News of cristina

Fernández de Kirchner makes her defence in public works graft trial

23-09-2022 14:29 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accuses prosecutors of delivering "lies, slander and defamation" as she takes up her own defence in court during 'Vialidad' public works corruption trial.

No appeal from CFK attack 'co-authors' Sabag Montiel and Uliarte

22-09-2022 01:50 Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte refrain from appealing their indictments for attempted homicide, with Nicolás Carrizo, the alleged leader of the candy floss gang, and Agustina Díaz set to testify.

No approach yet but long-shot CFK-Macri summit still a possibility

20-09-2022 15:20 Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recognises that were she to sit down with anybody from the opposition, it would be with the ex-president, whom she considers is the true boss of Juntos por el Cambio. Mauricio Macri would agree to the meeting but believes that Cristina must make the invitation.

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.

President claims Fernández de Kirchner's attackers also wanted to kill him

12-09-2022 16:38 President Alberto Fernández speaks about the assassination attempt against Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during interview with Spanish television and says he was also set to be targeted.

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.

Neo-Nazi memes and the conspiracy to kill Cristina

10-09-2022 02:00 Our level of distrust in democratic institutions, the media, and society in general is well documented and it follows certain global trends that have given rise to dangerous fringe organisations, particularly right-wingers, more broadly grouped by having been pushed toward the edges of the system.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

For a fistful of dollars

10-09-2022 02:00 The shock of the assassination attempt is quite rightly uppermost in public debate, but the real trends lie elsewhere.

One week on from attack on CFK: Two arrests, one weapon, plenty of unknowns

09-09-2022 09:52 After a week of investigation and an ever-bulging casefile, investigators are still attempting to reconstruct the details of the failed shooting attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that miraculously failed.

After attack on CFK, Alberto Fernández accepts tighter security

08-09-2022 23:27 The president resumed his agenda with a ceremony in San Martín this week, with some 20 percent of the presidential military staff now assigned to bodyguard duties. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is also more tightly guarded.

by Rosario Ayerdi

What do we know about the failed attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?

06-09-2022 14:02 Five days after the failed assassination attempt on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the attacker's motives are still unknown and the investigation is going.

Public works graft trial resumes, just four days after failed attack on Veep

05-09-2022 12:24 Trial investigating alleged corruption involving Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and 12 others resumes with defence arguments, just four days after shocking failed shooting attack on vice-president.

Macri says Kirchnerism is using attack on VP to persecute ‘symbolic enemies’

04-09-2022 16:18 Former president Mauricio Macri has accused members of Argentina’s government of using last Thursday's attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for political gain.

Political unity remains elusive despite failed attack on vice-president

04-09-2022 09:30 Lawmakers in the lower house Chamber of Deputies meet to condemn failed shooting attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but signs of unity in the wake of the shocking event are few and far between.

‘We need to stand against this’ – huge crowds flood Plaza de Mayo to ‘defend democracy’

02-09-2022 18:26 Crowds gather in front of the presidential palace a day after a failed attack on the life of Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Peronists and those more skeptical of the government were united in condemnation of political violence.

by Isobel McGrigor

International condemnation of failed attack on CFK floods in

02-09-2022 18:08 Messages of shock and solidarity poured in from around the world Friday after a man tries to shoot Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in an attack captured on video. The Pope, Latin American leaders and the UN Rights office in Geneva among those to send messages of support to Argentina’s vice-president.

Attempted shooting in Recoleta: Fernández de Kirchner attacked as polarisation peaks in Argentina

02-09-2022 09:46 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the former president who has dominated Argentine politics for almost two decades, has long provoked both love and hate from the public.

Latin American leaders rush to denounce failed assassination attempt on CFK

02-09-2022 01:42 Latin American leaders expressed solidarity Thursday with Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner shortly after a man drew a gun on her in Recoleta.