Argentina

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 09:40 UTC

  Nisman feared for his life, mistrusted his security and asked for the gun

  

  A computer technician in the Buenos Aires prosecutor’s office who has been charged for lending a pistol to Alberto Nisman said the slain prosecutor asked him for the gun since he feared for his life and could no longer trust the team in charge of his security.

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  YPF and China's Sinopec sign memorandum to develop shale oil and gas in Patagonia

  

  Argentine state-controlled energy company YPF said it signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday with China's Sinopec pertaining to the eventual development of conventional and non-conventional oil and gas projects in Patagonia.

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 06:15 UTC

  Only family and friends at AMIA prosecutor Nisman's wake

  

  A wake for Argentina's AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was held Wednesday afternoon in a ceremony with his family and friends. His body will be buried Thursday at the Tablada Israeli Cemetery, the Jewish News Agency (AJN) reported.

• Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 08:04 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez speech was made to 'distract attention' claims Argentine opposition

  

  Argentina's Lower House opposition caucus leaders have rejected the proposed dissolution of the Intelligence Secretariat (SI, formerly known as SIDE), announced Monday evening by President Cristina Fernández, as they consider it was made to “distract attention” from the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman.

• Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 07:53 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community demand the true causes of Nisman's death be investigated

  

  The leaders of Argentina's main Jewish organizations, AMIA and DAIA strongly criticized the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Iran by the administration of President Cristina Fernandez and demanded that “the true causes” of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman be thoroughly investigated.

• Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 07:33 UTC

  Argentina's current import restrictions forecasted to continue during 2015

  

  A decrease in Argentina's trade surplus this year would make it difficult for the federal government to end the current restrictions on imports, which force companies to file an affidavit in order to obtain authorization, the Argentine Importers Chamber (CIRA) said this week, only days after the country’s 2014 trade data was revealed to be the worst since 2001.

• Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  Argentine Jewish associations criticize Cristina Fernandez' speech as 'intentionally confusing'

  

  The Secretary General of DAIA Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations, Jorge Knoblovits, voiced his criticism against Monday's speech by Argentine president Cristina Fernández and reiterated DAIA’s call to abrogate the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran in 2013.

• 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.