Argentina

Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 06:51 UTC
Nisman will be buried Thursday at the Buenos Aires Israeli cemetery

Viviana Fein, the prosecutor investigating the death of Alberto Nisman, will order the delivery of his body to the family, since Nisman's ex wife, Sandra Arroyo Salgado, said that there was no need for a new autopsy in the investigation, the Prosecution said on Tuesday on a press release.
Tuesday, January 27th 2015 - 04:17 UTC
Nisman's death: Cristina Fernandez blames intelligence services and claims it's a plot to discredit her administration

In an hour's long speech Monday evening in national television Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez announced a plan to dissolve the country’s top intelligence agency and replace it with a new body that will battle international threats from terrorism, drug and human trafficking, and cyber crimes.
Monday, January 26th 2015 - 08:28 UTC
Iran denies any 'parallel diplomacy' between Teheran and Argentina

Iran’s charge d'affairs in Buenos Aires Ahmad Reza Kheirmand denied the existence of the “parallel diplomacy” denounced by deceased AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman who accused the Kirchnerite administration of plotting to cover up the 1994 attack on the Jewish community centre.
Monday, January 26th 2015 - 08:24 UTC
Journalist who first reported Nisman's death fearing for his life arrives in Israel

Journalist for the Buenos Aires Herald.com Damian Pachter, who left Argentina on Saturday morning after claiming he feared for his life, has confirmed that he has arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel after flying from Buenos Aires.
Monday, January 26th 2015 - 07:34 UTC
Full support for Argentina's Malvinas claim pledges new Uruguay government

Uruguay's next ambassador to Argentina Hector Lescano said that bilateral relations have always been 'cordial', even in difficult times, and there is no doubt that when president-elect Tabare Vazquez takes office, Uruguay's full support to Argentina's claims over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands will be maintained.
Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:33 UTC
Argentine Jewish community wants a 'Day of national mourning', for the burial of Nisman

The head of Argentina's DAIA Jewish community organization Julio Schlosser has urged for the day of Alberto Nisman's burial to be an official “day of national mourning”, in tribute to the late prosecutor who was found dead this week.
Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:26 UTC
US government and Congress call for a “complete and impartial” investigation into the death of Nisman

The US government has called for a “complete and impartial” investigation on the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who had accused President Cristina Fernandez of covering up the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community centre.
Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 05:32 UTC
Argentina's CARI ranked as the highest Spanish language think-tank globally

Two of the world’s leading 40 think-tanks are from Latin America, with the top spot in the region going to Brazil’s Fundação Getúlio Vargas. However Argentina's Council for International Relations, CARI, was ranked as the highest Spanish language think-tank on a global scale according to a report from the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute.
Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:51 UTC
Nisman's death not suicide but a plot against her government, alleges Cristina Fernandez

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Thursday morning took to social media once again to express her thoughts on the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman making reference to “the suicide which -I am sure- was not a suicide.”
Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:03 UTC
US Ambassador Mamet presents credentials and meets with Timerman

US ambassador to Argentina Noah B. Mamet held his first meeting with Foreign Minister Hector Timerman at the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday afternoon after he arrived in Buenos Aires on Friday of last week.