News of office

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Opposition outcry as Anti-Corruption Office withdraws from CFK graft case

15-05-2020 15:38 Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office says it is withdrawing as a plaintiff in the Hotesur and Los Sauces hotels money-laundering case involving Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her two children.

Bloomberg

WeWork in crisis: ‘Workplaces will never be the same after this’

25-03-2020 19:32 WeWork’s strategy consisted in packing the most people in the less space possible to maximise revenue from each co-working office. Now, this approach seems obsolete with the Covid-19 pandemic.

FERNÁNDEZ'S FIRST MONTH

Fernández walks tightrope as he celebrates first month in office

09-01-2020 20:00 A month into his presidency, Peronist leader has embarked on an ambitious and risky juggling act in a bid to drag Argentina out of its worst economic crisis in almost 20 years.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazilian President Bolsonaro taken to hospital after fall

24-12-2019 08:36 Far-right leader was taken to the Armed Forces' hospital in the capital of Brasilia for examinations of his skull. Will be kept under observation for six to 12 hours.

COP 25 climate summit

Macri: 'Electricity production will be be greenhouse gas free by 2040'

03-12-2019 14:21 President kicks off his last foreign trip as head of state in Madrid at the UN Climate Change Conference, where he meets with world leaders and talks renewable energy.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Laura Alonso tells judge she ‘never covered up an infraction by Aranguren’

29-11-2019 13:26 Head of government’s Anti-Corruption Office appears before federal judge Luis Rodríguez as part of investigation into conflict-of-interest case.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court quashes Sarmiento rail underpass graft trial over lack of evidence

23-08-2019 15:00 Ex-Kirchnerite officials De Vido and Jaime off hook for now as Odebrecht graft probe stalls. Number of businessmen, such as Ángelo Calcaterra, also acquitted. Second ruling, however, opens door for new investigation into Correo Argentino debts.

Investigation

Laura Alonso's Anti-Corruption Office secures sharp budget boost

22-07-2019 23:30 Anti-Corruption Office's budget boosted by 50% from last year, with funds going towards salaries and trips to promote image of 'trustworthy' Argentina.

by Nicole Martin