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Corruption & the courts

Fernández de Kirchner angrily denies graft claims as she testifies in court

02-12-2019 18:21 Former president made an unusual detour Monday on her way back to office, appearing in court to defend herself angrily against corruption charges stemming from her time in office.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner to face trial on alleged 'misuse' of presidential aircraft

29-11-2019 13:32 Vice-president-elect also asks that her statements in her trial for public works corruption in Santa Cruz Province be transmitted live.

'PRÓVOLO' CASE

Priests who sexually abused deaf children get 40-year jail terms

25-11-2019 14:46 Mendoza court sentences Nicola Corradi to 42 years in prison and Horacio Corbacho to 45 years for sexually abusing deaf children at the Antonio Próvolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children.

CHURCH ABUSE SCANDALS

Verdict nears for Próvolo priests as Church struggles to deal with abuse scandals

25-11-2019 08:58 Pope Francis’ homeland faces a complicated week of reckoning with the sex abuse scandal that has plagued the Roman Catholic Church.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Aung San Suu Kyi named in local lawsuit over crimes against Rohingya

13-11-2019 17:07 Rohingya and Latin American human rights groups submitted the lawsuit in Argentina under the principle of "universal jurisdiction." Two human rights groups – the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and Fundacion Servicio Paz y Justicia – are supporting the lawsuit.

COMODORO PY

Bonadio orders Cristóbal López and Fabián De Sousa be released from jail

08-10-2019 13:59 Incarcerated Grupo Indalo businessmen to be set free, most likely later today, after posting bail of 60 million pesos.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chaco sees convictions for crimes against humanity against civilians

04-10-2019 12:56 Former federal prosecutor Roberto Domingo Mazzoni and former penitentiary warden Pablo César Casco sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity by a court in provincial capital of Resistencia.

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 CHARGES

Bonadio closes 'Cuadernos' probe, sends Fernández de Kirchner for trial

20-09-2019 18:10 Corruption charges come under framework of 'Cuadernos' case, one of Argentina's most high-profile graft probes to date, which Bonadio closed yesterday and sent to trial.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Protests seek justice for Jorge Julio López, 13 years on from disappearance

18-09-2019 16:59 Marchers renew calls for justice in case of missing bricklayer, who disappeared just days after giving evidence in trial involving Miguel Etchecolatz, one of Argentina's most notorious dictatorship-era criminals.

Human Rights

Mexico to seek full probe into botched Ayotzinapa 43 missing students case

04-09-2019 13:26 Mexico's president said Wednesday he will push the country's attorney general and judicial council for a full investigation into officials accused of botching the investigation into the 2014 disappearance in Iguala, Guerrero, of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa normal school.

FORMER PRESIDENT

Court refuses to suspend Fernández de Kirchner's corruption trial

26-08-2019 17:51 Court rules that former president's trial for alleged corruption offences related to public works projects will continue, rejecting requests from the defence to suspend the trial.

CORRUPTION TRIAL

Court grants Fernández de Kirchner permission for fourth trip to Cuba

16-08-2019 10:12 Former president granted permission to leave country for eight days and miss hearings from her trial regarding alleged fraud in public works projects.

CHURCH ABUSE SCANDAL

Victims speak out as Próvolo Institute abuse trial begins in Mendoza

10-08-2019 12:17 Some 20 ex-students say they were sexually abused, including cases of rape, by two priests between 2004 and 2016. On Monday, two Catholic priests stood in the dock in Mendoza, charged with 28 alleged crimes, including rape and sexual abuse.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ex-Army chief César Milani acquitted of crimes against humanity

09-08-2019 16:59 Retired general and former Army commander in Cristina Fernández de Kirchner government absolved of allegations related to the kidnap and torture of father and son dissidents in 1977. Court orders his immediate release in wake of findings.

CFK

Corruption case against Cristina Kirchner enters into second phase as campaigning gets underway

24-06-2019 18:39 It is anticipated that the hearing will conclude with the reading of the final 200 pages of charges against the former president and the rest of the accused.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Judge orders Fernández de Kirchner stand trial for alleged public works graft

06-06-2019 20:17 Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio demands vice-presidential hopeful be remanded in custody, before slapping an 11-billion-peso lien on her assets.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in court for second hearing of corruption trial

27-05-2019 13:30 Former president is accused of having led an illegal association centred on more than 50 public works projects involving Lázaro Báez, a Kirchner-aligned businessman, in Santa Cruz Province, during her 2007-2015 administration.

KEY STORIES

May 20th-26th: What We Learned This Week

25-05-2019 11:47 What has happened the last seven days?

CFK IN THE DOCK

CFK heads into shadows after dramatic court date

25-05-2019 10:54 After a week that began with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the dock, as the first trial against her opened, the former president is now expected to spend the coming weeks away from the spotlight, building alliances.

CORRUPTION AND THE COURTS

Kirchnerite tycoon Lázaro Báez in the dock as ‘Ruta K’ case begins

03-11-2018 09:49 Businessman stands trial for money-laundering charges related to public works contracts.

GLYPHOSATE

Monsanto faces first US trial over Round-up cancer link

14-07-2018 10:26 In the first trial of its kind, a Californian dying of cancer is suing US agrochemical giant, saying its herbicide caused his disease -- a case that could have sweeping ramifications.