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Weekly Report - 7 May 2015 (WR-15-18)

ARGENTINA: Government targets the supreme court

Hostilities have resumed between the Argentine government and the supreme court. The latest dispute is over the role of supreme court president Ricardo Lorenzetti and the health of another judge, Carlos Fayt. Although most justices have been appointed by the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) party, in power since 2003, their decisions in office have not pleased the government, and President Cristina Fernández now sees them as too closely aligned with the opposition.

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