News of graft

Does corruption matter?

03-12-2021 22:16 The blatant politicisation of the Judiciary does nothing to make Argentina look like a good place in which to do business.

by James Neilson

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Fernández de Kirchner, children cleared in money-laundering case

27-11-2021 00:31 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her two children, Florencia and Máximo, have been cleared in the 'Hotesur-Los Sauces' case investigating alleged money-laundering.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Former vice-president Amado Boudou granted parole

23-07-2021 15:33 Argentina’s former vice-president, jailed for crimes related to the irregular acquisition of a major money-printing firm, granted parole after serving two-thirds of his 70-month prison sentence.

Global pandemic

New claims of Covid vaccine graft in Brazil

30-06-2021 14:35 Senior Health Ministry official resigns after newspaper publishes fresh allegations of corruption in Brazil's vaccine programme.

FIFAgate scandal

Swiss bank Julius Baer admits it funnelled money to TyC, Grondona

28-05-2021 16:39 Swiss Bank admits to participating in money-laundering of some US$36 million in bribes in the "FIFAgate" scandal, US officials announced on Thursday. One of the bank's employees has admitted to transferring millions of dollars to late AFA chief Julio Grondona.

'DOLLAR FUTURES' CASE

Fernández de Kirchner attacks judicial 'persecution' as corruption case heard

04-03-2021 16:47 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner let rip at Argentina's Judiciary on Thursday, accusing the courts of engaging in "persecution" against her as she gave testimony in graft case.

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.

Lava Jato

Brazil's watershed 'Lava Jato' graft probe ends with a whimper

08-02-2021 15:20 One of the biggest corruption investigations in history wraps up after falling into scandal itself.

PERUVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Peruvian Congress chooses centrist Francisco Sagasti as new president

16-11-2020 19:25 Francisco Sagasti chosen as next leader by Congress as Peru gets to grips with deep political crisis, sparked by the impeachment of one popular president and the resignation of his controversial successor amid protests which killed two people.

PERUVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Merino resigns as Peru president after five days in power

15-11-2020 17:59 Peru's interim leader Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday, just five days after taking office, sparking wild street celebrations in the capital Lima after protests against his rule.

PERUVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Peru's new leader faces calls to resign after three protesters killed

15-11-2020 08:16 Lawmakers call for the "immediate resignation" of interim president Manuel Merino, after a violent crackdown on protests against his new government left at least three dead and more than 60 injured.

PERUVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Peru's Congress votes to impeach President Vizcarra on graft allegations

09-11-2020 22:19 Peru's Congress voted Monday to impeach President Martín Vizcarra over allegations he took kickbacks from developers while a regional governor. Congress leader Manuel Marino will now take over the presidential functions until July 2021.

Corruption & the courts

Court confirms corruption trail for Fernández de Kirchner, De Vido

02-10-2020 01:18 Federal Criminal Cassation Court confirms trials of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Julio De Vido and a host of businessmen, ruling objections from vice-president's legal team to be "inadmissible."

Lava Jato

Brazil extends 'Lava Jato' corruption probe

10-09-2020 08:59 Brazilian attorney general's office extends country's biggest-ever corruption probe, Operação Lava Jato, until January 31, granting the increasingly controversial investigation a new lease of life.

Causa peajes

Judge sends two ex-Macri administration officials to trial

21-07-2020 21:50 Charges against former National Highways director Javier Iguacel and ex-Treasury prosecutor Bernardo Saravia Frías relate to presumed irregularities in the awarding of highway toll concessions.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Cuadernos: Judge pulls trial order against Fernández de Kirchner

23-06-2020 23:48 Citing a lack of evidence, Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez De Giorgi cancels trial order against vice-president related to a chapter of the 'Cuadernos' notebooks graft case related to the Techint multinational. De Vido also among beneficiaries.

Corruption

Spread of coronavirus fuels corruption in Latin America

27-05-2020 13:20 Even amid a global pandemic, there’s no sign that corruption is slowing down in Latin America. Perhaps the biggest case is in Bolivia, where the health minister was arrested amid allegations that officials bought 170 ventilators at inflated prices.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Ex-VP Boudou, jailed for corruption offences, granted house arrest

07-04-2020 18:44 Court granted house arrest to Boudou, who was vice-president during the second presidential term of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2011 to 2015.

As I see it

Political unprisoners

23-02-2020 16:53 The notion that some people are entitled to remain above the law is shared, or regarded as unimportant, by such a large proportion of the electorate that disabusing it seems well-nigh impossible.

by James Neilson