Tag: Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA)

• Thursday, July 17th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Buenos Aires to hold AMIA bombing anniversary ceremony under tight security

  

  As the 31st anniversary of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing looms over, Iran has strongly criticized President Javier Milei for his unwavering support of Israel. Iran's embassy in the UK issued a document condemning Argentina, alongside Canada, the Czech Republic, and Paraguay, for backing Israel's “military actions” against Iran and condemning Iran's “defensive attacks.”

• Monday, May 12th 2025 - 19:51 UTC

  Nazi materials found in Argentine Main Courthouse Building

  

  Hundreds of Nazi documents, membership cards, and propaganda materials were discoovered in the Argentine Supreme Court's (CSJN) archives last week, in was reported in Buenos Aires during the weekend.

• Friday, April 11th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

  Argentine prosecutor wants Iran's supreme leader arrested

  

  Argentine Prosecutor Sebastián Basso has filed a request before Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas for an international arrest warrant against Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for his alleged involvement in ordering the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and injured over 300.

• Monday, January 20th 2025 - 07:40 UTC

  Argentine gov't pledges to find those responsible for Prosecutor Nisman's murder

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei said that Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was murdered “at the hands of the darkest powers” in the country. Nisman was found dead on Jan. 18, 2015, in his apartment with a bullet in his head just hours before appearing before a Congressional committee to explain his findings regarding the so-called Memorandum of Understanding with Iran.

• Friday, December 6th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court says CFK must stand trial for AMIA bombing cover-up

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) ruled Thursday that former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and others should stand trial for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran, thus upholding a previous decision by a Federal Court of Appeals.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 07:27 UTC

  Iran's pick for Interior Minister job prompts condemnation from Argentina and Israel

  

  Argentina and Israel have expressed their condemnation of Iran's decision Wednesday to appoint Ahmad Vahidi as the country's new Interior Minister.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

  

  The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, EAAF, a non-profit scientific NGO, was nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its investigative work into human rights violations in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Justice demanded for Argentina's slain terrorism prosecutor

  

  By Toby Dershowitz - Alberto Nisman once told me he agreed to investigate Argentina’s deadliest terrorist attack on one condition: that he be able to pursue the case wherever the evidence led. This commitment to justice ultimately cost Nisman his life five years ago this week. (January 18)

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 07:33 UTC

  Nisman's homage turns into allegations of an impunity pact between president Fernandez and Cristina Kirchner

  

  Thousands marched in downtown Buenos Aires, on Saturday. demanding an answer to the still unsolved mysterious death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found with a gunshot to the head, exactly five years ago ( January 18).

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  If Argentine prosecutor Nisman was murdered, the U.N. should conduct the investigation into his death

  

  The following opinion column was written by Andres Oppenheimer, an Argentine journalist who has been living in the United States for several decades and is an expert in Latin American affairs.