News of system

Higher learning versus hire learning

21-09-2024 06:19 There is no chance of improving the quality of higher education without doing something about the quantity of both universities and students.

by Michael Soltys

JUSTICE SYSTEM & PRISONS

Milei slashes budget for legal centres in favour of prison spending

29-06-2024 04:25 Argentina’s Justice Ministry announces closure of 81 Centres of Access to Justice nationwide; Milei government boosts budget for the ‘Criminal Policy’ programme by 963% in move to “modernise Penitentiary Service” and “improve the situation of persons deprived of liberty."

by Agustina Bordigoni

CENSORSHIP ROW

Brazil judge orders probe of Elon Musk as censorship row erupts

08-04-2024 11:01 Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes opens investigation into comments by Elon Musk after X owner criticises him in row over censorship.

Corruption & the Courts

Ex-president Alberto Fernández formally indicted for fraud

06-03-2024 15:46 Federal prosecutor Ramiro González formally indicts ex-president Alberto Fernández and other former officials on charges of fraud in insurance contracts awarded by the ANSES social security administration.

CORRUPTION INDEX

Argentina falls on annual corruption index

01-02-2024 17:28 The country scored 37 out of 100 total points and ranked 98th out of 180 surveyed countries

by Ashton Goren

UNITED STATES

Billionaire Joe Lewis’ habit of tipping off staff and lover lands him in court

25-01-2024 14:15 British billionaire Joe Lewis, owner of 12,000 hectares of land near Lago Escondido, pleads guilty to charges that he gave associates non-public inside information for stock trades

Ecuador drug war

Ecuador nabs wanted narco-trafficker, president says crackdown bearing fruit

23-01-2024 15:37 Carlos Arturo Landazuri Cortes, nickname 'El Gringo,' was arrested on Monday; Accused is the alleged leader of a drug-dealing dissident group and suspected of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of three Ecuadorean journalists in 2018.

Global Affairs

Venezuela arrests 32 in alleged plot to kill Nicolás Maduro

23-01-2024 15:26 Authorities have accused civilians and soldiers of treason for their alleged part in the attempted assassination of President Nicolas Maduro.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Mariano Cúneo Libarona: ‘The necessary and urgent right now, the debatable goes to the Omnibus bill’

20-01-2024 06:55 Javier Milei’s justice minister on the president’s controversial decree, the ‘Omnibus Law’ and “a process of revolutionary change” in Argentina.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Ecuador drug war

Soldiers enter key Ecuador prison as 'war' on narcos deepens

18-01-2024 14:08 Hundreds of soldiers enter a prison in a Guayaquil as part of crackdown on drug bosses, day after high-profile assassination of prosecutor investigating last week's attack on public TV station.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Rodolfo Barra: ‘Emergency decrees are for when the going gets tough’

13-01-2024 06:41 Argentina’s new Treasury attorney defends President Javier Milei’s emergency decree in a feature-length interview that also touches on protest rights, the Supreme Court and his Nazi past during adolescence.

by Jorge Fontevecchia