Tag: AMIA

Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:49 UTC
Argentina's chief rabbi seriously injured at his home by seven assailants

The head of Argentina’s main Jewish group said an assault Monday on the country’s chief rabbi was motivated by anti-Semitism. Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich was beaten and seriously injured by assailants who broke into his home while he and his wife were there, taking money and personal effects.
Saturday, February 2nd 2019 - 08:49 UTC
Argentine Jewish institutions divided over strategy to help find culprits of several crimes against the community

Two of Argentina's leading Jewish entities, the AMIA and the DAIA, this week made public their its difference over a role as a plaintiff in a criminal complaint against former president-cum-senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, involving a controversial Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2013 with the regime of Iran.
Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 09:23 UTC
Four years on ex prosecutor Nisman’s death remains unsolved, as the AMIA attack from 1994

Israeli and Jewish leaders on Friday marked the fourth anniversary of Argentine federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s murder by unveiling a memorial plaque in his honour at the Ben Shemen forest in central Israel.
Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:40 UTC
Government fails to strip Cristina Fernandez of her parliamentary immunity

Argentina ex-president and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will retain her parliamentary immunity for the rest of the year following the ruling coalition's Senate block failed attempt on Tuesday afternoon to address the issue.
Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
Macri at UN reaffirms Argentine sovereignty over Falklands, but also praises positive dialogue with UK

President Mauricio Macri reaffirmed, once again, “Argentina's legitimate and imprescriptible sovereign rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime spaces”, in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
Saturday, June 2nd 2018 - 08:16 UTC
Nisman death was a homicide, rules Argentine federal appeals court

An Argentine federal appeals court confirmed on Friday that special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, found dead in 2015 while investigating a 1994 Jewish center bombing, was murdered.
Friday, March 9th 2018 - 09:57 UTC
Cristina Fernandez to face trial on charges of covering up terrorist bombing

Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will face trial on charges she covered up the role of Iranians in a 1994 terrorist bombing at a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, judicial authorities announced.
Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:44 UTC
Ex wife of Nisman claims he was killed to silence him and scare judges and prosecutors

Argentina solemnly marked the third anniversary of the murder of Alberto Nisman on Thursday, with relatives and colleagues of the late federal prosecutor — who spent more than a decade investigating Iran’s responsibility for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires — gathering at La Tablada Jewish cemetery in the Argentine capital in tribute.
Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 12:34 UTC
Indictment and preventive imprisonment of Cristina Fernandez confirmed by federal court

An Argentine Federal Court in Buenos Aires City confirmed the indictment and preventive imprisonment of ex president Cristina Fernandez, one of several defendants under investigation for the alleged cover up of the attack against a Jewish organization, by signing a memorandum of understanding with Teheran considered the culprit of the 1994 carnage which cost 85 lives and hundreds injured.
Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:35 UTC
Judge indicts Cristina Fernandez for treason and puts Timerman under house arrest

A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran’s possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people and injured hundreds, a court ruling said.