CRIME & SECURITY Argentine tourist dies after Mexico machete attack 16-05-2023 12:10 Young Argentine tourist who was attacked by a man with a machete in southern Mexico dies of injuries sustained in brutal attack.
POLITICAL INSIDER Alberto, CFK and Massa: three different strategies for upcoming elections 30-04-2023 09:07 Sergio Massa’s management is supported by Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but she has not blessed his candidacy. President Alberto Fernández insists that he will present his own hopeful, but the economy minister’s battle against inflation and currency crises – and how they play out – could be the deciding factor. by Rosario Ayerdi
FIERY SPEECH FROM CFK Cristina attacks Milei's dollarisation plan, blames IMF for inflation 27-04-2023 23:52 Vice-president declares that dollarisation would be “worse than convertibility” as she delivers highly anticipated speech that attacks IMF policies, opposition ‘inheritance’ and Javier Milei.
ELECTION 2023 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.
POLITICS & ECONOMY 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.
EDITORIAL Slaughter in La Matanza 08-04-2023 06:32 What made Daniel Barrientos’s murder such a major issue was not the bus-driver’s cruel end but the backlash to the crime wave crossing the line.
CRIME & SECURITY Sergio Berni assaulted at protest following bus-driver’s death 03-04-2023 16:27 Buenos Aires Province Security Minister Sergio Berni attacked by a protesting group of bus-drivers enraged by the death of one of their colleagues in an attempted robbery.
TERROR ATTACK New York truck attacker escapes death penalty 14-03-2023 14:26 Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people in a truck attack in New York six years ago, will spend the rest of his life in jail after jurors were unable to agree on the death penalty Monday.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT ‘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.
Violence in Rosario 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.
Murder in Villa Gesell 'Racism, machismo and classism' evident in Báez Sosa killing, say sociologists 27-01-2023 16:10 High-profile murder trial into the brutal killing of young Fernando Báez Sosa, beaten to death by a group of eight rugby players, shines a light on discrimination in Argentina.
UNITED STATES Terror trial over 2017 New York truck attack begins 09-01-2023 22:01 Uzbek attacker Sayfullo Saipov stands trial on terrorism and murder charges for killing of eight people in 2017 truck rampage. Five of those killed were friends from Rosario celebrating 30 years since their high school graduation. At least 12 other people were wounded.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT CFK's legal team requests judge’s removal from probe into attack 14-11-2022 18:14 Vice-president’s legal team seeks recusal of Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti in strong terms, accusing her of failing to investigate the so-called ‘Casablanca trail’ and alleging that she neither “knows nor wants to investigate” crime thoroughly.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT 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.
COURTS 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."
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Court orders release of one of four detained for attack on CFK 01-11-2022 13:20 Appeals court in Buenos Aires orders release of 21-year-old Agustina Díaz due to a lack of evidence to indict her; Leader of ‘los copitos’ gang Gabriel Carrizo to be remanded in custody under pre-trial detention.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Airport Security Police recover content from CFK attacker’s phone 06-10-2022 15:01 Head of Airport Security Police (PSA) confirms experts have gained access to “three Google accounts” and “entire Telegram database” of Fernando Sabag Montiel; Investigators will now comb through messages dating back to 2020.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Judge charges two more for role in Fernández de Kirchner assassination attempt 02-10-2022 08:31 Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti on Saturday charged Nicolás Gabriel Carrizo and Agustina Díaz with complicity in the attempted assassination of Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last month.
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 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.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT 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.
ANALYSIS Cristina the candidate? 21-09-2022 22:32 Frente de Todos closed ranks on vice-president after failed attack after the assassination attempt. What the opinion polls say about her chances of running for office – and her image. by Rodis Recalt
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY President warns UN leaders of threat from political violence 20-09-2022 22:21 Alberto Fernández addresses attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on world stage for first time, as he calls for greater global solidarity on efforts to tackle political violence and food insecurity.
EDITORIAL Magnicide versus magnification 17-09-2022 02:57 The failed attack on the vice-president should serve to place the grieta rift in a new light. Instead of being viewed as an unbridgeable gap between two political sides, the chasm should be seen as the millions who find no place in the two opposing coalitions or society as a whole.
