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Argentina's former president and new vice president Cristina Fernandez waves at supporters next to president elect Alberto Fernandez, at the headquarters of the party in Buenos Aires on October 27, 2019. - Peronist candidate Alberto Fernandez won Argentina's presidential election in the first round on Sunday, official results showed, bringing to an end the crisis-plagued rule of market-friendly incumbent Mauricio Macri. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
October 28, 2019, 5:17 am
Peronist challenger Fernandez wins Argentine presidential election
Victory caps remarkable political comeback for his running mate, ex-president Cristina Kirchner, who is accused of corruption, obstructing probe into AMIA Jewish center bombing
By Denis BARNETT
People hold up pictures of those who died in the AMIA Jewish center bombing that killed 85 people as they commemorate the attack's 22nd anniversary in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
July 18, 2019, 2:03 am
25 years after AMIA bombing, Israeli & Argentinian envoys still hope for justice
At Tel Aviv ADL event, Israel’s just-returned ambassador welcomes move in Argentinian parliament toward possible trial in absentia of Iranian suspects in blast that killed 85
By TOI staff
In this May 25, 2019 file photo, presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez, left, and his running-mate, former President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner, greet supporters during their kick-off campaign rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File)
July 10, 2019, 10:59 pm
Argentine presidential candidate testifies in Kirchner Iran cover-up case
Alberto Fernandez questioned on 2015 claim that ex-president and running mate absolved perpetrators of terror attack on AMIA Jewish center to secure lucrative oil deals with Tehran
By AFP
A man walks over the rubble after a bomb exploded at the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 1994. (AFP/Ali Burafi)
February 28, 2019, 9:50 am
Court to give verdict in Argentine Jewish center bombing cover-up
Former president Menem, his intelligence chief and a judge all face prison over actions in aftermath of 1994 bombing that killed 85
By AFP and TOI staff
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures while giving a speech in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 12, 2019. (Orangel Hernandez/AFP)
February 15, 2019, 4:54 pm
Venezuela’s Maduro says rival Guaido ‘serves the interests of US and Zionists’
Venezuelan leader tells Hezbollah-linked outlet he feels ‘love for the noble Palestinian cause,’ denies Lebanese terror group’s operatives in country
By JTA
Argentina's then-foreign minister Hector Timerman speaks to journalists at a joint press conference with Guatemalan foreign minister Carlos Raul Morales, during a meeting of the Central American Integration System or SICA, in Guatemala City, March 26, 2015. (AP/Moises Castillo)
December 30, 2018, 4:40 pm
Jewish Argentine ex-FM, derided for Iran cover-up, dead at 65
Hector Timerman, who suffered from cancer, was arrested last year for part in ‘truth commission’ seen as helping Tehran paper over its role in deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing
By Joshua Davidovich and TOI staff
Ex-wife of Argentine investigator Alberto Nisman, Sandra Arroyo Salgado (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
December 24, 2018, 4:54 am
Ex-wife of AMIA bombing prosecutor leaves suit over his death, citing ‘threats’
Sandra Salgado removes herself from lawsuit which led to probe into Alberto Nisman’s death hours before he was to present proof that Argentinian PM covered up Iran’s role in attack
By JTA
The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. (Newspaper La Nación (Argentina/Wikipedia Commons)
September 17, 2018, 11:52 pm
Analysis of 40,000 recordings about AMIA bombing wins online journalism award
La Nacion takes prize for probe into audio Alberto Nisman used in his allegations of Argentina-Iran cover-up in Buenos Aires attack
By JTA
Alberto Nisman gives a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 20, 2009. (AFP/Juan Mabromata)
June 2, 2018, 4:19 am
Argentine federal court confirms AMIA prosecutor Nisman was murdered
Judge rules Alberto Nisman was killed as ‘direct consequence’ of his accusations of cover-up in 1994 Jewish center bombing; instructs ‘speedy and serious’ investigation
By TOI staff
Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / EITAN ABRAMOVICH)
March 6, 2018, 3:04 am
Argentina ex-leader Kirchner to be tried over AMIA bombing cover-up
Former president and 11 others face charges they helped Iranians hide role in 1994 terror attack on Jewish center that killed 85
By AP
Argentina's public prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, gives a news conference in Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
February 15, 2018, 9:40 am
Netflix making show about murdered Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman
Miniseries will explore the life and death of official who investigated the deadly 1994 attack on the Buenos Aires Jewish center
By JTA
View of the grave of late Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman at La Tablada Israelite cemetery in Buenos Aires, on January 10, 2018. (Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
January 20, 2018, 9:45 am
US lawmakers call for probe into murder of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman
Demand for ‘full and just investigation’ into death of Jewish prosecutor who traced AMIA attack to Iran introduced in House and Senate
By JTA
Former Argentinian foreign minister Hector Timerman (CC BY-MRECIC ARG, Flickr)
January 10, 2018, 10:38 pm
Argentina ex-FM accused of Iran cover-up released from house arrest
Hector Timerman, accused of hiding Iranian involvement in deadly 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires Jewish center, seeking cancer treatment in US
By AFP
Argentina's public prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, gives a news conference in Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
December 27, 2017, 3:34 am
Argentine court rules prosecutor in AMIA bombing case was murdered
Death of Alberto Nisman, who was set to expose evidence that president covered up Iran’s role in 1994 Jewish center bombing, ‘could not have been a suicide,’ judge finds
By TOI staff
The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. (Newspaper La Nación (Argentina/Wikipedia Commons)
December 8, 2017, 4:23 am
Jewish center bombing casts shadow over Argentine politics 23 years on
Former president Kirchner ordered arrested on suspicion of covering up Iran’s role in terror attack that killed 85 in return for lucrative trade deals
By AFP
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