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Weekly Report - 29 January 2015 (WR-15-04)
ARGENTINA: Fernández plans reform of intelligence services
Few Argentine politicians believe that the country’s intelligence service is fit for purpose. The Secretaría de Inteligencia (SI), formerly known as the Secretaría de Inteligencia de Estado (SIDE), survived the transition from the military dictatorship, during which it hunted down political dissidents, to democracy relatively unreformed. But the radical shake-up announced by President Cristina Fernández earlier this week, in the wake of the death of the prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, has angered opposition politicians who fear further politicisation of the agency.
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