Tag: AMIA

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 - 08:24 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.
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.
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.”
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.
Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 07:49 UTC
AMIA/Nisman: a situation of unpredictable consequences, says Rosendo Fraga

The death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman puts Argentina in a situation of unforeseeable outcome in which converge foreign policy, institutional functioning and local politics, according to Rosendo Fraga one of the country's most respected political analysts.