Argentina

Argentina investigates security officers over AMIA prosecutor death

Press TV – January 24, 2015 Ten Argentine police forces assigned to protect the AMIA bombing case prosecutor are under investigation for their activities on the day he was found dead. The officers, together with two supervisors, are being questioned as part of an internal police probe into the handling of Alberto Nisman’s death, a […]

Freedom and Peace through Art

It was 30th May, deep autumn in Argentina. The streetlights had been turned on an hour earlier, just as I was entering the house/museum. Now inside, it was dark, silent, warm and cozy.
Magda Konopacka de Bruzzone brought two cups of tea upstairs, after locking the gate. For a while, we sat in silence.
“Now tell me about the world outside,” she whispered, after I took my first sip.
“People are freezing to death,” I said. “Argentinean people are dying.”
She looked at me and then her eyes moved somewhere behind, way beyond me.
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Argentina sentences four ex-officers to life in prison

Press TV – December 19, 2014 A court in Argentina has handed down life sentences to four former military officers for committing crimes against humanity during the 1970s’ US-backed military dictatorship in the South American country. On Thursday, the court in the capital, Buenos Aires, found the four guilty of “illegal deprivation of liberty, torture, […]

Argentine Government Suspends Procter & Gamble Operations

teleSUR | November 3, 2014 Argentine authorities this Sunday accused Procter & Gamble of tax fraud and suspended its operations in the country. The government of the South American country suspended domestic operations for the transnational company Procter & Gamble for fiscal fraud and capital flight in import operations from Brazil for US$138 million that […]

Ballots or Bullets: Democracy and World Power

By James Petras | October 31, 2014 The principal reason why Washington engages in military wars, sanctions and clandestine operations to secure power abroad is because its chosen clients cannot, and do not, win free and open elections. A brief survey of recent election outcomes testify to the electoral unattractiveness of Washington-backed clients. The majority […]

Argentina warns US against slandering Buenos Aires over debts

Press TV – November 1, 2014 Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner has warned the United States against the serious consequences of what she called US officials’ slandering Buenos Aires over its debts. In a harsh five-page letter on Friday, the Argentina president criticized US President Barack Obama’s choice of hire for a high-level advisory position in […]