News of prosecutor

Anger and allegations after loss of 400 doses of Sputnik vaccine

05-01-2021 23:30 The Buenos Aires Province government and Olavarría City Hall swapped angry accusations on Tuesday when 400 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine had to be discarded.

FURORE AT PROSECUTOR

Outrage over prosecutor who says alleged rapists were 'letting off steam'

06-06-2020 10:01 Chubut prosecutor Fernando Rivarola comes under criticism for description of 2012 gang rape by five youths.

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

CFK on Nisman doc: 'Netflix did what Commodore Py should do'

21-01-2020 13:41 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner offers praise for new Netflix documentary, ‘Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy.’

NISMAN: 5 YEARS ON

Alberto Nisman march to take place in Plaza Vaticano

18-01-2020 09:54 Host of local politicians are expected to attend the event, which will have a sharp anti-Kirchnerite tone. DAIA Jewish organisation will hold a separate ceremony of remembrance, as will family.

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Interview with Justin Webster, director of new Nisman documentary

17-01-2020 16:42 The director of the six-part Netflix documentary probing the death of Alberto Nisman explains why he believes that spy Antonio 'Jaime' Stiuso is crucial to the case, in this exclusive interview with Edi Zunino for Perfil.

by Edi Zunino

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Five years on from his death, Nisman debate still rages on

17-01-2020 12:12 On eve of the fifth anniversary of his death, new Netflix documentary and planned demonstration keeps late AMIA special prosecutor in the spotlight.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS

Bishop appears at court in Orán for hearing on abuse charges

27-11-2019 16:57 Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta returns to Argentina from the Vatican to attend hearing on sexual abuse charges.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Macri promises new gender violence measures as femicides mount up

02-10-2019 14:33 President vows "concrete measures" as part of re-election campaign. Announcement comes a day after MuMalá feminist organisation reveals there has been a femicide every 32 hours in Argentina since the turn of the year.

GENDER VIOLENCE

47% of violent homicides against women in capital last year were femicides

08-08-2019 14:37 Report released by a prosecutorial unit specialising in violence against women found 19 violent murders of women over last year, of which nine were considered to carry hallmarks of a femicide.

ABUSE SCANDAL IN CHURCH

Bishop close to Pope Francis formally accused of abuse in Argentina for first time

07-06-2019 17:52 The prosecutor's office in Salta Province said Friday that prosecutor Mónica Viazzi had accused Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta of "aggravated continuous sexual abuse."

FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH

Four years on, the truth behind Alberto Nisman's death remains hidden

18-01-2019 17:28 The prosecutor was found dead just hours before he would have detailed his accusations against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner before Congress.