Hugh Bronstein
By Hugh Bronstein
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Joins Father’s Call to Argentina President Mauricio Macri
Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, briefly joined her father’s telephone call with Argentine President Mauricio Macri earlier this month, Macri’s spokesman said on Tuesday. The two men spoke on Nov. 14, making Macri one of few Latin American leaders who had spoken with Trump in the days following his surprise victory in…
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Fast Forward Alberto Nisman Accused of Splurging on Hookers and Vacations
(Reuters) — The Argentine prosecutor found dead after accusing the president of whitewashing a deadly 1994 bombing embezzled state funds to take prostitutes on lavish vacations, the government said on Thursday, deepening the scandal over his death early this year. Alberto Nisman, found dead two months ago after accusing President Cristina Fernandez of trying to…
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Fast Forward Argentina Asks U.S. To Raise 1994 Bombing With Iran
(Reuters) — Argentina wants the United States to help it get to the bottom of a deadly 1994 bombing at the heart of a current political scandal by including the crime in the U.S. nuclear talks with Iran, its foreign minister said on Tuesday. Argentine courts have accused a group of Iranians of planning the…
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Fast Forward Alberto Nisman Ex-Wife Wants End to Murder Probe ‘Politicization’
(Reuters) — The investigation into the death of an Argentine prosecutor who leveled criminal charges against the president has become too politicized and needs the involvement of a regional human rights commission, the dead man’s ex wife said on Thursday. Minutes before the Senate passed a bill creating a new state security service to replace…
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Fast Forward Argentina Eyes Rogue Security Agents in Alberto Nisman Death
(Reuters) — Argentina suspects rogue agents from its own intelligence services were behind the death of a state prosecutor investigating the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment late on Sunday, a gunshot wound to his head and a 22 caliber pistol by…
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Fast Forward Alberto Nisman’s Death Was Murder — Not Suicide
(Reuters) — The death of a prosecutor investigating the bombing of a Jewish community center was not a suicide, as was initially reported, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said on Thursday. Alberto Nisman, lead investigator into the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people, was found dead in his apartment late Sunday,…
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Fast Forward Argentine Official Says Alberto Nisman ‘Tricked’ Into Believing Iran Conspiracy
(Reuters) — A prosecutor who accused Argentina’s president of trying to derail the investigation into a 1994 bombing, and who died in mysterious circumstances on Sunday, was misled to believe there was a conspiracy to whitewash the crime, the government said on Wednesday. State prosecutor Alberto Nisman, the lead investigator into the 1994 car bomb…
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Fast Forward Argentina Roiled by Mystery ‘Suicide’ of Terror Prosecutor
(Reuters) — The mysterious death of an Argentine prosecutor just days after he accused the president of directing a cover-up in the terror bombing of a Jewish community center two decades earlier has jolted the country with accusations of foul play coming from all sides. The body of Alberto Nisman, lead investigator into the 1994…
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