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When political rhetoric boils over

02-05-2026 00:35 The US may not be heading towards a full-blown civil war, but unless its leaders, especially Trump, tone down their rhetoric, it could soon see a repeat of the 1960s

by James Neilson

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Fernández de Kirchner’s would-be assassin given 10-year jail term

08-10-2025 15:16 Fernando Sabag Montiel sentenced to 10 years in prison for the failed attempt to assassinate former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. His former girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, received an eight-year sentence for her role in the attack. The third accused, Nicolás Gabriel Carrizo, was acquitted.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK’s legal team seeks 15 years for would-be assassin, partner

14-08-2025 00:09 Lawyers for ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have requested prison sentences of 15 years for Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte, who are both accused of aggravated homicide for the attempt to kill the then vice-president on September 1, 2022.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro denied passport for Trump inauguration

16-01-2025 17:58 Brazil's supreme court denied former president Jair Bolsonaro, under investigation for an alleged coup plot, from traveling to Donald Trump's inauguration next week.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner testifies, faces would-be assassin in court

14-08-2024 16:39 Denouncing a climate of violence prior to the assassination attempt on her life and facing her assailant for the first time in person, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner states in court that she found out about shots fired at her after the fact.

UNITED STATES

Bullet and the ballot box: violent US rhetoric comes 'home to roost'

14-07-2024 10:12 Donald Trump was the victim of an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally Saturday in a chaotic and shocking incident set to supercharge political tensions ahead of the US presidential election.

SHOCK IN UNITED STATES

Milei blames 'international left' for 'cowardly' Trump assassination attempt

14-07-2024 09:35 Argentina's President Javier Milei blames "international left" for assassination attempt Saturday targeting former former US president Donald Trump.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK attempted murder trial: Carrizo says he 'would never kill'

04-07-2024 16:23 Nicolás Carrizo weeps as he defended himself in court on Wednesday, saying he would "never kill a person" during second hearing into September 2022 attempted assassination of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Would-be assassin tells court he wanted to kill CFK for 'social good'

26-06-2024 16:42 Fernando Sabag Montiel testifies in his trial over the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in September 2022. "I wanted to kill her," he tells court.

KIRCHNER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

The defendants standing trial for Fernández de Kirchner's attempted murder

26-06-2024 16:05 Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte and Nicolás Carrizo are the defendants standing trial for the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Trial into attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner begins

26-06-2024 12:14 Trial into 2022 assassination attempt of ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gets underway in Buenos Aires; Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte and Nicolás Carrizo are the accused in a trial set to feature more than 270 witnesses.

News of assassination

When political rhetoric boils over

Fernández de Kirchner’s would-be assassin given 10-year jail term

CFK’s legal team seeks 15 years for would-be assassin, partner

Brazil's Bolsonaro denied passport for Trump inauguration

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner testifies, faces would-be assassin in court

Bullet and the ballot box: violent US rhetoric comes 'home to roost'

Milei blames 'international left' for 'cowardly' Trump assassination attempt

CFK attempted murder trial: Carrizo says he 'would never kill'

Would-be assassin tells court he wanted to kill CFK for 'social good'

The defendants standing trial for Fernández de Kirchner's attempted murder

Trial into attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner begins

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