News of court ruling

Court says Fernández de Kirchner’s allies need authorisation to visit

26-06-2025 19:05 Kirchnerite legislators must seek authorisation from defence lawyers to visit Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in house arrest, rules court.

POLITICS

Fernández de Kirchner claims police are attempting to provoke supporters

20-06-2025 22:47 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, confined to house arrest as she serves a six-year jail term, urges supporters not to gather as police deploy near her apartment.

CFK GRAFT CONVICTION

'We will return,' Fernández de Kirchner tells crowd in Plaza de Mayo

18-06-2025 17:08 Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers in the Plaza de Mayo on Wednesday that "we will return" as she began her first full day in detention.

'Vialidad' corruption case

House arrest for CFK – 10 keys from the court ruling

18-06-2025 16:51 Key points from the resolution authorising Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to serve out her six-year prison sentence at home in the Constitución neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Nation's highest tribunal upholds ex-president's prison sentence

10-06-2025 18:34 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will have to serve a six-year prison sentence – likely under house arrest – and will be permanently disqualified from holding political office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction.

CFK GRAFT CONVICTION

Top court bans CFK from public office for life

10-06-2025 17:56 Argentina’s Supreme Court upholds former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s fraud conviction.

EX-PRESIDENT CONDEMNED

Supreme Court confirms Fernández de Kirchner corruption conviction

10-06-2025 16:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's conviction in so-called 'Vialidad' corruption trial confirmed by Argentina's Supreme Court; Former president's intention to run for seat in Buenos Aires Province Legislature blocked by ruling upholding prison sentence and lifetime ban on holding public office.

HUMAN RIGHTS

IACHR condemns El Salvador for denying abortion to sick woman

23-12-2024 21:01 Amnesty International praised a ruling by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemning El Salvador for denying a woman a life-saving abortion in 2013.

ICC RULING ON ISRAEL

Argentina says ICC warrants 'ignore' Israel's right to self-defence

21-11-2024 13:36 President Javier Milei’s government says International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister "ignores" the country's right to defend itself.

ILLEGAL BROADCASTING

Courts in Argentina order blocking of piracy giant Magis TV

20-09-2024 13:51 Court ruling in Argentina orders Google to disable Magis TV, one of the world's leading piracy platforms on Android, and to prevent use and installation of its app.

POVERTY

Court orders Milei government to distribute held-up food aid

27-05-2024 15:14 Court orders Argentina's government to release five tons of food meant for the poor that is being held in storage.

Venezuela Elections 2024

'Stronger than ever,' Venezuelan opposition candidate refuses to yield

14-03-2024 15:05 María Corina Machado continues to campaign, despite significant challenges, to rally support for her presidential bid, emphasising resilience and determination against the regime's obstacles.

OIL & GAS

Argentina investors see rally in YPF bonds running out of steam

21-09-2023 23:07 Investors saying it’s time to sell bonds from Argentina’s state-run oil driller YPF SA ahead of the presidential elections in October.