Tag: Julio de Vido

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez's first corruption trial confirmed for next Tuesday

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's corruption trial can go ahead; after protesters demonstrated against rumours the case might be delayed. Trial is set to begin on Tuesday over accusations that CFK favoured businessman Lazaro Baez in the attribution of 52 public works contracts worth 46 billion pesos (US$1.2 billion) during her 2007-15 presidency.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Ex president Cristina Fernandez will stand on trial on 26 February

  

  Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will stand trial for the first time on February 26, after a court rejected her bid to postpone proceedings over alleged embezzlement against her and other former government officials.

• Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 06:35 UTC

  Eurnekian's home and business offices raided by the Argentine federal police

  

  Argentine federal police raided this week three addresses belonging to businessman Eduardo Eurnekian as part of an ongoing major investigation into public works contracts awards in exchange for money contributions.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Ex Kirchner minister sentenced to prison for responsibility in Argentina's deadliest train accident

  

  A court convicted a former Argentine federal planning minister Wednesday of contributing to a deadly 2012 train crash by failing to oversee the operations of commuter railways.

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 20:06 UTC

  “Corruption in Argentina surpasses fiction”, and neighboring Uruguay is the “perfect Swiss laundry” for funds

  

  The book topping Argentina's bestseller list is not a thriller or a murder mystery. It’s a crime story of another sort: a blockbuster about political corruption that suggests that bribery is an integral part of the country’s body politic. And neighboring Uruguay is also described as the perfect Swiss laundry for most of the money swindled from Argentina.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Judge indicts ex president Cristina Fernandez and asks for her arrest

  

  An Argentine federal judge indicted former President Cristina Fernandez on Monday and asked for her arrest for allegedly heading a corruption scheme that collected bribes from business leaders in exchange for public work contracts.

• Monday, August 13th 2018 - 10:09 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez testifies on the “K notebooks” corruption scheme

  

  Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez has called on her followers not to accompany her when, this Monday, she gives testimony at the Court House before Judge Claudio Bonadío in relation to the so called “K notebooks”.

• Monday, March 5th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and cronies must face trial on public works contracts

  

  An Argentine judge on Friday said that ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner must face trial over alleged corruption related to the awarding of public contracts in her southern political stronghold of Patagonia.

• Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  Argentine demanding US$ 1.2bn compensation from Cristina Fernandez and cronies

  

  The Argentine government is demanding compensations of over 1.2 billion US dollars from ex president Cristina Fernandez, several of her ministers and staff, as well as businessmen benefitted by the Kirchner administrations, for damages caused by acts of corruption.

• Monday, November 6th 2017 - 07:07 UTC

  Boudou, a history of ambition, good life, power and greed

  

  Ex Argentine vice-president under Cristina Fernandez, Amado Boudou, has joined other former ministers, deputy ministers, top officials and Kirchner family associates who are in jail awaiting for trial on multiple corruption charges. The joke in Buenos Aires is that any moment they will be holding a cabinet meeting once ex president Cristina Fernandez joins them.