News of family

The 'Caputo Clan': A family linked to politics and power

02-11-2024 07:36 The Caputo family has been involved in Argentina's politics for some time, though its most recent star, presidential advisor Santiago Caputo, was an unknown until Javier Milei rose to office. A look at the family tree of a clan long linked to politics and power.

by Giselle Leclercq

Beyond the headlines

All in the family

22-06-2024 05:05 Nepotism is an even more chronic vice of Argentine politics than corruption. And if nepotism requires nephews, these are forthcoming in the Javier Milei administration.

by Michael Soltys

FEATURE

Norberto Milei: The unknown story of the President’s father

25-05-2024 05:27 How President Javier Milei’s father went from being a bus-driver to businessman. His lost trials for tax evasion and the companies he formed with his daughter, Karina, to manage millions of dollars. The scenes of physical and psychological violence which distanced him from his son.

by Juan Luis González

CRIME & SECURITY

Chaco: Cecilia Strzyzowski femicide case sent to trial

01-05-2024 10:26 Former partner César Sena, his parents Emiliano Sena and Marcela Acuña, and four assistants of powerful local picket-leader, look set to face trial by jury.

CRIME & SECURITY

Family of footballer Ángel Di María threatened in Rosario

25-03-2024 13:16 Relatives of national team footballer Ángel Di María left threatening note in Rosario by drug-gangs. Last week, Benfica star mentioned how much he is affected by the growing insecurity in his native region, warning it affected a possible future move to Rosario Central, the club where he began his successful professional career.

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Santiago Caputo: the silent power behind Milei’s throne

13-12-2023 15:34 Political consultant – the nephew of businessman Nicky Caputo and distant relative of Economy Minister Luis Caputo – is one of President Milei’s closest advisors. And his tattoos are drawing attention in Russia.

CRIME & SECURITY

Messi’s in-laws violently robbed in Rosario

23-11-2023 17:52 Robbers shot and stole US$21,500 from a cousin and two employees of the supermarket of the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, wife of football star Lionel Messi, in Rosario on Wednesday

IN FOCUS: 'EL JEFE' KARINA MILEI

Karina: How most important member of next government thinks

22-11-2023 11:56 The youngest member of Milei family has the last word within La Libertad Avanza. The issues she monopolises and how she handles them, her role in the face of her brother’s solitude and her importance to Argentina’s president-elect.

by Juan Luis González

PRESIDENT-ELECT'S PRIVATE LIFE

The making of a president – Javier Milei’s life before politics

21-11-2023 15:56 Argentina’s president-elect is more than an infuriated lion. A look at his youth, family, loves and controversies. From his childhood and education, to his times as Chacarita goalkeeper, to his academic training. The women with whom he fell in love.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Cecilia Strzyzowski's mother and sister say they're leaving Chaco

13-09-2023 14:55 Both Ángela Strzyzowski and Gloria Romero, missing 28-year-old’s sister and mother, have been living under police protection since she disappeared in early June in Resistencia; Investigators believe she was slain by her husband and his parents.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Expert report: Bones thought to belong to Cecilia Strzyzowski were burnt

05-09-2023 13:48 Investigators into the disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski in Resistencia told bones believed to belong to the victim were burnt for at least three hours before being dumped in a river.

CRIME & SECURITY

Cecilia Strzyzowski: Victim’s blood found on Sena family mattress

13-07-2023 14:11 Key breakthrough in case investigating disappearance of 28-year-old in Chaco Province; DNA testing on mattress, furniture from Sena family home indicate victim’s blood.

Disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski

Cecilia Strzyzowski case: Lawyers say Sena family role is clear

29-06-2023 20:04 Plaintiff lawyer Fabián Améndola, declares that the Sena family’s “responsibility” for the suspected killing of Cecilia Strzyzowski has been “established” and highlights the importance of forensic work on the mobile telephones of suspects.

Disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski

Prosecutors: ‘Strong indications’ Cecilia Strzyzowski was killed at Sena family home

22-06-2023 17:56 Investigators probing disappearance and suspected femicide of missing 28-year-old Cecilia Strzyzowski in Resistencia closing in on details of “macabre and atrocious” act.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Corruption, political nepotism, money: Chaco femicide shocks country

22-06-2023 00:33 The disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski has mobilised a province and rocked national politics. Twenty-eight-year-old’s disappearance and links with alleged murderers put spotlights on local politics and ongoing court investigation.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Cecilia Strzyzowski investigation: Police analyse bones found during search

20-06-2023 16:34 Bones being analysed to try to determine if they belong to Cecilia Strzyzowski, the 28-year-old last seen in Resistencia almost three weeks ago.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Protesters rally in Resistencia to demand justice for Cecilia Strzyzowski

20-06-2023 09:45 Hundreds of chaqueños took to the streets of Resistencia on Monday to demand justice for Cecilia Strzyzowski, the 28-year-old who has been missing since June 1.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Ring discovery boosts investigation into Cecilia Strzyzowski's disappearance

19-06-2023 17:33 Investigators probing the suspected femicide of Cecilia Strzyzowski have revealed they have discovered what they believe to be the missing woman’s engagement ring.

