Tag: Grupo Clarín

Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:45 UTC
Clarin loses constitutional battle, but Argentine government ordered to treat all media equally

The Argentine Supreme Court on Tuesday after four years of litigation finally declared the constitutionality of the Broadcast Media Law, effective immediately, and which forces the powerful Clarin media consortium to comply with the antimonopoly legislation and sell off many of its operating licenses.
Wednesday, July 17th 2013 - 07:41 UTC
Falklands: Timerman accuses Clarin of sponsoring the referendum and Foreign Office strategy

Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman in a piece published in the pro-government Pagina 12 accused Buenos Aires daily Clarin of silencing, distorting, hiding and even lying about events in Argentina and particularly regarding the Malvinas colonial issue and in the March referendum ‘of playing to the Foreign Office strategy’.
Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 23:08 UTC
Argentina's Judicial Reform: A Farewell to the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers.

By Rodolfo Arrate (*) - The Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges famously declared: “Democracy is an abuse of statistics”. Observing the evolution of the political regime in Argentina nowadays, the poet’s sentence may well have turned into a prophecy.
Wednesday, May 15th 2013 - 07:38 UTC
Allegations of a network of corruption money involves former president Kirchner

Argentine and Uruguayan magistrates and prosecutors are investigating an alleged network of corruption money, and probably money laundering involving former president Nestor Kirchner and close political and business cronies some of which continue in key positions or proximity to current head of state Cristina Fernandez.
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, January 3rd 2013 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine government wants to lift court recess to continue battle with Clarin

The Argentine government sent a request for the Federal Civil and Commercial Court to re-open the justice system in January, a month in which it is normally on holiday, in order to resolve two key articles regarding the controversial Media law.
Thursday, December 27th 2012 - 20:18 UTC
Setback for Cristina Fernandez: Supreme Court rejects two appeals on the Media Law

The Argentine Supreme Court rejected on Thursday the Government’s ‘per saltum’ request to debate the constitutionality of two articles in the controversial Media Law which has the administration of President Cristina Fernandez clashing with the powerful Clarin group.
Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:17 UTC
Argentine government appeals to Supreme Court on the Media Law case

Argentine Justice Minister Julio Alak announced the government presented the “per saltum” recourse before the Supreme Court as it seeks to put an end to the case over the constitutionality of the Media Law’s divestment article.
Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 06:39 UTC
Temporary relief for Clarin Group; case delayed for another two months

Argentine media group Clarin SA was granted temporary relief on Tuesday from the government's effort to implement a media law that would force the conglomerate to sell some of its most profitable assets.
Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 06:00 UTC
Argentine government begins process to dismember Clarin media group

Argentina's government Monday began the process of auctioning off media licenses and related assets held by the media conglomerate Grupo Clarin SA. The move, which government officials say should take about 100 business days to complete, comes after a lower court judge ruled Friday that a three-year-old media law requiring Clarin to be dismantled is constitutional.