CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST Israel launches strike against Iran, reports US media Yesterday 23:55 Israel has launched a strike against Iran in retaliation for its weekend attack, US media reported Thursday night.
DIPLOMACY Bullrich sparks row with Bolivia, Chile with Hezbollah claims 17-04-2024 16:36 Bullrich alleges the presence of Iranian-linked forces in Bolivia and Chile, along with Triple Frontier; Arce’s administration calls for “end of provocation,” while Boric demands respect.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY President Milei cuts short international trip over Mideast crisis 13-04-2024 21:56 President Javier Milei is ending his international trip early to handle his country's response to the crisis in the Middle East.
AMIA CASE La Libertad Avanza celebrates court ruling blaming 1990s terrorist attacks on Irán 12-04-2024 15:06 Ruling party and PRO leaders celebrate Thursday's court decision, while attacking Kirchnerism for an alleged “cover up” and “treason."
AMIA BOMBING RULING AMIA bombing: Argentina court holds Iran, Hezbollah responsible 11-04-2024 19:28 Court blames 'terrorist state' Iran for 1990s attacks; Ex-judge Galeano’s sentence reduced, opening the door to lawsuits in international courts, judges ratify attack as crime against humanity.
BILATERAL ROW Venezuela closes airspace to Argentina as reprisal for plane seizure 12-03-2024 18:56 Venezuela announces it has closed its airspace to any aircraft coming from or going to Argentina as a reprisal for last month's handover of a seized cargo plane to US authorities.
Detained Plane Row Maduro slams Milei after US seizes Venezuelan plane 16-02-2024 10:39 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro slams Javier Milei, branding him a "bandit" who allowed the United States to seize an Emtrasur plane.
DETAINED PLANE ROW After 20 months at Ezeiza, US seizes Venezuela’s ‘Iranian’ plane 13-02-2024 17:42 Maduro government condemns “brazen theft” of Emtrasur aircraft that was detained at Argentina’s Ezeiza airport for close to two years; United States finally seizes plane, which Washington says was part of an irregular transfer with Iran.
VENEZUELAN PLANE CASE Judge orders surrender of grounded Venezuela plane to United States 03-01-2024 16:18 Caracas reacts angrily to court ruling “robbery” ordering that seized Venezuelan cargo plane be handed over to US authorities.
Terrorism in Latin America Hezbollah operations in South America: what we know 10-11-2023 18:42 Here is what we know – and don't – about Hezbollah's presence in South America, which the United States has called a major security risk.
CRISTINA & THE COURTS Supreme Court delivers judicial setbacks for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner 10-10-2023 18:37 Argentina’s highest court moves to dismiss different claims made by the former president’s defence team in the money-laundering and Iran memorandum cases.
GUEST COLUMN Be careful women and children 10-10-2023 13:48 There is no doubt that being a woman, thinking, wanting to study and daring to express ideas are unforgivable crimes in the Islam of the Iranian Ayatollahs and their Taliban cousins. by Martín A. Morgenstern
UNITED NATIONS Rafael Grossi re-elected as chief of UN nuclear watchdog 25-09-2023 17:59 Rafael Mariano Grossi, first Latin American to head United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency, is re-elected for another four-year-term.
CRISTINA & THE COURTS Double judicial setback for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner 18-09-2023 23:20 Federal Appeals Court orders reopening of two high-profile cases against Argentina’s vice-president: Hotesur-Los Sauces corruption probe and controversial Memorandum of Understanding with Iran. Beginning of both trials likely to be delayed due to additional appeals.
AMIA ATTACK 1994 AMIA bombing: Argentina seeks arrest of four Lebanese 15-06-2023 17:38 Argentina on Thursday sought an international arrest warrant for four Lebanese citizens suspected of involvement in the 1994 bomb attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured 300.
WORLD POLITICS Xi reboots statesman image in push to counter US on world stage 14-03-2023 12:41 Chinese premier is rebooting his image as a global statesman — and he’s already got a significant win under his belt.
Grounded plane at Ezeiza Final few of grounded plane’s crew end fourth-month stopover in Argentina 20-10-2022 01:04 Five remaining crew members – three Iranian, two Venezuelan – of the Emtrasur cargo plane detained at Ezeiza International Airport since June given permission to depart by judge.
DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY Argentina asks Qatar to arrest Iranian vice-president over AMIA charges 17-10-2022 18:11 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires submits a request to Qatar filed by prosecutor in the case, Sebastián Basso.
Grounded plane row Judge allows five crew-members of detained Venezuelan plane to depart 15-10-2022 08:14 The five remaining crew members of a Venezuelan cargo plane detained since June in Argentina have been granted permission to leave the country.
Grounded plane row Judge takes statements from five crew-members of grounded Venezuela plane 30-09-2022 16:53 Judge Federico Villena has taken preliminary statements from five crew members from a Venezuelan cargo plane grounded at Ezeiza International Airport since June.
UNREST IN IRAN Iranians take to streets for 12th night of women-led protests 27-09-2022 14:55 More than 75 people have died in Iran's crackdown over last 11 nights of unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, rights group claims, as Western nations pile pressure on Islamic republic to end violence.
latin america Twelve crew-members from Venezuela plane held in Argentina arrive home 16-09-2022 22:28 Some of the crew from Venezuelan cargo plane detained at Ezeiza for more than three months are released and welcomed home at an airport near Caracas; Seven still remain in Argentina under banning orders.
