Tag: Argentine Supreme Court

• Saturday, January 5th 2013 - 06:06 UTC

  Court lifts recess: Cristina Fernandez resumes battle with Clarin and farmers

  

  Argentina’s Civil and Commercial Court decided to lift the January judicial recess as requested by the administration of President Cristina Fernandez and also granted the cautionary measure appeal to the Argentine Rural Society (SRA) that blocks the presidential decree over the taking over of La Rural grounds in Palermo neighbourhood.

• Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 06:48 UTC

  Argentine president and Michelle Obama take a personal interest in the Marita Veron case

  

  President Cristina Fernandez and First Lady Michelle Obama have expressed a personal interest in the case of forced prostitution of a young woman and acquittal of all suspects, which has shocked Argentina.

• Monday, December 10th 2012 - 05:11 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez blasts Judges and independent media on Democracy Day

  

  In a major speech on Sunday before the iconic Plaza de Mayo celebrating ‘Democracy Day’ and ‘Human Rights Day’ , Argentine President Cristina Fernandez kept pressure on Judges and independent media calling for a “deep democratization of the three branches of government” and a “greater independence from economic power and corporations”.

• Saturday, December 8th 2012 - 04:02 UTC

  Supreme Court will decide on Clarin/Argentine government conflict next week

  

  The Argentine Supreme Court delayed on Friday until next week an answer to President Cristina Fernandez administration’s complaint referred to the Media Law when the seven Justices are present. Currently one is overseas on an academic trip and two others were unable to attend the emergency meeting.

• Friday, December 7th 2012 - 15:21 UTC

  Argentine government appeals to Supreme Court the conflict with Clarin Media group

  

  As part of another chapter of the bitter conflict over a controversial Media Law the government of President Cristina Fernandez called on Friday for the annulment of a ruling from the Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals, which on Thursday extended an injunction placed by the Clarín Group on Article 161 of the Media Law.

• Friday, December 7th 2012 - 05:50 UTC

  Argentine Executive and Judiciary clash over Media Bill and intimidation of Judges

  

  President Cristina Fernandez and the Argentine Judiciary branch are on a collision course after a federal court, despite all kinds of pressure and threats, decided on Thursday to extend an injunction referred to a controversial media bill which seems targeted to dismember the powerful Clarin Media Group, which has become to the eyes of the regime enemy number one.