Tag: AMIA

• Sunday, June 14th 2020 - 14:04 UTC

  New version of Nisman's death supplied by ex Mossad agent directly involves Cristina Fernandez

  

  Israel’s Mossad provided the intelligence information that enabled Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman to prove that Iran orchestrated the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed, an Israeli TV documentary claimed.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Netanyahu praises Fernandez for his “persistence” in investigating the bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday congratulated Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez for his “persistence” in investigating a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Iran upsets Argentine president with comments on the still unsolved death of special prosecutor Nisman

  

  An Iranian accused of involvement in the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina has added to speculation over the mysterious death of a prosecutor who investigated the attack.

• Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Nisman's death controversy reignited: “there isn't a shred of proof” he was murdered, says president Fernandez

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said on Thursday he doubts that a prosecutor who died two days after accusing former President Cristina Kirchner of a cover-up in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre committed suicide. But he insisted “there isn't a shred of proof” that Alberto Nisman was murdered, as his family insists.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 12:30 UTC

  An intriguing Netflix's production, “The prosecutor, the president and the spy”

  

  Netflix will be launching on January first a six-chapter film on one of the most intriguing criminal cases in recent Argentina history, still unsolved, which refers to the killing of former special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, and which was first categorized as suicide.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentina has decided to freeze funds of seven Iranians, accused of a terrorist attack in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina has taken measures to freeze the funds of seven Iranians, including the International Relations Advisor of Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, on charges of involvement in an attack on a Jews cultural centre.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  A unique monument pays tribute to the victims of the AMIA bombing

  

  By Eduardo Eurnekia - On July 18, 1994, the center of Buenos Aires, the bustling capital of Argentina, was shattered by a huge explosion. A suicide bomber drove his explosives-loaded van into the building of the Jewish Community (AMIA-Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina), killing 85 people and injuring hundreds.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 23:59 UTC

  Macri paves way for Hezbollah to be deemed 'a terrorist organisation' in Argentina

  

  The Argentine Government has created the Public Registry of Persons or Entities Linked to Acts of Terrorism and its Financing (RePET), a tool whereby Hezbollah can be included. So far, local authorities adhered to the list penned by the United Nations, where Hezbollah is not included. President Mauricio Macri also decreed a day of national mourning to mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Israeli Social Welfare Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires. In a third measure, Macri gave the victims of that attack 180 days to file for monetary compensation from the state.

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:24 UTC

  Argentina hosts regional summit on Hezbollah, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the AMIA bombing

  

  The United States and Argentina convened this week a two-day regional summit in Buenos Aires to address the Hezbollah threat in the Western Hemisphere. The summit on Tuesday and Wednesday was held a month ahead of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish centre in the Argentine capital.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  “Sincerely”, Cristina Fernandez book of anecdotes to be launched on Friday

  

  Two times Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is launching a book next Friday, a collection of personal anecdotes and momentous experiences of her political life, anticipation of its official presentation in the Buenos Aires Book Fair on 9 May.