News of conviction

Rosario drug gang leader given 22-year jail term in seventh trial

01-10-2021 20:57 Ariel Máximo ’Guille’ Cantero, head of Los Monos drug gang, convicted for instigating seven attacks on judicial buildings, homes of prosecutors and judges.

Venezuelan political crisis

Venezuela asks Spain to extradite opposition leader Leopoldo López

12-05-2021 15:39 Venezuela's Supreme Court has sent a request to Spain for the extradition of exiled opposition politician Leopoldo López, who has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

EUROPE

Defiant Sarkozy on offensive after graft conviction

03-03-2021 10:54 Former France president Nicolas Sarkozy launches offensive to clear his name after being handed a three-year sentence for corruption, lambasting the verdict and mulling a petition to Europe's top rights court.

WEEKLY ROUND-UP

What we learn this week: February 20-27

27-02-2021 08:53 Our pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Lázaro Báez gets 12 years, but no immediate return to jail

27-02-2021 08:28 Iconic Kirchnerite businessman sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for money-laundering an estimated US$55 million between 2010 and 2013.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS

French cardinal exits over failure to report alleged sex abuser

06-03-2020 13:34 The Pope has accepted the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, whose conviction for shielding an alleged child-molesting priest was overturned on appeal last month.

CONVICTED AND JAILED

Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark '#MeToo' moment

24-02-2020 14:47 Film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted on two felony charges on Monday, and is now pending sentencing to take place on March 11.

News of conviction

Rosario drug gang leader given 22-year jail term in seventh trial

Venezuela asks Spain to extradite opposition leader Leopoldo López

Defiant Sarkozy on offensive after graft conviction

What we learn this week: February 20-27

Lázaro Báez gets 12 years, but no immediate return to jail

French cardinal exits over failure to report alleged sex abuser

Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark '#MeToo' moment

Russian court jails four in 2018 Argentine embassy luggage cocaine case

Brazil registers new record 137,000 daily Covid cases

Drought could trim a third of Argentina’s economic growth this year

Argentine traders bail on devaluation bets, buy inflation bonds

Covid tests spark Argentine supply chain fears over border queues

Sorteo de Javier Milei: un foro de hackers puso a la venta los datos de los participantes

Milei va ganando la carrera y Berni redobla la apuesta

Chile | Irina Karamanos asumirá como primera dama pese a duras críticas del feminismo

Quién es Omar Daer, ex abogado de Menem y suegro de Mayra Mendoza, que habría intentado suicidarse

Omar Daer, exabogado de Menem, fue hallado con un tiro en el cuello: investigan "tentativa de suicidio" | Perfil