'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL Prosecutor probes Milei assets in ‘$LIBRA’ Cryptogate case 27-03-2025 21:16 Federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano gathering information regarding the assets of President Javier Milei, his sister Karina Milei and three businessmen.
death of diego maradona Maradona ‘was in agony’ before he died, says autopsy doctor 27-03-2025 18:48 Diego Maradona “was in agony” before he died and his doctors should have foreseen his condition, autopsy doctors testify before court.
death of diego maradona Witness arrested for false testimony at Maradona death trial 25-03-2025 17:39 Julio Coria, Diego Maradona's former bodyguard, detained for false testimony after the court in charge of trial into legendary footballer's death noted contradictions in his statements.
sexual assault claims La Matanza Mayor Fernando Espinoza to stand trial for sexual assault 25-03-2025 17:26 Ex-mayor of La Matanza accused of sexually assaulting his private secretary in May 2021; Judge rejects defence team’s request for dismissal.
death of diego maradona No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court 18-03-2025 22:13 Lucas Farías, an officer in the Buenos Aires Province Police Force, says he saw no "medical items" in the room where Diego Maradona received post-operative care.
'CRYPTOGATE' SCANDAL A month on from ‘$LIBRA,’ Milei siblings at centre of judicial tug-of-war 18-03-2025 17:00 Investigation into alleged corruption, influence-trafficking and public ethics rules now the focus of a jurisdictional tussle. by Alfredo Izaguirre
Death of diego maradona Court dismisses two defence lawyers from trial into Maradona's death 13-03-2025 23:32 San Isidro court trying seven health professionals for the death of Diego Maradona removes two lawyers of one of the defendants from the case over potential conflict of interest.
Death of Diego Maradona 'This is how Maradona died' – prosecutor shows shocking photo at trial 11-03-2025 15:22 Shocking image of Diego Maradona on his deathbed shown to court in San Isidro as trial into legendary footballer's death gets underway.
EDITORIAL Towards a supremo’s court 01-03-2025 06:27 Both the presidential Supreme Court nominees, Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla, present problems. These are rather simpler in the latter case.
JUDICIARY & COURTS Milei appoints Lijo, García-Mansilla to Supreme Court by decree 25-02-2025 18:45 President Javier Milei bypasses Congress to appoint his nominations for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of next legislative period.”
ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE Ex-president Alberto Fernández sent to trial for beating former partner 17-02-2025 16:39 Federal Judge Julián Ercolini rules former president Alberto Fernández should stand trial for “minor injuries and serious injuries" suffered by his ex-partner, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez, along with "coercive threats."
POLITICS & COURTS Government sets March target for Supreme Court appointments 13-02-2025 13:41 Casa Rosada is seeking consensus for nominees Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla and its bid to appoint them to the nation’s highest court. But should support be lacking, it may resort to using decrees. by Juan Pablo Kavanagh
COURTS Alberto Fernández denies hitting ex-partner in court appearance 04-02-2025 22:32 Former president Alberto Fernández appears at Comodoro Py federal courthouse for questioning over domestic violence allegations made by his ex-partner, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez.
COURTS Alberto Fernández appears in court to challenge judge 04-02-2025 08:16 Presenting himself before appeals court judge Roberto Boico, veteran Peronist ex-president Alberto Fernández appears in court to denounce Judge Julián Ercolini’s "manifest hostility" towards him in insurance corruption case.
HUMAN RIGHTS Watchdog takes government to court over medicine for sick children 23-01-2025 01:09 State watchdog for children files court injunction to force Argentina’s government to provide missing medication for sick youngsters, including some undergoing cancer treatment.
BEYOND THE HEADLINES The 86th victim 18-01-2025 06:41 Ten years later, Argentine society is still owed an explanation of a bafflingly mysterious death. by Michael Soltys
HUMAN RIGHTS Judge orders government to protect dictatorship torture sites 15-01-2025 19:52 President Milei’s nominee for Supreme Court, Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, orders Human Rights Secretariat to safeguard sites and staff of 'Olimpo,' 'Club Atlético,' 'Automotores Orletti' and 'Virrey Cevallos' after request by City legislator Victoria Montenegro.
DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN A decade on, prosecutors conclude Alberto Nisman was killed 10-01-2025 11:22 Eight days before the 10th anniversary of his death, a new report concludes that late special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was killed for investigating alleged cover-up of the perpetrators of AMIA terrorist bombing in 1994.
Córdoba newborn deaths Nurse denies killings as trial into death of five newborns begins 10-01-2025 09:50 Prime suspect is 30-year-old nurse Brenda Agüero, accused of infanticide; Ex-provincial health minister, former hospital directors and healthcare professionals also facing trial.
COURTS Unprecedented infanticide trial into newborn deaths begins 07-01-2025 11:10 Unprecedented trial sees 11 defendants facing trial by jury for the deaths of five infants at Córdoba neonatal hospital in 2022; Unlike similar cases of attacks on newborn babies reported in the United States, England and Mexico where only nurses are on trial, the case extends to 10 officials. by María Ester Romero
COURTS Lawyer for nurse accused of killing newborns predicts she will be cleared 07-01-2025 10:21 Slamming prosecutors, lawyer for nurse accused of killing five newborn babies predicts his client will be acquitted of all charges by the end of the trial.
NEONATAL DEATHS IN CÓRDOBA Trial into death of five newborns at Córdoba hospital gets underway 06-01-2025 09:05 Eleven defendants in dock for deaths of five children at the Hospital Materno Neonatal in Córdoba; Former nurse Brenda Agüero, responsible for vaccinating the newborns, stands accused of poisoning babies with potassium.
POLITICS & COURTS Supreme Ct declares Insfrán’s indefinite re-election in Formosa unconstitutional 19-12-2024 19:02 The top tribunal unanimously ruled against unlimited re-election, blocking plans by Peronist governor to extend his term in power past 30-year mark.
CRISTINA & THE COURTS Hotesur-Los Sauces: Supreme Court confirms trial for Fernández de Kirchner 18-12-2024 17:05 Nation’s top tribunal knocks back an appeal presented by ex-president’s defence team and confirms case will head to trial.
COURTS Comodoro Py asks Milei to declassify Nisman intelligence documents 18-12-2024 15:20 Federal court asks President to open up files from intelligence services in order to advance investigation into AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death almost a decade ago.
CRISTINA & THE COURTS 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.
COURTS Alberto Fernández appears before judge in insurance fraud case 27-11-2024 17:36 Veteran Peronist leader appears in court as an indicted witness under framework of investigation into alleged corruption scheme involving contracting of state insurance policies.
GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS Ex-president Alberto Fernández called to testify in gender violence case 21-11-2024 18:45 Federal judge Julián Ercolini summons former president Alberto Fernández for questioning in the gender violence case involving former first lady Fabiola Yañez.
EDITORIAL A not so decisive decision 16-11-2024 05:52 This week’s court ruling seems to have done nothing to derail the widespread expectation of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running in next year’s midterms as the focal opposition leader.
CRISTINA & THE COURTS Court upholds Fernández de Kirchner’s graft conviction, sentence 13-11-2024 12:04 Court upholds former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction on corruption charges; Also confirms six-years prison sentence and lifetime ban from public office; Partido Justicialista leader will likely challenge ruling before the Supreme Court.
ypf nationalisation case Burford open to Argentine bonds for US$16-billion judgement 08-11-2024 19:36 Burford Capital, which won a US$16-billion judgement against Argentina over its nationalisation of energy firm YPF SA more than a decade ago are open to receiving payment in bonds instead of cash.
COURTS Court overturns dismissal of lawsuit over Milei journalist insults 31-10-2024 19:43 Ruling which cleared President Javier Milei of charges after he slandered Perfil co-founder Jorge Fontevecchia and accused him of being “on the take”; Judge also removes previous magistrate from case.
COURTS Ex-Chubut judge who kissed cop-killer acquitted of criminal charges 23-10-2024 15:56 Former Comodoro Rivadavia magistrate Mariel Alejandra Suárez, who lost her job after being caught on CCTV kissing a convict she previously jailed, has been cleared of criminal charges.
COURT RULING Argentina rejected by UK Supreme Court in US$1.5-billion bond case 15-10-2024 13:34 Negative ruling for Argentina over appeal; Nation may be forced to pay US$1.5 billion in damages to holders of the country’s growth-linked bonds.
death of diego maradona Court authorises transfer of Maradona's remains to mausoleum 01-10-2024 21:09 Court signs off on transfer of Diego Maradona's remains, at his daughters' request, from a cemetery to a mausoleum to be built for him in central Buenos Aires.
AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY Bunge’s rescue of huge soy supplier rests with Argentine court 25-09-2024 14:22 A top court in Argentina is set to decide whether crop giants Bunge Global and Viterra will be allowed to take over Vicentin, the company that was once the crown jewel of the country’s massive soybean-processing industry.
ARGENTINA-VENEZUELA BILATERAL ROW Venezuela seeks arrest of President Milei as bilateral ties hit new low 18-09-2024 20:39 Attorney general in Caracas says he will seek arrest of President Milei, Karina Milei and Patricia Bullrich over confiscation of Venezuelan cargo plane; Tarek William Saab accuses Argentina leaders of “genocide” in clampdown on protests in Buenos Aires.
DEBT WOES La Rioja creditors win US$40 million in NY court over bond spat 12-09-2024 16:29 US judge orders La Rioja Province to pay creditors nearly US$40 million in damages.
ypf nationalisation case US says it may weigh in on Burford’s US$16-billion Argentina award 09-09-2024 21:08 United States government “actively considering” whether to file statement of interest with courts concerning Burford Capital’s efforts to collect a US$16-billion judgment against Argentina over nationalisation of state oil firm in 2012.
FOOTBALL & POLITICS Court blocks Milei’s privatisation plan for Argentina’s football clubs 04-09-2024 15:20 President’s decree forcing football governing body AFA to accept private capital into nation’s football clubs blocked by injunction until definitive ruling issued by courts.
BEYOND THE HEADLINES When ugly ducklings are black swans 31-08-2024 05:27 How can the libertarian creed possibly have anything in common with the totalitarian model of a military dictatorship? by Michael Soltys
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLAIMS Alberto Fernández’s ex-private secretary says Yáñez is ‘a victim’ 22-08-2024 20:44 Testimony from María Cantero, Alberto Fernández’s private secretary of 35 years, complicates ex-president’s defence against gender violence allegations; Witness confirms that leaked WhatsApp chat messages with former first lady Fabiola Yáñez are real but says she never witnessed any acts of violence by veteran Peronist leader.
POLITICS, CONGRESS & COURTS Ariel Lijo defends Supreme Court candidacy before Senate 22-08-2024 19:22 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, whose nomination for the nation’s highest tribunal has been questioned by politicians across the spectrum, pushes back against criticism in eight-hour hearing.
US COURT RULING Debt default case: US appeals court delivers new legal setback 22-08-2024 00:43 A United States appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judicial ruling authorising an embargo on US Treasury bonds used by Argentina to guarantee the issuing of debt.
POLITICS – ANALYSIS The excommunication of Alberto Fernández 17-08-2024 06:35 In Argentina’s hazy political ecosystem, there should be little doubt that bad actors are always present behind the scenes. by Agustino Fontevecchia
GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS Charges sought against ex-president Alberto Fernández after battery claims 14-08-2024 23:30 Prosecutors on Wednesday sought the indictment of former president Alberto Fernández for "injuries" and "threats" alleged by his ex-partner Fabiola Yáñez.
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Cristina Fernández de Kirchner testifies, faces would-be assassin in court 14-08-2024 16:39 Denouncing a climate of violence prior to the assassination attempt on her life and facing her assailant for the first time in person, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner states in court that she found out about shots fired at her after the fact.
GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS Yáñez details Fernández gender violence claims in four-hour testimony 13-08-2024 18:24 Former first lady Fabiola Yáñez testifies for four hours before prosecutor as she details physical and psychological violence allegations against her ex-partner, former president Alberto Fernández.
US COURT CASE Burford cites governor in pursuit of US$16-billion YPF award 13-08-2024 14:39 Burford Capital suggests remarks by Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof support its push to collect a US$16-billion US court award against YPF oil company.
GENDER VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS Yáñez accuses ex-president Fernández of threats, harassment, abuse 12-08-2024 15:13 Former first lady Fabiola Yáñez confirms gender violence allegations against ex-president Alberto Fernández with a 20-page court writ denouncing serious injuries and abuse of authority.