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Timerman denied release from house arrest, despite a very delicate medical condition
Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio denied on Tuesday a request for the release of Argentine ex foreign minister Hector Timerman who will remain under house arrest as part of the case in which he was indicted for treason and cover up of the investigation into the 1994 AMIA Jewish organization attack in Buenos Aires. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesTimerman and the Falklands
Dec 13th, 2017 - 10:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Timerman dusted off the resolutions of the Committee on decolonization that take into account “the interests” but not “desires” of the Islanders. Said, they are a “implanted population” and the dispute is “colonial” territoriality.
Hm. Falklands – Implanted Population (1 page):
https://www.academia.edu/30505159/Falklands_Implanted_Population
If Mr. Timmerman is genuinely sick he should be allowed to travel to receive whatever medical treatment he requires. The law should not ban a person from receiving adequate treatment despite what the legal issues are all about. A person's health should be above the law in he best sense of the phrase.
Dec 13th, 2017 - 10:53 am - Link - Report abuse -4Little J
Dec 13th, 2017 - 02:04 pm - Link - Report abuse +3It seems clear the authorities deem him to be a flight risk if he is released from house arrest.
Timerman, a man motivated by greed and sheer hatred, now asks for compassion so he can flee with his loot.
Dec 13th, 2017 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Does Argentina not have cancer treatment of it's own or must the inhabitants go overseas for treatment?
Dec 13th, 2017 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Golfie
Dec 13th, 2017 - 03:46 pm - Link - Report abuse -1From what the article says about a “breakdown”, I'm sure Timerman's doctors would feel it would help his recovery immensely to reside somewhere, free of the fear of prosecution and retribution.
He's a far cry from the arrogant and callous Timerman, star of the CFK
government
Lightning
Dec 13th, 2017 - 04:12 pm - Link - Report abuse -1“He's a far cry from the arrogant and callous Timerman, star of the CFK
government”? So he is no longer the arrogant and callous individual he was just a few years ago? We need to know where this wondrous miracle is available in order to send all those international leaders who evidence the same traits to be guided into the great and good category!
He's a disgrace to his father's noble family. If released he'd easily obtain asylum in Israel.
Dec 13th, 2017 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Wow. Only one decent person here who doesn't think a sick man should be denied treatment despite not even being convicted of anything.
Dec 13th, 2017 - 07:04 pm - Link - Report abuse -3Little J, you are 100% right, a person's health should be above the law.
@Chicureo
I notice you don't say asylum in Iran, the country he is accused of aiding. You think Israel would give him asylum even if he was guilty of helping the Iranians escape justice for the AMIA bombing? Or you think he's not guilty?
Chicureo...,me little lost Shilean brother...
Dec 13th, 2017 - 08:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“A disgrace to his father's noble family”...,huhhhhh?
Did you really like Jacobo's book sooooooooo much...?
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51fAB73nmKL._SX335_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Estimado THINK
Dec 13th, 2017 - 08:35 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Each year, I've become more humble in my views about what occurred in my country. His father was a great man to be admired. HIS son however...
Chicureo...
Dec 13th, 2017 - 09:06 pm - Link - Report abuse -2HIS son however..., what?
All three of Jacobo's boys are gooooood boys...
Hard working lads..., with fast principles and clear ideas...
If you have any evidence of the contrary..., show it..., or go play with your rubber ships...
This sort of vicious actions of the Macri government reveal more and more the class warfare being currently being fought in Argentina. It's an undeclared war on real or potential opponents, on the vulnerable such as retirees and those being laid off, on the small and medium-size enterprises, on some public employees, and on all workers.
Dec 13th, 2017 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse -4We all know how it all it's going to end, but the proponents of the “joyful revolution” are determined to keep their offensive no matter what.
A shameful time for Argentina.
Obviously no one on here knows whether Argentina has the cancer treatment required ( chemotherapy or radiotherapy ) what a sad state of affairs.I would suggest that IF Argentina has cancer treatment there would be no trouble Timerman being able to access it, house arrest or not.
Dec 13th, 2017 - 09:41 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Ah THINK
Dec 13th, 2017 - 10:33 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Of the three sons, ONE of them is in serious trouble with the law. Let's hope he's able to obtain needed medical attention in Argentina. IF acquitted of the charges, then I'll change my opinion.
