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García-Mansilla resigns from Supreme Court after Senate rejection

07-04-2025 12:40 Four days after the upper house voted against his nomination by large majority, Manuel García-Mansilla, the Supreme Court justice imposed by President Milei by decree, resigns his bench on the nation's highest court.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Senate rejects Supreme Court justices imposed by President Milei

03-04-2025 21:40 Blow for Milei as upper house votes by clear margin to reject both nominations for nation’s highest court; Future of Manuel García-Mansilla and Ariel Lijo unclear.

POLITICS & COURTS

Supreme Court justices rule against nominee Ariel Lijo

07-03-2025 10:33 Supreme Court blocks Lijo’s request to take leave from his post as federal judge; García-Mansilla blocks request, Lorenzetti dissents.

EDITORIAL

Towards a supremo’s court

01-03-2025 06:27 Both the presidential Supreme Court nominees, Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla, present problems. These are rather simpler in the latter case.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

PRO says it won’t support Milei’s Supreme Court push

27-02-2025 19:50 Former president Mauricio Macri – who in 2015 attempted to impose Supreme Court justices by decree before backtracking – says his PRO party will not support appointment by decree.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

García-Mansilla sworn-in amid Supreme Court controversy

27-02-2025 16:38 President Milei imposes two new justices on nation’s highest tribunal by decree, defying Congress; Nominees for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of the next legislative period.”

JUDICIARY & COURTS

Milei appoints Lijo, García-Mansilla to Supreme Court by decree

25-02-2025 18:45 President Javier Milei bypasses Congress to appoint his nominations for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of next legislative period.”

POLITICS & COURTS

Government sets March target for Supreme Court appointments

13-02-2025 13:41 Casa Rosada is seeking consensus for nominees Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla and its bid to appoint them to the nation’s highest court. But should support be lacking, it may resort to using decrees.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights Watch warns of 'institutional deterioration' under Milei

24-01-2025 18:39 New report by Human Rights Watch criticises Argentina’s mistreatment of freedom of speech, gender equality and judicial integrity.

by Zella Milfred

HUMAN RIGHTS

Judge orders government to protect dictatorship torture sites

15-01-2025 19:52 President Milei’s nominee for Supreme Court, Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, orders Human Rights Secretariat to safeguard sites and staff of 'Olimpo,' 'Club Atlético,' 'Automotores Orletti' and 'Virrey Cevallos' after request by City legislator Victoria Montenegro.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentine judge orders arrest of Nicaragua's Ortega over rights violations

30-12-2024 19:57 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo orders arrest Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Vice-President Rosario Murillo and a dozen other collaborators for "systematic violation of human rights."

CONGRESS & POLITICS

Government calls extraordinary sessions – but no budget bill

05-12-2024 18:42 As confirmed by Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni, detailing that political and electoral reform and the anti-mafia law would be included, among other issues.

LANGUAGE

Judge orders Spanish Royal Academy to delete pejorative definition of 'Jewish'

27-09-2024 14:15 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo has ordered the publishers of a major Spanish dictionary to remove a pejorative definition of the word "Jewish" from its listing.

EDITORIAL

Tinkering and tailoring the judge and the spy

24-08-2024 05:55 While “Big Brother” espionage would seem to contradict the libertarian creed in general, the nomination of the controversial federal judge Ariel Lijo for the Supreme Court flies in the face of Milei’s electoral crusade against a corrupt “caste.”

POLITICS, CONGRESS & COURTS

Ariel Lijo defends Supreme Court candidacy before Senate

22-08-2024 19:22 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, whose nomination for the nation’s highest tribunal has been questioned by politicians across the spectrum, pushes back against criticism in eight-hour hearing.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

War between Milei and Villarruel escalates

22-08-2024 14:33 Dispute between President Javier Milei and Vice-President Victoria Villarruel has been publicly exposed. The question is no longer why it is happening, but how it can end.

by Javier Calvo

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Ariel Lijo is a controversial candidate for the Supreme Court

22-08-2024 09:58 Nominated by President Javier Milei for a bench on Argentina’s highest tribunal, Federal Judge Ariel Lijo defends his controversial candidacy before the Senate.

by Rodis Recalt

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Key week for Ariel Lijo, Milei’s nomination for Supreme Court bench

19-08-2024 15:40 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo has presented a document to the Senate attempting to answer more than 400 questions sent by citizens; Supreme Court nominee will now defend his work as magistrate in a key Senate committee hearing.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

Macri objects to Ariel Lijo’s nomination for Supreme Court

02-08-2024 17:37 “It’s a mistake”, said the former president in an interview he gave after the rally where he formally assumed the PRO presidency.

POLITICS

Milei sends documents supporting nominees for Supreme Court vacancies

28-05-2024 15:54 President sends two three-page files to Senate kickstarting nominations for candidacies of Ariel Lijo and Manuel José García Mansilla for seats on nation’s highest tribunal.

SUPREME COURT NOMINATION

Consent and dissent for Ariel Lijo on road to Supreme Court

01-05-2024 22:59 International Legal Forum gives its support to Ariel Lijo’s bid occupy a Supreme Court bench. The federal judge’s colleagues, including María Romilda Servini de Cubría, also back his nomination, but several NGOs challenge federal judge's credentials with objections on "ethical" grounds.

POLITICS

Supreme Ct: Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla formally nominated

15-04-2024 15:01 More than a month after their identities first hit the headlines, President Javier Milei formally nominates Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla for Supreme Court.

JUDICIARY

Milei nominates Lijo, García-Mansilla for Supreme Court

20-03-2024 15:49 President Javier Milei confirms he is proposing federal judge Ariel Lijo to fill Supreme Court vacancy and nominates Manuel García-Mansilla as the replacement for Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda, who will retire later this year.

News of ariel lijo

García-Mansilla resigns from Supreme Court after Senate rejection

Senate rejects Supreme Court justices imposed by President Milei

Supreme Court justices rule against nominee Ariel Lijo

Towards a supremo’s court

PRO says it won’t support Milei’s Supreme Court push

García-Mansilla sworn-in amid Supreme Court controversy

Milei appoints Lijo, García-Mansilla to Supreme Court by decree

Government sets March target for Supreme Court appointments

Human Rights Watch warns of 'institutional deterioration' under Milei

Judge orders government to protect dictatorship torture sites

Argentine judge orders arrest of Nicaragua's Ortega over rights violations

Government calls extraordinary sessions – but no budget bill

Judge orders Spanish Royal Academy to delete pejorative definition of 'Jewish'

Tinkering and tailoring the judge and the spy

Ariel Lijo defends Supreme Court candidacy before Senate

War between Milei and Villarruel escalates

Ariel Lijo is a controversial candidate for the Supreme Court

Key week for Ariel Lijo, Milei’s nomination for Supreme Court bench

Macri objects to Ariel Lijo’s nomination for Supreme Court

Milei sends documents supporting nominees for Supreme Court vacancies

Consent and dissent for Ariel Lijo on road to Supreme Court

Supreme Ct: Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla formally nominated

Milei nominates Lijo, García-Mansilla for Supreme Court

United States revokes Argentine national’s visa for ‘celebrating’ Charlie Kirk’s murder

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Peru's new president names ex-general to oversee 'war' on gangs

Bessent: US working on new US$20-billion private-sector 'facility' for Argentina

Diego Santilli, Milei’s last-minute substitute, tries to clear ballot confusion

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Encuesta elecciones 2025: cuál es la diferencia que hay entre LLA y Fuerza Patria y el impacto del "rockstar" Milei

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