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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Misfiring gun sees Argentine VP survive assassination attempt

An attempt at killing Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner outside her home failed because the handgun misfired, the country’s president said. The man who tried to assassinate the powerful politician, a former president herself, was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night. President Alberto Fernández said the pistol did not discharge […]

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Misfiring gun sees Argentine VP survive assassination attempt

An attempt at killing Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner outside her home failed because the handgun misfired, the country’s president said. The man who tried to assassinate the powerful politician, a former president herself, was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night. President Alberto Fernández said the pistol did not discharge […]

Correa & Kirchner on RT: Former Latin American chiefs talk resurgence of neoliberalism

Twice president of Argentina, Kirchner believes that a new wave of neoliberalism is gaining a foothold in South America, resulting in legal attacks on opposition leaders. “There is a new wave of late neoliberalism in our region today. We observe a new phenomenon called lawfare – using the judiciary to persecute opposition leaders, to slander […]

‘London refuses to share ISIS target information with Moscow’ – Russia’s envoy to UK

Britain has declined to cooperate with Russia’s military campaign against Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria, insisting on keeping its intelligence data regarding terrorist installations there classified, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko told Rossija 24 TV channel in an interview on Wednesday. “We are conducting active work with the British on the […]

Former DEA agent receives prison sentence for extortion and money laundering

     A former US Drug Enforcement Administration agent was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for extortion and money laundering in connection with the Silk Road investigation. On top of his jail time, Carl Force was ordered to pay $340,000 in restitution and to serve an additional three years of supervised release. Force, 46, pleaded […]

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