Argentina

• 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.

• Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 09:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez first twit reaction to 'Iran plot' claim; Nisman to Congress next week

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández made her first public statement since AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman accused her of allegedly covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 attack that left 85 dead and 300 injured. Nisman is scheduled to visit congress next week invited by opposition lawmakers to reveal further details of the alleged plot.

• Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Argentina downplays WTO adverse ruling and considers possible negotiations with litigants

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against Argentina triggers “no immediate modification” of the country’s trade administration, Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich pointed out adding a “comprehensive and detailed analysis of the ruling’s terms” is needed.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

  Timerman accuses Nisman of 'investigating the president clandestinely'

  

  Argentina's government called a leading prosecutor a 'despicable liar' on Thursday for accusing President Cristina Fernandez of secretly negotiating with Iran to avoid punishing those responsible for the country's worst terrorist attack, and insisted the whole thing was a 'media show'.