DEATH OF CECILIA STRZYZOWSKI

Suspected femicide rocks Chaco in build-up to primary

15-06-2023 21:10 Protests in Resistencia call for justice for Cecilia Strzyzowski, 28, missing since June 1; Her former husband, scion of a powerful political family, is among seven being detained in custody.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Case against CFK over misuse of presidential planes quashed

14-06-2023 22:16 Federal Criminal Cassation Court throws out case against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner investigating alleged misuse of presidential fleet, ruling probe opened by late federal judge Claudio Bonadio was not impartial.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

‘No evidence’ – Fernández de Kirchner attacks grounds for graft conviction

10-03-2023 20:40 Vice-President reignites her ongoing feud with Argentina’s Judiciary on Friday, comparing its members to the mafia and declaring that they seek to “ban” her from holding public office.

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.

CRIME & SECURITY

Messi’s family threatened by narcos in his hometown of Rosario

02-03-2023 19:28 Several shots were fired early Thursday at a supermarket in Rosario owned by the family of Messi’s wife, Antonela Roccuzzo.

Killing of Fernando Báez Sosa

Báez Sosa’s parents say judges ‘fell short with sentences’

07-02-2023 13:55 Mother and father of murdered 18-year-old say their son can now “rest in peace,” though they express dissatisfaction with decision not to sentence all eight to life imprisonment.

Fernando Báez Sosa trial

Judges: Attack on ‘defenceless’ Báez Sosa was ‘previously agreed’

06-02-2023 22:24 Judges rule that attack on “defenceless” 18-year-old Fernando Báez Sosa was “previously agreed”; Court rejects defence’s request for a conviction on the grounds that it was a "homicide in a quarrel.”

Murder in Villa Gesell

Five of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa handed life sentences

06-02-2023 13:19 Five of the eight young rugby players accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa outside a Villa Gesell nightclub three years ago sentenced to life in jail; Three others in the dock handed 15 years for playing secondary role in attack.

Murder in Villa Gesell

Prosecutor seeks life terms for eight rugby players accused of murder

26-01-2023 02:16 Eight Argentine rugby players accused of beating teenager Fernando Báez Sosa to death in Villa Gesell apologise to parents, but their legal team still seeks acquittal.

Murder in Villa Gesell

Three years on, Fernando Báez Sosa’s parents plead for ‘justice’

19-01-2023 20:25 Parents of Fernando Báez Sosa, the 18-year-old who was beaten to death outside the Le Brique nightclub in Villa Gesell, use the anniversary of his murder to reiterate their call for “justice, not revenge,” as trial nears a verdict.

EDITORIAL

Knocked for six

10-12-2022 04:58 If Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is the first serving Argentine vice-president to be sentenced for corruption, that is perhaps the less significant precedent set by Tuesday’s historic verdict in the Santa Cruz highway contract corruption trial.

Analysis

A conviction that does not convict

08-12-2022 15:54 The millions who consider Cristina Fernández de Kirchner corrupt do not need a ruling to prove it. And for millions of others, she will never be guilty.

by Gustavo González

VICE-PRESIDENT’S RESPONSE

Cristina says she won't be a candidate in 2023 elections

07-12-2022 08:54 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner rails against “parallel state and judicial mafia” in an hour-long livestream broadcast reacting to corruption conviction, in which the former president declares she will not run in next year’s election campaign.

PROFILE

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: powerful, divisive, and tainted by fraud

07-12-2022 01:06 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has drawn adoration and hatred in equal measure, and even a fraud conviction is unlikely to push her out of the corridors of power anytime soon.

Vice-president responds

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won’t seek office after guilty verdict

06-12-2022 21:32 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said she will not run for public office after a court found her guilty of fraud charges, ruling out a new presidential attempt next year.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

‘Causa Vialidad’: Chronology of the trial of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

06-12-2022 12:20 Key moments in one of the most controversial and high-profile cases in Argentina’s recent history.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Climax

03-12-2022 05:41 The court judging the ‘Vialidad’ case is expected to reach a verdict that will condemn the former president in some sort of way, validating the accusations of corruption against her, Kirchnerite businessman Lázaro Báez and several government officials.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CABINET FOR CRISTINA

Cabinet ministers accuse opposition of judicial ‘prostitution’

01-12-2022 01:15 Interior Minister Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro accuses opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition of having corrupt ties with the Judiciary, comparing them to prostitution.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner brands court 'firing squad' as graft trial nears end

29-11-2022 13:50 One hearing remains in ‘Vialidad’ trial, on December 6 – the same day a verdict is expected, though judges technically have up to 10 days to rule.

SUBMARINE TRAGEDY

ARA San Juan: Five years on, a look at investigation into submarine's sinking

16-11-2022 08:31 Five years after the tragic loss of the 'ARA San Juan,' forensic studies of images of the sunken submarine are still pending. The case probing the tragedy is relatively advanced, but doubts as to what caused it are far from resolved. A look at the key points of the investigation underway in Santa Cruz and Chubut.

Cristina & the courts

‘Vialidad’ graft trial against Fernández de Kirchner nears climax

15-11-2022 09:27 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her co-defendants challenge prosecutors Diego Luciani and Sergio Mola as ‘Vialidad’ corruption trial, probing alleged public works graft in Santa Cruz between 2003 and 2015, creeps towards climax.

Cristina & the courts

Prosecutor calls for CFK Hotesur-Los Sauces acquittal to be overturned

11-11-2022 10:47 Prosecutor Mario Villar requests that last year’s court decision that paved way for acquittal of defendants without bringing the case to trial be overturned.