Argentina

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.
Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 07:23 UTC
A third passage to Nisman's apartment and a locksmith who testified the service entrance was not locked

Investigators found a footprint and a fingerprint in a third –recently discovered- access to prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s apartment, which became the latest clues in the investigation of the death of the AMIA special prosecutor late on Sunday.
Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 07:17 UTC
Suspicious death in Argentina by The New York Times editorial board

The following editorial was published on Wednesday by The New York Times addressing recent events surrounding the mysterious death in Buenos Aires of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the still unsolved case of the July 1994 attack on the Argentine Jewish community center, AMIA. He had been involved in the case for ten years and investigating an alleged Iranian connection.
Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:52 UTC
Argentina's economy forecasted to contract 1.5% this year, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Argentina's economy will contract by 1.3% in 2015, a figure smaller than original estimates, as the organization revised its world projections to reflect tumbling oil prices.