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'POLITICAL PRISONERS'

Fernández denounces a Judiciary defined by ‘political winds’

18-02-2020 16:19 Via Twitter, president stated that "may there never again be a justice that pursues according to the political winds" and added that "in recent years lawfare has been established in Argentina.”

FORMER BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT

A day in BA with Evo Morales

11-01-2020 09:49 Journalist Leandro Dario spends a day with the former Bolivian president, who is now living in exile in Buenos Aires, plotting his party’s return to power.

by Leandro Dario

EVO IN ARGENTINA

Bolivian interim government asks UN to help it silence Evo Morales

21-12-2019 13:32 Bolivia’s interim government on Thursday appealed to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in an attempt to stop former president Evo Morales from influencing next year’s general election.

Corruption & The Courts

De Vido and Baratta released from prison to house arrest

15-12-2019 11:53 Two ex-Kirchnerite officials were released from detention late Friday night, after a ruling ordered they be committed to house arrest and wear ankle-monitoring bracelets.

EX-BOLIVIA PRESIDENT

Evo Morales takes refuge in Argentina

14-12-2019 10:53 Former Bolivia president granted him refugee status by new Fernández government after landing at Ezeiza.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

From prison, jailed Kirchnerites call for ‘Christmas without political prisoners’

26-11-2019 19:00 De Vido, Boudou, D'Elia, Milagro Sala among group of Kirchnerites facing legal woes. Group calls on followers to march to Comodoro Py courthouse on Thursday, November 28.

Protests in Chile

Chile's Piñera acknowledges excess police force used in protests

19-11-2019 09:58 President admits excessive force used in clamping down on demonstrators, and promises “no impunity” for anyone who commits acts of violence.

Chile Protests

Argentina's Embassy in Santiago evacuated after 'attack'

13-11-2019 15:32 Ambassador José Octavio Bordón was one of the diplomats who fled the building while protesters tried to enter.

Bolivian Election Crisis

Why Macri should condemn the military intervention in Bolivia

12-11-2019 23:00 A critique of Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie's statement about the intervention of Armed Forces in Bolivia – and a call for President Macri to rectify a grave error.

by Gustavo González

LANDMARK EVENTS

Chile scraps Asia-Pacific and climate summits amid protests

30-10-2019 12:23 Even a cabinet shakeup doesn't stem the country's protests, compelling Piñera to call off two major gatherings of international leaders Chile was scheduled to host.

Chile Protests

Human rights groups in Buenos Aires support Chilean protesters

23-10-2019 17:00 Eleven NGOs issue call of solidarity and demand President Sebastián Piñera bring end to fighting through peaceful means.

Argentina

Violence erupts outside of Chilean consulate in Buenos Aires, journalists attacked

22-10-2019 12:50 At least six people detained for infiltrating peaceful march with molotov cocktails.

AS I SEE IT

Crunch time is about to arrive

19-10-2019 13:36 For most of the country’s political leaders, trade unionists, businessmen and other influential personalities, the traditional way of doing things is perfectly natural and the ideas they cling to are only common sense.

by James Neilson

Political turmoil

Peru President Vizcarra dissolves Congress, calls fresh elections

01-10-2019 09:18 Peru lurches into new period of political uncertainty after Martín Vizcarra dissolves opposition-controlled congress and calls new elections in anti-corruption row.

Tension in Nicaragua

Nicaragua says released all considered political prisoners

18-06-2019 17:59 The opposition maintains that more than 80 people it considers political prisoners are still in custody. Protests erupted in April 2018 calling for President Daniel Ortega to step down.

IMMIGRATION

Latin America, Caribbean no longer leading sources of emigration

25-01-2019 18:47 Argentina was the top destination for migrants moving within Latin America

AS I SEE IT

Ultras on the march

13-10-2018 10:35 It has all been great fun for leftists, but their moment in the sun may soon be over.

by James Neilson

AS I SEE IT

Cambridge Analytica rules the world, OK?

31-03-2018 10:49 A considerable number of influential men and women have come to the conclusion that both Brexit and Trump lack legitimacy.

by James Neilson