Tag: Jorge Lanata

• Thursday, August 14th 2014 - 05:41 UTC

  US Nevada court grants 'holdouts' discovery rights into assets of Kirchner family friends

  

  The hedge fund Elliott Management secured a victory on Tuesday in its pursuit of Argentine assets abroad, as a court in the US state of Nevada granted the corporation discovery rights to 123 companies allegedly linked to the Santa Cruz public works tycoon Lazaro Baez, and believed to be closely linked to the Kirchner family.

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 08:02 UTC

  “Calamitous” state of Argentine Armed Forces equipment

  

  Argentine investigative reporter Jorge Lanata, loathed by the current government of president Cristina Fernandez for his disclosure of the close business links of certain unscrupulous entrepreneurs (or most probably straw-men) who have become millionaires during the Kirchner years, has now exposed the 'calamitous' state of the Argentine armed forces equipment.

• Thursday, June 19th 2014 - 06:12 UTC

  Massive demonstration in support of prosecutor suspended for investigating Kirchner family dealings

  

  An Argentine prosecutor who was suspended for 'ill performance' in his investigation into the dealings of one of President Cristina Fernandez close business associates, received a massive support Wednesday evening from demonstrators who marched in downtown Buenos Aires to the Attorney General's Office.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:50 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez losing her nerve; furiously blasts journalist for exposing her trip to tax-haven Seychelles

  

  The Argentine government replied furiously on Sunday night to the latest chapter of journalist Jorge Lanata program on corruption in Argentina which so far had exposed top officials and protected businesspeople of the Kirchner couple administrations but on this occasion targeted President Cristina Fernandez and her non disclosed two-day visit last January to the Seychelles islands a renowned tax haven.

• Monday, May 27th 2013 - 08:26 UTC

  Program on Kirchnerite corruption exposure beats football in Argentina

  

  An Argentine investigative journalist program on alleged corruption involving former president Nestor Kirchner and his business cronies had a greater audience than a football match of Boca Juniors, the country’s most popular team disputing the Argentine premier league.

• 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.

• Monday, April 29th 2013 - 04:36 UTC

  Lanata claims 80% of media in under Argentina government control for propaganda purposes

  

  Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata who has won Spain’s Television Iris Award, claims that ‘80% of Argentine media is in the hands of government (President Cristina Fernandez)” which are used as “instruments of propaganda”.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 08:09 UTC

  Argentina’s top journalists demand “we want to ask” and list the ten issues ‘banned’ by CFK

  

  Tens of leading Argentine journalists gathered in Buenos Aires in a television program where each of them was invited to make public what question they would like to ask President Cristina Fernandez in obvious reference to the difficulties to have access to the Argentine head of state and her very limited contact with the press.

• Monday, March 12th 2012 - 18:10 UTC

  Freedom of expression in Argentina?

  

  By John Fowler — “The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write and print with freedom...”. French National Assembly, Declaration of the Rights of Man, August 26, 1789.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Argentine group insists with Falklands’ self determination and sharing natural resources

  

  A group of Argentine intellectuals, academics and free-thinkers have criticized President Cristina Fernandez government strategy of confronting the UK on the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute and called for dialogue that guarantees the self determination of the Falkland Islanders.