As had been widely expected, pro-Kirchner prosecutor Javier De Luca announced yesterday that he would not pursue Alberto Nisman’s complaint against Argentine President Cristina Kirchner and others. De Luca issued an opinion which argued that, even if the Memorandum Of … Read More ...
Inaugural Alberto Nisman Award for Courage Recipient Robert M. Morgenthau Receives Award
Yesterday, former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau accepted the inaugural Alberto Nisman Award for Courage during the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s Washington Forum.
Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman pursued terrorists and justice relentlessly, even while his evidence trail more … Read More ...
AMIA Trial To be Held on August 6, 2015
Late last week, the Argentine Federal Oral Court No. 2 decided that the trial on the attempted cover-up of the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community cultural center in Buenos Aires will begin on August 6, 2015.
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Updates on Prosecutor Moldes, Prosecutor Viviane Fein and Fernando Esteche
I. “La causa está viva”: Prosecutor Germán Moldes to continue in front of Nisman’s complaint
Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, one of the officials implicated by Nisman before his death, was the second to attempt to remove Moldes; the case “is … Read More ...
Key week for investigation into death of Alberto Nisman
This is anticipated to be a significant week for the troubled investigation into the death last January of prosecutor Alberto Nisman. Today, Nisman’s ex-wife, Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, who is representing his family in the inquest, has gone before Judge … Read More ...
Moldes Appeals 2-1 Decision to Dismiss Nisman’s Complaint against Kirchner, Timerman
As La Nacion predicted, Argentine Prosecutor German Moldes appealed the decision by the Argentine Federal Court appeals chamber No.1 to dismiss the criminal complaint filed by Alberto Nisman. In Nisman’s complaint, he charged that President Cristina Kirchner, Foreign Minister Hector … Read More ...
Argentine Appeals Court upholds lower court ruling to dismiss Nisman complaint without a single evidentiary measure ordered
As predicted by La Nacion and La Politica Online, the Argentine Federal Court appeals chamber No. 1 upheld the ruling by lower court Judge Daniel Rafecas, who quickly dismissed the criminal complaint by Alberto Nisman against President Cristina Kirchner, Foreign … Read More ...
Mysterious fire destroyed evidence at the Casa Rosada, Clarin reports
Adam Dubove reports at the Pan Am Post that a fire, which had not been publicly disclosed, hit an underground section of the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, on February 21. It appears to have destroyed key … Read More ...