Dear hermanito...
Dec 13th, 2017 - 11:03 pm - Link - Report abuse -2Of the three sons, ONE of them has been in serious trouble with the Israeli law..., having served diverse terms in jail for refusing to kill other human beings... ANOTHER ONE is being seriously framed by a very corrupt Argie system..., as was his father...
The half liver he has left after two big interventions..., is not responding... he won't see no acquittal...
THINK
Dec 13th, 2017 - 11:30 pm - Link - Report abuse +2I read about the other son refusing to join the IDF on advice of his father. As far as Hector, because of your medical update, I feel sincere remorse for my condemnation. They obviously should let him go in peace.
Golfie,
Dec 14th, 2017 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse +3Obviously, I misspoke.
It's Timerman's lawyers that would make those arguments, not really his doctors.
The contrast of the Timerman under CFK and today, is that he was arrogant and aggressive before, believing himself to be untouchable, but now he is pathetically crying for compassion out of fear of (well-deserved) retribution.
His own sense of entitlement should not enough to grant him leave to flee the jurisdiction. I'm sure nobody will stop him accessing the finest cancer care available in Argentina.
Think of all those Cat Scanners they have
there!
CatScans that don't work you mention.
Dec 14th, 2017 - 01:57 am - Link - Report abuse +3Repression in Argentina
Dec 14th, 2017 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse -5The Macri government surrounds Congress with police as it tries to pass a controversial law that will reduce retirees' income by about 100 billion pesos per year.
Day by day the “Joyful Revolution” mask disappears and the ugly face of the neoliberalism appears, hitting the vulnerable in a ferocious scheme of wealth concentration.
Sad times for Argentina indeed.
Sr. Massot...
Dec 14th, 2017 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse -4Today can become a very, very interesting political day in Buenos Aires...
Sadly..., I am some 2,000 km away...
See you later...
El Think
Its easy to be sorrowful when you are both spongeing off another country. Hypocrites! Get back to Argieland and get pot banging...
Dec 14th, 2017 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse +1@Think
Dec 15th, 2017 - 01:48 am - Link - Report abuse -4Indeed...it would've been a day to share the tear gas and rubber bullets with our country people. However, I felt proud to see that our people still has its capacity to resist and fight.
An increasingly aggressive Macri government failed today in its attempt to approve a regressive, anti-retiree, law package.
In a move to unseat the opposition, the government called for a special session in Congress to approve a law that is going to reduce payments to millions of retirees.
It surrounded the legislative building with 900 police members in full riot gear to prevent demonstrators from coming close to the building. However, while the police was doing its dirty job outside, the Chamber witnessed a chaos probably never seen before, and the session had to be cancelled with no vote taken.
The People 1. Macri 0.
Paragraph 2: “the Prosecution recommendation that Timerman be allowed to leave Argentina to continue with cancer treatment overseas”
Dec 16th, 2017 - 12:49 pm - Link - Report abuse -3So even the prosecution say he should be allowed treatment, and Bonadio (who isn't eve a real judge as of November) still refuses. And from Think's commentary that no-one has yet contradicted it seems he's near death. So this “preventive detention” is really an attempt to imprison and even execute him for a “crime” he would surely be acquitted for if he lived long enough. If this isn't overturned and then he dies there will be a case for prosecuting Bonadio and his puppet master Macri for murder.
Enrique
Dec 16th, 2017 - 03:10 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Do you know the difference between “ fight ” and “ protest ”, but you are right they came to “fight ” therefore it was the police that had to control matters.I think no one would react to peaceful protests as you portray.
“I think no one would react to peaceful protests as you portray.”
Dec 16th, 2017 - 10:00 pm - Link - Report abuse -1That's naive. We saw how the police treated protesters in the Catalan referendum, and without all the videos people probably wouldn't have believed that either.
Remember Ian Tomlinson? If this wasn't caught on camera I'm sure the police would have got away with saying he tripped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HECMVdl-9SQ
Ok there is the odd “ bad apple ” but in general all goes peacefully as long as the protesters are protesting for the right reasons.
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