Tag: Cristina Fernandez

Friday, January 30th 2015 - 07:26 UTC
Argentine officials try to discredit prosecutor Fein and engineer Lagomarsino

Argentine cabinet members diligently applied on Thursday President Cristina Fernandez strategy to disqualify facts and events surrounding the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman which has turned out to be a formidable blow to her administration's credibility.
Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 09:40 UTC
Nisman feared for his life, mistrusted his security and asked for the gun

A computer technician in the Buenos Aires prosecutor’s office who has been charged for lending a pistol to Alberto Nisman said the slain prosecutor asked him for the gun since he feared for his life and could no longer trust the team in charge of his security.
Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 06:15 UTC
Only family and friends at AMIA prosecutor Nisman's wake

A wake for Argentina's AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was held Wednesday afternoon in a ceremony with his family and friends. His body will be buried Thursday at the Tablada Israeli Cemetery, the Jewish News Agency (AJN) reported.
Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 07:00 UTC
Argentine Jewish associations criticize Cristina Fernandez' speech as 'intentionally confusing'

The Secretary General of DAIA Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations, Jorge Knoblovits, voiced his criticism against Monday's speech by Argentine president Cristina Fernández and reiterated DAIA’s call to abrogate the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran in 2013.
Tuesday, January 27th 2015 - 04:17 UTC
Nisman's death: Cristina Fernandez blames intelligence services and claims it's a plot to discredit her administration

In an hour's long speech Monday evening in national television Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez announced a plan to dissolve the country’s top intelligence agency and replace it with a new body that will battle international threats from terrorism, drug and human trafficking, and cyber crimes.
Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:33 UTC
Argentine Jewish community wants a 'Day of national mourning', for the burial of Nisman

The head of Argentina's DAIA Jewish community organization Julio Schlosser has urged for the day of Alberto Nisman's burial to be an official “day of national mourning”, in tribute to the late prosecutor who was found dead this week.
Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:26 UTC
US government and Congress call for a “complete and impartial” investigation into the death of Nisman

The US government has called for a “complete and impartial” investigation on the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who had accused President Cristina Fernandez of covering up the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community centre.
Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:51 UTC
Nisman's death not suicide but a plot against her government, alleges Cristina Fernandez

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Thursday morning took to social media once again to express her thoughts on the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman making reference to “the suicide which -I am sure- was not a suicide.”
Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 07:23 UTC
A third passage to Nisman's apartment and a locksmith who testified the service entrance was not locked

Investigators found a footprint and a fingerprint in a third –recently discovered- access to prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s apartment, which became the latest clues in the investigation of the death of the AMIA special prosecutor late on Sunday.
Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 07:17 UTC
Suspicious death in Argentina by The New York Times editorial board

The following editorial was published on Wednesday by The New York Times addressing recent events surrounding the mysterious death in Buenos Aires of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the still unsolved case of the July 1994 attack on the Argentine Jewish community center, AMIA. He had been involved in the case for ten years and investigating an alleged Iranian connection.