Argentina

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 07:09 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community calls for a “truth and justice” rally at AMIA

  

  Argentina's Jewish communities still shocked after learning of the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death, announced that a ceremony calling for 'truth and justice' has been scheduled for this Wednesday to demand for the “complete clarification of the circumstances” surrounding the prosecutor’s death.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Argentina confirms customs imports restrictions despite WTO ruling

  

  The administration of president Cristina Fernandez confirmed to Argentine business leaders that customs restrictions on imports will stay in place, despite strong international pressure for barriers to be lifted.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 05:20 UTC

  Israel and Argentine Jewish organizations call for AMIA probe to continue

  

  Israel urged Argentine authorities on Monday to carry on with the work of a prosecutor who was found dead after having alleged a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 05:10 UTC

  Opposition demands protection of Nisman's records; protest marches in Argentine cities

  

  A group of Argentine opposition senators and lawmakers went ahead on Monday with an informal meeting in Congress which prosecutor Alberto Nisman was expected to address and called for the official's alleged evidence relating to the AMIA case to be protected from interference.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 04:45 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez adds yet another conspiracy chapter to Nisman's death

  

  The usually verbose Argentine president Cristina Fernandez preferred a lengthy letter in Facebook to comment on special prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death (suicide), arguing it was yet another tragic chapter of the ongoing confusion, question and lies that have surrounded for 21 years the AMIA case.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 04:35 UTC

  Nisman's death: “no sign of third-party involved” but it was classified as “suspicious”

  

  Argentine prosecutor Viviana Fein confirmed that there was no sign of a third-party being involved in the death of AMIA investigator Alberto Nisman, who was found early Monday morning with a gunshot to the head. However the official refused to rule out the possibility that the deceased was obliged to take his own life by some as yet unknown factor.

• Monday, January 19th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez meets with economist Piketty expert on wealth distribution

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez met with Thomas Piketty at the Olivos official residence for two hours on Saturday as part of the French economist's tour of Latin America.

• Monday, January 19th 2015 - 07:36 UTC

  Argentine central bank confirms policy restricting access to foreign currency

  

  Argentina will not end its controls restricting access to foreign currency in the near term, Central Bank President Alejandro Vanoli was quoted as saying in an interview published on Sunday in the government supported newspaper Pagina 12.

• Monday, January 19th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Found dead prosecutor who denounced Argentina president for covering up Iran

  

  The body of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found in the bathroom of his apartment in the Buenos Aires City neighbourhood of Puerto Madero late on Sunday.

• Monday, January 19th 2015 - 06:27 UTC

  'D Day' for Argentine prosecutor who charged Cristina Fernandez with 'Iran cover up'

  

  Argentina's ruling coalition lawmakers will insist on Monday in Congress that special prosecutor Alberto Nisman lacks evidence to charge President Cristina Fernández and other administration officials with the cover-up of the AMIA Jewish community centre bombing that killed 85 people and injured 300 in 1994.