News of corruption

US bans CFK, De Vido from entry over 'involvement in significant corruption'

22-03-2025 14:06 US State Department, under orders of Marco Rubio, issues statement confirming entry ban for former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, former federal planning minister Julio de Vido and their immediate family members.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

United States bars Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from entry due to graft case

22-03-2025 09:37 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the decision to ban Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her immediate family, as well as former public works minister Julio De Vido, “for significant corruption,” according to a statement. 

Milei and the ‘$LIBRA’ scandal: How far does it go?

19-02-2025 15:20 Milei has a track record of reckless stances on troubled digital ventures. The consequences of the ‘$LIBRA’ scandal could be unpredictable and perhaps, it has only just begun.

by Javier Calvo

Death be not proud

02-01-2025 18:10 Jimmy Carter and Jorge Lanata contrasted in many ways, the one profoundly humanitarian, the other deeply human.

by Michael Soltys

Party in both its meanings

14-12-2024 06:30 Depicting Edgardo Kueider as a pure Kirchnerite will not wash – not only has he delivered some key votes for the Milei government, he was also star spin doctor Santiago Caputo’s nominee to chair the bicameral intelligence commission.

A busy week for corruption

14-12-2024 05:37 Edgardo Kueider’s situation is explicit, bombastic. But not uncommon in Argentine politics.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

​​‘Cuadernos’ case: Court rules black money was campaign contributions

22-06-2024 16:22 Controversial court ruling benefitting Mauricio Macri’s cousin, Ángelo Calcaterra, could lead to cases being tried in electoral courts.

Milei visit to far-right rally prompts harsh Spanish rebuke

20-05-2024 09:24 Spain’s Socialist government demands an apology from President Javier Milei, saying the libertarian leader’s comments at a far-right rally in Madrid have badly damaged relations.

Court nixes Lago Escondido case, dismisses case against indicted

22-12-2023 15:30 Ruling by Federal Judge Sebastián Ramos concludes that proceedings concerning controversial trip shared by judges, officials and media businesspeople are null and void.

US senators demand sanctions against Fernández de Kirchner for ‘corruption’

14-12-2023 15:02 Five Republican U.S. Senators asked for sanctions against former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner on Wednesday for “acts of corruption”, in a letter sent to President Joe Biden.

Almost US$600,000 seized by police from Sofía Clerici’s home

24-10-2023 16:51 US$569,700 confiscated by Federal Police from the home of model Sofía Clerici at the upmarket neighbourhood of Nordelta in the framework of the money-laundering and embezzlement case.

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.

The power of gambling: Insaurralde’s fall a body blow to bingo circles

07-10-2023 06:07 Betting kingpins fear that their well-oiled mechanisms with Lottery chief Omar Galdurralde, who responds to the Lomas boss, will collapse. Why Axel Kicillof accepted him in his Cabinet.

by Ramón Indart

First post-Insaurralde scandal poll shows impact on Unión por la Patria vote

05-10-2023 18:32 Opinion poll measuring the impact of the scandal provoked by the luxurious trip taken by Martín Insaurralde and Sofía Clerici delivers bad news for government.

by Julian D'Imperio

Ex-minister De Vido acquitted in Venezuela suitcase trial

29-09-2023 18:03 Former Federal Planning minister Julio De Vido acquitted in a case probing the illegal entry of a suitcase containing US$800,000, allegedly sent from Venezuela by the Hugo Chávez government as a contribution to the presidential campaign of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2007.

Venezuela takes prison from gang, seizes bitcoin machines, rocket launchers

22-09-2023 19:06 Venezuelan authorities have taken control of the Tocorón prison, which was overrun by members of the Tren de Aragua gang, who were able to transform the prison into their own 'playground.'

Case against CFK over misuse of presidential planes quashed

14-06-2023 22:16 Federal Criminal Cassation Court throws out case against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner investigating alleged misuse of presidential fleet, ruling probe opened by late federal judge Claudio Bonadio was not impartial.

Judge dismisses ‘Ruta K’ graft case against Fernández de Kirchner

05-06-2023 18:46 Federal Judge Sebastián Casanello, acting upon a request filed by the ‘Ruta K’ case’s lead prosecutor, dismisses charges against Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Peru jails ex-intelligence chief over 1988 journalist murder

13-04-2023 13:59 Court in Peru sentences country's former military intelligence chief to 12 years in prison over his role in the 1988 murder of journalist Hugo Bustios Saavedra.

Venezuela corruption probe nets 42 officials

03-04-2023 17:06 Over 40 people have been arrested in Venezuela in an anti-corruption drive sweep of state oil company PDVSA and other related government bodies.