Tag: Argentine Supreme Court

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court confirms Chief Justice and challenges Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court has signed an “extraordinary accord” confirming the re-election of Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti to the chair until 2019, in a meeting attended by Justice Carlos Fayt who has been the target of an ongoing attack from the administration of president Cristina Fernandez, which wants the 97 year judge impeached.

• Thursday, March 5th 2015 - 06:41 UTC

  Malvinas war veterans will take their torture case to an international court

  

  Malvinas war veterans who had claimed to be victims of abuse and torture by their superior officers during the Falklands conflict of 1982 will take the matter up with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the CECIM centre of former soldiers from La Plata announced.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2015 - 06:17 UTC

  Argentine Justices call for an end to impunity and to disputes among government branches

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court opened on Tuesday a new term with the head Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti delivering a very much awaited speech calling for 'an end to impunity' and a strong reply to harsh comments by President Cristina Fernandez on Sunday, renewing her administration’s criticism against the judicial system.

• Friday, October 31st 2014 - 07:13 UTC

  Google victory in Argentina: search engines are not responsible for content they index

  

  In what is considered a leading case for Argentina, the country's Supreme Court said search engines are not responsible for any content they index, handing a victory to Google in what had become one of the most technologically complicated issues to reach Argentina’s highest court in recent memory.

• Monday, August 11th 2014 - 01:54 UTC

  Argentina/holdouts, a clash between 'global financial power and political power'

  

  A Judge from Argentina's Supreme Court joined the ongoing battle in New York between the Argentine government and the holdouts and slashed out at the US Supreme Court for rejecting to take the case back in June. Eugenio Zaffaroni argued that the conflict must be addressed in the context of “attacks from the global financial power on political power”.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 09:16 UTC

  Setback for Cristina: federal court declares Iran/Argentina memorandum unconstitutional

  

  An Argentine Federal court on Thursday struck down the memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran to jointly investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that local courts blamed on Teheran.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:07 UTC

  Clarin group presents plan to divide media assets in six different companies

  

  The Argentine media group Clarin presented a plan Monday to divide its media assets into six different companies to comply with a controversial media antitrust law. The move was announced shortly after the head of the authority set up to enforce the law offered assurances that the group would be allowed to keep its most valuable TV and radio licenses.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 04:47 UTC

  President Cristina Fernandez resting but also involved in some decisions

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez who is currently recovering from cranium surgery to drain a blood clot, “reads and knows everything” about the current state of things in the country, revealed governor of Entre Ríos province Sergio Urribarri.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:20 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court delays crucial ruling until after mid-term October election

  

  Amid high social and political expectations over the Argentine Supreme Court’s ruling to determine whether the controversial Broadcast Media Law is constitutional or not, a top judge said the decision is not expected to come before October’s mid term legislative elections.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2013 - 08:08 UTC

  Battling the Justice system, Cristina Fernandez main political battle this year

  

  Reforming or democratizing the Argentine Justice system and the Supreme Court is forecasted to become the main political battle of this year, according to Rosendo Fraga a low profile Argentine historian and a sharp political analyst.