10 April 2015
The Federal Oral Court No. 2 has set the trial into the attempted cover-up of the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre for August 6. The trial was first thought to take place in February … Read More ...
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 ...
Reuters: Prosecutors push again to investigate Argentine leader in bombing case
By Hugh Bronstein, 31 March 2015
(Reuters) – Argentine prosecutors pushed for a conspiracy investigation against President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday in the second appeal of a court decision that cleared her of trying to block the inquiry into a … 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 ...
New York Times: President of Argentina Won’t Face Charges
By Jonathan Gilbert, 26 March 2015
BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine appellate court dismissed a criminal case Thursday against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her political supporters that accused them of conspiring to hide Iranian officials’ involvement in a … Read More ...
Wall Street Journal: Argentine Court Rejects Allegations Cristina Kirchner Tried to Head Off Iran Probe
By Taos Turner, 26 March 2015
BUENOS AIRES—In a split-decision, an Argentine federal appeals court on Thursday rejected accusations that President Cristina Kirchner conspired with Iran to cover up its alleged role in a 1994 terrorist attack.
The three-judge appellate … Read More ...