Detained plane at Ezeiza Appeals Court rules crew of grounded Venezuela plane can leave Argentina 13-09-2022 20:44 Appeals Court approves departure of 12 of the 19 crew-members of Venezuelan cargo plane that has been held at Ezeiza Airport for last three months.
Salman Rushdie Stabbing Rushdie stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder 18-08-2022 17:50 Hadi Matar, accused of attempting to murder British author Salman Rushdie, pleaded not guilty today on trial in the United States. He has been detained without bail.
DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY Argentina’s ambassador in Venezuela slams ‘hijacking’ of aircraft by courts 17-08-2022 17:48 “There is a feeling of injustice in the Venezuelan people," declares Oscar Laborde, Buenos Aires’ envoy in Caracas, prompting opposition criticism.
VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing attack 12-08-2022 21:46 Salman Rushdie, the British author who was subject to a fatwa calling for his death in 1989, was stabbed today. His agent reports he is on a ventilator and could lose an eye.
Grounded plane row March in Caracas protests against detained plane in Argentina 10-08-2022 23:33 #DevuelvanElAvión rally lashes out at Argentina’s retention of a Venezuelan freight plane with Iranian crew.
Grounded plane mystery US seizes cargo plane sold from Iranian to Venezuelan airline 03-08-2022 15:46 Argentinian authorities seized the cargo plane in June on the request of the USA. The Iranian and Venezuelan crew members were kept in Buenos Aires to investigate potential links with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
argentina Argentine judge allows some crew of grounded Venezuela plane to depart 02-08-2022 18:24 12 of the crew of the grounded plane have been allowed to leave Argentina. The group of Iranians and Venezuelans have been kept in Buenos Aires since June when the plane was seized.
AMIA 28 ANNIVERSARY New York Times report keeps AMIA bombing in the news 01-08-2022 16:37 Following New York Times publication of a report attributed to Mossad ruling out direct Iranian participation in the AMIA attack, Israel stands by Tehran planning, financing and authorising the deadly terrorist strike
AMIA Bombing Mossad information on AMIA and embassy bombing counters beliefs about perpetrators 25-07-2022 16:46 The Israeli intelligence service showed results of investigation to the New York Times: suspicions that Argentine and Iranian officials were involved have been disproved, generating controversy in Argentina because Iran appears to have been let off the hook.
Grounded plane mystery Iran urges Argentina to lift plane crew's exit ban 'immediately' 21-07-2022 18:34 Iran has demanded that Argentina allow the five crew members of the seized plane to leave the country. They have been in Argentina since the plane was stopped in June.
AMIA Bombing AMIA commemoration sounds new alert over Iranian plane 20-07-2022 12:40 Ceremony marking the 28th anniversary of the terrorist attack is dominated by a Jewish community deploring impunity alongside its grief, minimal government presence.
AMIA Bombing Renewed calls for justice 28 years after attack on AMIA Jewish Centre 19-07-2022 13:32 Argentine Jews are still waiting for justice, nearly 30 years after a terrorist attack which killed 85. They demonstrated their frustration with the lack of answers this Monday outside the rebuilt Jewish Centre.
Grounded plane mystery Don’t shed light on the dark 02-07-2022 07:00 Straight news, half-truths, omissions and fake news – the case of the grounded Venezuelan plane with the Iranian crew grounded at an airport in Argentina is a very interesting case study for analysis. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Grounded plane mystery Paraguay president: Crew member of grounded plane ‘changed face’ in Cuba 01-07-2022 15:21 Mario Abdo Benítez claims that “large number” of Venezuelan-Iranian crew of plane grounded at Ezeiza International Airport have “links to international terrorism.”
GROUNDED PLANE MYSTERY President Fernández denies grounded plane has any terror link 18-06-2022 20:45 Alberto Fernández insists cargo plane with Iranian and Venezuelan crew members was grounded due to fuelling difficulties, not because of any alleged link to Iran's elite Quds Force.
EDITORIAL A motley crew – in the air and on the ground 18-06-2022 07:53 A Venezuelan cargo plane with mysterious Iranians is a random factor entering out of the blue for a government sinking ever deeper into the red, concealing as much as reflecting more substantial issues.
GROUNDED PLANE AT EZEIZA Mystery over Iranians on grounded Venezuelan plane at Ezeiza deepens 17-06-2022 09:13 Boeing 747 cargo plane, reportedly carrying car parts, has been held at an airport in Argentina since Wednesday last week, its 14 Venezuelan and five Iranian crew prevented from leaving the country pending investigations.
GROUNDED PLANE AT EZEIZA Government denies detained Iranian flight crew are linked to Al Quds 15-06-2022 16:09 Argentina's government on Wednesday rejected reports that one of the 19 crew members of the Venezuelan cargo plane detained at Ezeiza International Airport belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Al Quds forces.
Grounded plane at Ezeiza Remainder of crew of grounded plane prevented from leaving country 14-06-2022 18:00 The Venezuelan crew of a cargo plane grounded outside Buenos Aires since last week may not leave Argentina, a judge ruled Tuesday after their hotel was raided in a probe into possible Iran terror links.
DIPLOMATIC FURORE Judge seizes passports of grounded Venezuelan plane's Iranian crew 13-06-2022 16:28 A judge in Argentina has blocked five Iranian crew members from a grounded Venezuelan cargo jet from leaving the country, amid allegations they may belong to companies linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
AMIA ATTACK US working ‘very closely’ with Argentina to seek justice for AMIA attack 05-05-2022 23:24 Senior government official in Washington says United States is working with Argentina on quest for justice over 1994 AMIA terror attack.