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Weekly Report - 18 December 2014 (WR-14-50)
ARGENTINA: Fernández strikes back against the judiciary
The administration of President Cristina Fernández has backed up its increasingly intemperate criticism of the judiciary with action. Weeks ago, cabinet secretary Jorge Capitanich reacted to the news of an investigation into a hotel chain owned by Fernández’s family by claiming Argentina’s judges were attempting a “coup”. In order to prevent such a “coup” from happening, Fernández has shaken up the Secretaría de Inteligencia (SI), Argentina’s civilian intelligence service.
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