End of preview - This article contains approximately 885 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 14 December 2017 (WR-17-49)
ARGENTINA: Fernández fights arrest for treason
An Argentine federal judge dropped a bombshell on 7 December by urging the federal senate to permit the arrest, and preventive detention, of former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015). Judge Claudio Bonadio charged Fernández with treason for her government’s alleged cover-up of the suspected involvement of senior Iranian government officials in the 1994 bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Amia) community centre in Buenos Aires as part of the quid pro quo for obtaining an oil-for-grain trade deal with Iran. Fernández responded defiantly, launching an appeal against the decision and seeking the impeachment of Bonadio who she accused of having “degraded the judiciary”.
- Mexico’s presidential line-up complete
- COLOMBIA: Electoral campaign kicks off
- VENEZUELA: Municipal elections acquire unexpected relevance
- BOLIVIA: Morales finally meets Temer
- PERU: Odebrecht investigations ruffle more feathers
- BRAZIL: PSDB at the crossroads
- ARGENTINA: Fernández fights arrest for treason
- CHILE: Final debates provide few clues ahead of run-off
- TRACKING TRENDS
- PANAMA: Setback for Varela as EU blacklists Panama
- HONDURAS: Opposition ratchets up pressure
- Glas conviction will have political repercussions in Ecuador
- Quotes of the week