THE WEEK There's no jab against ego tripping 27-02-2021 07:29 Cutting corners, contacting cronies for dodgy favours and jumping lines is almost a national sport in Argentina. by Martín Gambarotta
JAILED SOCIAL LEADER Supreme Court upholds two-year prison sentence against Milagro Sala 13-02-2021 09:48 Jailed Tupac Amaru social activist Milagro Sala, considered a ‘political prisoner’ by most Kirchnerite figures, condemns the decision.
COURTS Court confirms De Vido’s sentence for role in Once rail crash 23-12-2020 19:15 Fifty-one people, among them a pregnant woman, were killed and nearly 800 injured when a passenger train plummeted into the Once railway terminal during peak hour in Buenos Aires’ Balvanera neighbourhood on February 22, 2012.
HUMAN RIGHTS Etchecolatz handed eighth life sentence for dictatorship-era crimes 05-12-2020 09:36 Former deputy Buenos Aires provincial police chief sentenced to another life term in jail; Nine other defendants also received life sentences.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Supreme Court upholds ex-VP Boudou’s graft conviction 05-12-2020 09:32 Former vice-president’s conviction for irregularities in sale of Ciccone money-printing firm upheld.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Ex-VP Boudou, jailed for corruption offences, granted house arrest 07-04-2020 18:44 Court granted house arrest to Boudou, who was vice-president during the second presidential term of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2011 to 2015.
JAILED SOCIAL LEADER UCR's Cornejo slams 'irresponsible' Fernández over Milagro Sala comments 08-11-2019 17:24 President-elect accused of "anti-republican behaviour" after saying jailed Túpac Amaru leader "does not deserve to be detained." Sala, meanwhile, says she wants to run for governorship of Jujuy Province.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Jailed ex-VP Amado Boudou gets more than two months shaved off sentence 30-10-2019 14:05 In majority ruling, judges agree time served under pre-trial arrest in a related case should be counted towards near- six-year sentence handed down in Ciccone Calcographic case.
CÓRDOBA JURY TRIAL Woman in Córdoba gets 13 years in jail for cutting off lover's penis 26-09-2019 09:57 Brenda Barattini, the woman who used a pair of pruning shears to cut off her lover's genitals, sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted aggravated homicide.
CORRUPTION & THE COURTS Boudou acquitted and convicted in unified trial over car purchases 29-08-2019 17:15 Former vice-president handed three-year suspended sentence for supplying false data for purchase of car, but is cleared of irregularities in the buying of 19 high-end vehicles dating back to when he led Economy Ministry.