Argentina

Argentine judge rejects cover-up charges in AMIA case

Press TV – February 26, 2015 An Argentine judge has dismissed cover-up charges against the country’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in the 1994 AMIA case. Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas said there were no elements to justify continuation of an investigation on an alleged political effort by President Kirchner to cover up the role claimed […]

French Court Prevents Extradition of Alleged Argentine Torturer

teleSUR | February 18, 2015 France’s highest court prevented the extradition of an Argentine alleged torturer, Mario Sandoval, Wednesday. According to the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), a lower court ruled that Sandoval should be extradited to Argentina to face charges of crimes against humanity, deprivation of liberty and acts of torture causing death. […]

Stories of Argentina’s stolen children

The last victims of Argentina’s military dictatorship knew nothing of their true identities. One day though, their worlds turned upside down when they learned a terrible truth. Everything they knew, their families, their names, was all part of a monstrous and cruel conspiracy. It was only through the tireless efforts of their natural grandmothers, who […]

Argentine president seeks to dissolve intelligence body

Press TV – January 27, 2015 Argentina’s president has described the country’s intelligence agency as a “national debt” and has announced plans to disband it. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner made the remarks in a Monday TV address, saying she would prepare a draft legislation to set up an alternative body. “I have prepared a […]