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Related: About this forumFormer President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner visits Tiempo Argentino newsroom after attack.
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner visited the Tiempo Argentino newsroom yesterday, two days after a violent attack by a group of sixteen armed men on the newspaper left two workers injured and drew scathing criticism from human rights groups across the country.
The former head of state was guided through the building, located in Buenos Aires and home to both the newspaper and Radio América, by Más Tiempo cooperative president Javier Borelli and the news director of the newspaper, Gustavo Cirelli, who along with the workers have kept the publication running as a cooperative.
Mrs. Kirchner inspected the wreckage in the newsroom following her stop at the Comodoro Py Courthouse yesterday afternoon on yet another of an ongoing series of summons by Judge Claudio Bonadío, a close ally of right-wing President Mauricio Macri. She said that she had not witnessed such an act since before the fall of the last military dictatorship in 1983.
I have not seen an attack of this type against a media outlet since the restoration of democracy. I do not remember anything like this during a democratic administration since 1974 or 1975, prior to the military dictatorship, she said referring to the often deadly Argentine Anticommunist Alliance attacks that took place at the time with the tacit approval of then-President Isabel Perón.
The former president condemned police action following the raid, denouncing their protection of a gang that is still free because of the police, a reference to the failure of the federal police officers called to the newsroom on Monday to arrest any of the perpetrators. She called for strong legal action from the workers and their lawyers before prosecutors and judges in the hope of seeking justice against those who carried out the attack.
Buenos Aires Prosecutor Verónica Andrade has arraigned the attackers and their ringleader, businessman Mariano Martínez Rojas, on seven charges including destruction of property and aggravated assault, and has ordered that police custody be provided for the newspaper office.
At: http://buenosairesherald.com/article/217574/expresident-visits-tiempo-argentino-newsroom-after-attack
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)which was destroyed by Macri supporters.
Hope some of the youngest Argentinian people will ponder what she said deeply, if they haven't learned much about it already.
I wouldn't be surprised if every effort hasn't been made to suppress as much public knowledge as possible, just as they whitewash US history here.
This is exactly the time the whole country needs to awaken. To wait now is pure folly, and it will take so long, again, to gain back what was loss, not including the human lives which are always wildly destroyed after fascists grab power.
Best wishes to CFK, and as much loyal security as she can get.
forest444
(5,902 posts)Here she is, arriving at Tiempo Argentino; the wall showing ads is a construction site just across the street from their offices.
The jostling is fairly typical in Argentina, where there's usually only minimal physical distance between correspondents and the politicians/celebrities being covered (even presidents) - except, of course, for Macri, who on advice of his CIA handler Durán Barba tends to stage and coreograph his photo ops a lot more.
Thanks as always.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)by very pushy people. She seemed warm, kind, friendly, trusting.
Thanks for the video!
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Creepy guy, Durán Barba. [/center]