activist rocks nation on eve of coup anniversary

21-03-2024 18:36 H.I.J.O.S. human rights activist brutally assaulted and sexually abused at home by assailants who threatened her and identified themselves by using slogan linked to President Javier Milei.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

ECONOMY & POLITICS

Milei blames political 'caste' as study estimates 57% poverty rate

19-02-2024 14:06 President blames political "caste" for the soaring poverty that a study estimates plagues 57% of population.

ARMED ATTACK

Gunmen burst into Ecuador television studio live on air

09-01-2024 17:15 Armed men wearing balaclavas burst into studio of public television station in Ecuador's drug violence-torn port city of Guayaquil, taking hostage several journalists and staff members.

VIOLENCE AT MARACANÃ

Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil

22-11-2023 12:52 Violence at the Maracanã as Brazilian police attack Argentina fans; Messi leads players off pitch in protest; Albiceleste goes on to win 1-0, breaking Brazil’s unbeaten qualifying run dating back to 1954.

ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT

Brenda Uliarte changes tack on CFK assassination attempt

28-09-2023 00:20 Brenda Uliarte, co-defendant and former partner of would-be assailant Fernando Sabag Montiel, testifies that “somebody is clearly behind” the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as she attempts to distance herself from plot to kill vice-president.

ELECTION 2023

Operation Beat Milei – Massa’s emergency election campaign

05-09-2023 14:35 Sergio Massa unveils package of measures to be competitive; With Lula's request and a gubernatorial rebuff ringing in his ears, Sergio Massa is fighting for Javier Milei's votes.

by Juan Luis González

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK assassination attempt: President Fernández slams 'slowness' of courts

01-09-2023 19:56 President Alberto Fernandez slams justice system for its "singular slowness" in criminal investigation into attempted assassination of Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner