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.
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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 ...
PanAm Post: Potential Nisman Evidence Up in Smoke after Presidential Palace Fire
By Adam Dubove, 25 March 2015
On Saturday, February 21, a fire at Argentina’s Presidential palace consumed the records of people who entered and left the building through one of its entrances, Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández revealed on Sunday.
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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 ...
Business Insider: Iranian officials completely lost it when a now deceased Argentine prosecutor confronted them in 2007
By Linette Lopez, 23 March 2015
Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who was found dead in his locked apartment in January, was a marked man when he died mysteriously, and his most dangerous enemy appears to have been the Islamic … Read More ...
Wall Street Journal: Iran and Argentina: The Defectors’ Tale
By Mary Anastasia O’Grady, 22 March 2015
Did Hugo Chávez act as a bagman for Iran in its effort to get nuclear technology from Argentina? That’s the claim made by three former members of the Venezuelan dictatorship’s inner circle cited … Read More ...