News of attack

CFK confirms she will not run for presidency

27-04-2023 23:27 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reiterated on Thursday that she will not be a candidate in the October presidential elections.

Fernández de Kirchner blames IMF for peso sell-off, inflation

27-04-2023 23:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner criticises the International Monetary Fund for prohibiting Argentina's Central Bank from intervening in financial markets to tame currency volatility in keynote speech.

‘I pulled the trigger and it didn't fire,’ says CFK’s would-be assassin

14-03-2023 11:37 "I have no regrets. I wanted to kill her because of the situation in the country," reveals Fernando Sabag Montiel, the man behind the failed assassination attempt against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last September 1.

Investigators: Attackers of Messi's in-laws’ supermarket seeking ‘impact’

03-03-2023 17:25 Threatening attack on supermarket owned by Lionel Messi's in-laws was intended to "generate intimidation" and "public impact," investigators said Friday.

Expert report says CFK attacker has ‘narcissistic’ personality

14-11-2022 14:56 Fernando André Sabag Montiel, the man who tried to kill Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on September 1, views himself as a modern-day version of Nelson Mandela, according to a report drawn up by forensic doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists.

Judge indicts four Revolución Federal members for ‘inciting hate’

03-11-2022 23:18 Judge charges four members of far-right group Revolución Federal with "inciting hatred, intolerance and collective violence against a president."

All eyes on Army as Brazil heads for elections

29-09-2022 01:00 Experts say that while Jair Bolsonaro has the backing of some in the military, it is highly unlikely the institution would get involved in anything resembling a coup.

No appeal from CFK attack 'co-authors' Sabag Montiel and Uliarte

22-09-2022 01:50 Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte refrain from appealing their indictments for attempted homicide, with Nicolás Carrizo, the alleged leader of the candy floss gang, and Agustina Díaz set to testify.

Rumblings from below

17-09-2022 02:55 The botched attempt to assassinate Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has encouraged fears that Argentina could see the return of political violence.

by James Neilson

Juan Grabois: ‘If Cristina decides to run in 2023, I’m behind her’

16-09-2022 16:00 Catholic social leader and lawyer Juan Grabois on the failed attack on the vice-president, political violence, hate speech and the gravity of the socio-economic situation in Argentina.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

The crime of the precarious

15-09-2022 01:19 The attempt on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s life warranting repudiation throws light on the structural backdrop of the excluded in this country.

by Eduardo Fidanza

Third person arrested in Fernández de Kirchner assassination probe

13-09-2022 21:19 Investigation into failed shooting attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner takes another turn as a third individual – named in local media as Agustina Díaz, a friend of the assailant's partner Brenda Uliarte – is taken into custody by police.

Fake news and the real thing

10-09-2022 02:57 Just as the trial of the junta dictators served as a catalyst to unify a newly democratic society, so the shock of the assassination attempt could have been a golden opportunity to consign polarisation to the past.

by Michael Soltys

Something is knocking on the door

10-09-2022 02:00 As was to be expected, the government wasted no time in trying to take advantage of what had happened last week outside Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's apartment building in Recoleta.

by James Neilson

Investigators probe CFK attacker's potential links to far-right groups

09-09-2022 10:33 Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti and Prosecutor Carlos Rívolo have made arrests, continued to gather information, and come to the conclusion that the attempted attack was premeditated and potentially carried out by a larger group and not a “lone wolf.”

One week on from attack on CFK: Two arrests, one weapon, plenty of unknowns

09-09-2022 09:52 After a week of investigation and an ever-bulging casefile, investigators are still attempting to reconstruct the details of the failed shooting attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that miraculously failed.

Investigators find images showing CFK attacker, girlfriend posing with gun

06-09-2022 17:53 Investigators uncover images of suspected attacker, Fernando André Sabag Montiel, and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, posing with what they believe is the weapon used in failed shooting attack.

What do we know about the failed attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?

06-09-2022 14:02 Five days after the failed assassination attempt on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the attacker's motives are still unknown and the investigation is going.

Macri says Kirchnerism is using attack on VP to persecute ‘symbolic enemies’

04-09-2022 16:18 Former president Mauricio Macri has accused members of Argentina’s government of using last Thursday's attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for political gain.

Political unity remains elusive despite failed attack on vice-president

04-09-2022 09:30 Lawmakers in the lower house Chamber of Deputies meet to condemn failed shooting attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but signs of unity in the wake of the shocking event are few and far between.