BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A trial in absentia could revitalize the AMIA case, the new head of the investigative unit looking into the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish center said. Mario Cimadevilla, a lawyer and former senator, has been tasked with reactivating the investigation into the bombing of the AMIA community centet and…
Former Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said that Iran was responsible for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires while he was negotiating with Tehran. The admission was captured on secretly-recorded telephone conversations which were released on Friday by the Argentinean radio station Mitre. In the leaked recordings of conversations with…
Argentina’s new government will not appeal a court’s decision to strike down a deal with Iran over investigating a deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center, a government source said on Friday, putting the long-running controversy to rest. President Mauricio Macri took office on Thursday. Former leader Cristina Fernandez had said she…
The newly elected president of Argentina said he will cancel the agreement signed with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, as he vowed during the campaign. “We will propose to the Congress to cancel the pact with Iran as we promised in the campaign,” Mauricio Macri…
An Orthodox Jew will head the Argentine Jewish political umbrella for the first time in its 80-year history. Ariel Cohen Sabban was elected Nov. 19 with 52 percent of the vote to 44 percent for the incumbent, Julio Schlosser. He will start his three-year term on Dec. 15. “Not only a president was elected, but…
The organized Evangelical Christian community in Argentina will join the Jewish community in a rally in support of Israel. It is the first time that an Evangelical clergy member will address a rally organized by the Jewish community in the South American country. The rally will take place on Thursday in front of the Israeli…
A fugitive former spy chief accused by the Argentine government of involvement in the murky death of a federal prosecutor in January flew from Brazil to the United States a month later, Argentina’s security ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said Interpol in Brazil provided the information on Antonio Stiuso, one-time operations chief of the…
After eight months, the people of Argentina should know what happened to prosecutor Alberto Nisman, the president of the country’s Jewish umbrella organization said. “We respect the Justice Department’s decisions. But, after eight months at least we should know what happened to the prosecutor,” DAIA President Julio Schlosser said Tuesday night at an event in…
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