As I see it 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
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO 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
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Poll finds one in two believe CFK assassination attempt was fabricated 15-09-2022 23:43 Survey of 1,700 individuals finds that 58.4% of respondents believe failed shooting attempt in Recoleta to be “an invented fact.”
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Extremist group in spotlight as Fernández de Kirchner attack probe progresses 15-09-2022 23:38 Fernando André Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte formally charged with attempted murder; AFI leaks audio from Revolución Federal group proposing “infiltration” techniques to kill the vice-president.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT ‘I’m alive because of God and Virgin Mary’ – Cristina breaks silence after assassination attempt 15-09-2022 23:06 Vice-president referred to the event for the first time in public and revealed she received a call from Pope Francis in the wake of the failed shooting attack.
Opinion 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
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT 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.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT President claims Fernández de Kirchner's attackers also wanted to kill him 12-09-2022 16:38 President Alberto Fernández speaks about the assassination attempt against Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during interview with Spanish television and says he was also set to be targeted.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's attacker – not such a lone wolf? 12-09-2022 15:32 Fernando André Sabag Montiel, the man who pulled the trigger against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner but failed to kill her, is still an unknown quantity in Argentina – but it's increasingly looking like he did not act alone.
POLITICS President Fernández condemns death threats against Mauricio Macri 10-09-2022 11:49 President Alberto Fernández condemns death threats made against his predecessor in office, opposition leader Mauricio Macri.
And that reminds me… 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
As I see it 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
Political analysis Neo-Nazi memes and the conspiracy to kill Cristina 10-09-2022 02:00 Our level of distrust in democratic institutions, the media, and society in general is well documented and it follows certain global trends that have given rise to dangerous fringe organisations, particularly right-wingers, more broadly grouped by having been pushed toward the edges of the system. by Agustino Fontevecchia
argentina Call for ‘hate speech’ law divides government and galvanises opposition 09-09-2022 11:22 Ruling coalition U-turns on proposal after INADI anti-discrimination institute Director Victoria Donda demands introduction of ‘hate speech’ law in wake of attack on vice-president. by Sam Forster, for the Buenos Aires Times
OPINION The problem is not other people, but us 09-09-2022 10:48 Following the attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the only thing on which both sides agree is that the blame belongs to the discourse of hatred which the other side foment. by Gustavo González
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT 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.”
WHERE THE INVESTIGATION STANDS 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.
POLITICS After attack on CFK, Alberto Fernández accepts tighter security 08-09-2022 23:27 The president resumed his agenda with a ceremony in San Martín this week, with some 20 percent of the presidential military staff now assigned to bodyguard duties. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is also more tightly guarded. by Rosario Ayerdi
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner triggers misinformation and mistrust 08-09-2022 14:22 As news agencies began transmitting the image of a man pulling the trigger of a pistol aimed at the face of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, social networks were exploding with messages casting doubts about the attack.
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Judge: Attacker and girlfriend 'planned' attempted hit on CFK 08-09-2022 03:11 Fernando Sabag Montiel, and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, planned the attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to preliminary charges filed by judge probing the case.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT 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.
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT 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.
Cristina & the courts Public works graft trial resumes, just four days after failed attack on Veep 05-09-2022 12:24 Trial investigating alleged corruption involving Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and 12 others resumes with defence arguments, just four days after shocking failed shooting attack on vice-president.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Police confirm arrest of girlfriend of Fernández de Kirchner's attacker 05-09-2022 08:17 Fernández de Kirchner's lawyer Gregorio Dalbón says he's sure attacker Fernando André Sabag Montiel "didn't act alone," as police confirm arrest of his 23-year-old girlfriend Brenda Uliarte.
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Investigators fear crucial info on CFK attacker's mobile phone may be lost 04-09-2022 18:36 Multiple reports suggest attacker's mobile phone has been reset to factory mode, potentially putting at risk vital information; Sources say no fingerprints were found on the Bersa Thunder .32-calibre gun allegedly used by Sabag Montiel in the attack due to melee that followed attempted shooting.
REACTION TO ATTACK ON VP 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.
Politics 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.