News of trial

Russian soldier pleads guilty as Ukraine holds first war crimes trial

18-05-2022 16:52 A 21-year-old Russian soldier on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the murder of a Ukrainian civilian, as Kyiv began its first war crimes trial after nearly three months of war.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner, over 100 businessmen acquitted in branch of 'Cuadernos' case

04-05-2022 16:36 Acquittal covers denunciations of the “cartelisation of public works” branch of ‘Cuadernos’ graft case; Vice-president remains on trial for core part of this case, as well as others stemming from the suspected payment of bribes during her government.

COURTS & HUMAN RIGHTS

Landmark Napalpí Massacre trial begins, 98 years after indigenous killings

20-04-2022 16:00 Nearly a century on from the 1924 Napalpí Massacre, in which more than 300 people were killed, a legal milestone is reached in a court in Resistencia, Chaco Province.

COURTS & JUSTICE

Brazilian court restores trial for rape of Argentine actress Thelma Fardin

30-03-2022 02:19 A federal court in São Paulo federal court has reversed its own ruling that annulled the rape trial involving Thelma Fardin and her ex-co-star Juan Darthés.

justice

Thelma Fardin seeks justice in Brazil after rape trial collapse

16-03-2022 10:35 Thelma Fardin visits São Paulo "seeking justice," following the annulment of the rape trial against Juan Darthés – and the Argentine actress shows no sign of giving up.

church sex abuse

Former bishop sentenced to four years in jail for sex abuse

04-03-2022 19:41 Ex-Orán bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for sexual abuse by a court in Salta Province.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Retired bishop Zanchetta denies sex abuse claims at trial

21-02-2022 20:31 Retired Argentine bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, seen as close to the Pope and with history managing Vatican property, denies charges of sex abuse allegedly committed a decade ago.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

‘Cuadernos’ probe: Case proceeds to trial as court rejects CFK’s appeal

16-02-2022 22:04 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s objections rejected in the 'Cuadernos' (“notebooks”) corruption investigation; Case will now proceed to trial.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

President comes to defence of CFK as witness in public works graft trial

15-02-2022 16:18 President Alberto Fernández testifies as witness in case probing alleged corruption involving Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; Peronist leader rejects claims he was told to favour allied businessman Lázaro Báez in public works projects during Kirchnerite era.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Russia taking 'sharp' dictatorial turn in closing Memorial, says rights group

17-11-2021 12:57 Russia moving to shut down the country's top human rights group Memorial shows that the Kremlin has taken a "sharp" dictatorial turn, says one of the leading organisation's founding members.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Owner of plane in Emiliano Sala crash 'forbade use of pilot'

20-10-2021 10:41 The owner of a plane that crashed with Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala on board told a UK court on Wednesday she had ordered the operator not to use the pilot.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man goes on trial in UK over plane crash death of footballer Emiliano Sala

18-10-2021 08:58 David Henderson stands trial for charges in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash in 2019.

Courts

Court acquits Fernández de Kirchner, ex-officials over alleged Iran MoU conspiracy

09-10-2021 12:27 Judges dismiss case against former president regarding alleged cover-up of Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish community centre. Carlos Zannini, Oscar Parrilli and the late Héctor Timerman also cleared.

COURTS

Judges dismiss Iran MoU cover-up case against CFK, other officials

08-10-2021 03:22 Judges dismiss case against former president and several other officials regarding alleged cover-up of Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish community centre.

COURTS, CRIME & SECURITY

Rosario drug gang leader given 22-year jail term in seventh trial

01-10-2021 20:57 Ariel Máximo ’Guille’ Cantero, head of Los Monos drug gang, convicted for instigating seven attacks on judicial buildings, homes of prosecutors and judges.

2019 CONGRESS DOUBLE SHOOTING

Duo sentenced for 2019 killing of lawmaker, aide near Congress

20-09-2021 21:35 Juan José Navarro Cádiz given 45 years and Juan Jesús Fernández sentenced to life imprisonment for killing La Rioja Radical deputy Héctor Olivares and political advisor Miguel Yadón outside Congress in May 2019.

FILM

Director Santiago Mitre recreates Trial of the Juntas in new Amazon film

04-09-2021 10:32 Renowned actors Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani to play prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo in Santiago Mitre’s ‘Argentina, 1985,’ the first Amazon Original film produced in the country.

OBITUARY

Norberto Oyarbide, controversial former judge, dies aged 70

03-09-2021 03:13 Norberto Oyarbide was one of the most controversial judges in Argentina’s history. He died last Wednesday at the age of 70, after spending two months in hospital with double pneumonia produced by coronavirus.

CRIME

Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil convicted of his murder

30-08-2021 11:11 Brazilian court sentences Francoise de Souza Oliveira to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband, Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis.

LULA GRAFT ALLEGATIONS

Brazil judge annuls all of Moro's cases against ex-president Lula

25-06-2021 20:33 A magistrate on Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday annulled two more cases against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The latest ruling invalidates all previous evidence against him, meaning the trial process will have to start again from scratch.

George Floyd Trial

Former US cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder

25-06-2021 20:18 Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.

Sex abuse

Second Próvolo abuse trial gets underway with two nuns in dock

03-05-2021 17:00 Two nuns and seven other woman stand trial, accused of complicity in the sexual abuse of deaf children at the Próvolo Institute in Mendoza Province.

KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

20-04-2021 17:33 A jury in the United States reached a verdict on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white former police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for the death of African-American George Floyd.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS

Plaintiffs in second Próvolo sex abuse trial demand 'end to delays'

17-04-2021 08:41 Victims and relatives complain defence lawyers for two nuns and several other women are stalling trial into historic child sex abuse at Próvolo Institute in Mendoza Province.

Latin America

Victims of Uruguay's dictatorship seek justice

19-03-2021 13:46 A group of Uruguayan women are seeking justice for the sexual abuse they suffered throughout the country's 1973 dictatorship. With few developments in the case, they have decided to approach the regional watchdog.

'DOLLAR FUTURES' CASE

Fernández de Kirchner attacks judicial 'persecution' as corruption case heard

04-03-2021 16:47 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner let rip at Argentina's Judiciary on Thursday, accusing the courts of engaging in "persecution" against her as she gave testimony in graft case.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Germany convicts Syrian in landmark torture trial

24-02-2021 08:52 German court convicts former Syrian intelligence service agent for complicity in crimes against humanity, in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.

CRIME TRIAL

Major Italian mafia trial kicks off with hundreds in dock

13-01-2021 11:14 Italy's largest mafia trial in more than 30 years opened Wednesday, as prosecutors seek to strike a blow against the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, whose tentacles reach worldwide.

Corruption & the courts

Court confirms corruption trail for Fernández de Kirchner, De Vido

02-10-2020 01:18 Federal Criminal Cassation Court confirms trials of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Julio De Vido and a host of businessmen, ruling objections from vice-president's legal team to be "inadmissible."

FORMER BRAZIL STAR

Ronaldinho released from Paraguay detention after five months

25-08-2020 09:08 Retired Brazilian footballer released from house arrest after spending five months detained in Paraguay for entering the country with a false passport.

Venezuela in Crisis

Citgo oil executives, held two years, go to trial in Venezuela

07-08-2020 15:36 Six US oil executives were arrested on embezzlement charges in 2017. Now, this lingering case has taken on a new sense of urgency.

ILLEGAL ESPIONAGE SCANDAL

Arribas, Majdalani sent to trial in illegal espionage case

06-08-2020 17:31 Gustavo Arribas and Silvia Majdalani, leaders of the AFI intelligence agency during Macri administration, committed to trial for illegal espionage, abuse of authority and falsification of public documents.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Trial into alleged public works graft, with CFK in dock, to restart next week

28-07-2020 22:09 Trial into alleged corruption in the awarding of public works contracts to restart online next Monday after suspension due to coronavirus pandemic.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Anti-Corruption Office seeks eight-year prison sentence for Lázaro Báez

22-07-2020 11:21 Anti-Corruption Office asks for prison sentence of more than eight years for Kirchnerite tycoon Lázaro Báez on charges of money-laundering and eight years for his eldest son Martín as trial restarts online.

Causa peajes

Judge sends two ex-Macri administration officials to trial

21-07-2020 21:50 Charges against former National Highways director Javier Iguacel and ex-Treasury prosecutor Bernardo Saravia Frías relate to presumed irregularities in the awarding of highway toll concessions.

News of trial

Russian soldier pleads guilty as Ukraine holds first war crimes trial

Fernández de Kirchner, over 100 businessmen acquitted in branch of 'Cuadernos' case

Landmark Napalpí Massacre trial begins, 98 years after indigenous killings

Brazilian court restores trial for rape of Argentine actress Thelma Fardin

Thelma Fardin seeks justice in Brazil after rape trial collapse

Former bishop sentenced to four years in jail for sex abuse

Retired bishop Zanchetta denies sex abuse claims at trial

‘Cuadernos’ probe: Case proceeds to trial as court rejects CFK’s appeal

President comes to defence of CFK as witness in public works graft trial

Russia taking 'sharp' dictatorial turn in closing Memorial, says rights group

Owner of plane in Emiliano Sala crash 'forbade use of pilot'

Man goes on trial in UK over plane crash death of footballer Emiliano Sala

Court acquits Fernández de Kirchner, ex-officials over alleged Iran MoU conspiracy

Judges dismiss Iran MoU cover-up case against CFK, other officials

Rosario drug gang leader given 22-year jail term in seventh trial

Duo sentenced for 2019 killing of lawmaker, aide near Congress

Director Santiago Mitre recreates Trial of the Juntas in new Amazon film

Norberto Oyarbide, controversial former judge, dies aged 70

Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil convicted of his murder

Brazil judge annuls all of Moro's cases against ex-president Lula

Former US cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder

Second Próvolo abuse trial gets underway with two nuns in dock

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

Plaintiffs in second Próvolo sex abuse trial demand 'end to delays'

Victims of Uruguay's dictatorship seek justice

Fernández de Kirchner attacks judicial 'persecution' as corruption case heard

Germany convicts Syrian in landmark torture trial

Major Italian mafia trial kicks off with hundreds in dock

Court confirms corruption trail for Fernández de Kirchner, De Vido

Ronaldinho released from Paraguay detention after five months

Citgo oil executives, held two years, go to trial in Venezuela

Arribas, Majdalani sent to trial in illegal espionage case

Trial into alleged public works graft, with CFK in dock, to restart next week

Anti-Corruption Office seeks eight-year prison sentence for Lázaro Báez

Judge sends two ex-Macri administration officials to trial

Default jitters mount in Argentina as local yields top 70%

Maduro: US delegation arrives in Venezuela to discuss 'bilateral agenda'

Vaca Muerta: Fracking leaves heavy footprint in Patagonia

President condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at G7 summit

Argentina seeks spot diesel cargoes amid nationwide shortage

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