News of prison

ONCE TRAIN TRAGEDY

De Vido, the Once tragedy and the courts: From lack of evidence to a conviction

13-10-2018 08:25 Ex-planning minister handed prison sentence in second trial probing deaths of 51 people in horrific 2012 rail crash.

by Cecilia Devanna

DICTATORSHIP ERA

Luis Muiña handed life in jail for dictatorship-era murder at Posadas hospital

15-09-2018 11:51 Luis Muiña sentenced to life in prison for murder of a doctor at the Posadas Hospital in western Buenos Aires Province during the last military dictatorship.

by Luciana Bertoia

AS I SEE IT

Cleaning up a crumbling economy

18-08-2018 11:17 Here, a former president who has been plausibly accused of stealing billions of dollars not only remains at large, but still has a chance of returning in triumph to the Pink House and stealing a few billion more.

by JAMES NEILSON

INTERVIEW

Santiago Canton: 'Maduro could be arrested based on the ICC’s decision'

02-06-2018 09:16 Human Rights Secretary for Buenos Aires Province Santiago Canton discusses the shocking OAS report detailing human rights violations committed by the Nicolás Maduro administration in Venezuela.

by Santiago del Carril

FORMER PRESIDENT FACES JAIL

Lula defies the courts – for now

07-04-2018 08:36 Former Brazil president ignores Judge Sergio Moro’s 5pm deadline to surrender in Curitiba and start a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. But the PT leader’s lawyer says he won’t resist arrest and reports suggest he will turn himself in today.

INTERVIEW WITH FORMER BRAZIL PRESIDENT

Lula: “I will win in the courts and prove my innocence.”

03-03-2018 10:48 Brazil’s ex-leader declares that he is not afraid of a potential 12-year prison sentence for corruption and reiterates presidential hopes.