CRISTINA & THE COURTS Prosecutor asks Supreme Court to double CFK prison term 15-05-2025 16:38 Attorney General Eduardo Casal urges Supreme Court to double jail term handed down to former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for corruption offences.
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY El Salvador offers to jail US citizens, Rubio says 04-02-2025 11:38 Marco Rubio says he is "profoundly grateful" to El Salvador for its unprecedented offer to jail US detainees in Latin America's largest prison.
POLITICS IN UNITED STATES Trump says US will detain 30,000 migrants in Guantánamo 30-01-2025 09:30 US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will hold some 30,000 "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantánamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
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.
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.
SOCIETY Number of inmates jailed at Argentina’s federal prisons on the rise 16-10-2024 12:37 Prisoners held in Argentina’s federal jails increased in the third quarter of 2024, rising 0.9% from previous year.