Argentina

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the governor of Cordoba province, Carlos Juárez, RSF expressed its great concern over the threats received by the dailies “La Voz del Interior”, published in Cordoba (Cordoba province, in the northeast), and “El Liberal”, published in Santiago del Estero (Santiago del Estero province, in the northeast). The organisation asked […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 31 July 2000 IAPA press release: IAPA RENEWS CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF THREATS AGAINST ARGENTINE DAILY EL LIBERAL Miami (31 July 2000) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) asked the governor of the northwestern Argentine province of Santiago del Estero to investigate the acts of intolerance and lack […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – During a television programme broadcast on the evening of 19 July 2000, businessman Raúl Juan Pedro Moneta asserted that three journalists were repeatedly attacking him because they were Jewish, while he was a “practicing” and “devoted Catholic.” “As everyone knows, I am a practicing, devoted Catholic, who has worked a lot for the […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – On 5 July 2000, journalist Germán Dellamonica, of the LT 9 Brigadier Lopez de Santa Fe radio station, was punched and kicked while covering an event led by the leader of the General Labour Confederation’s (Confederacion General del Trabajo, CGT) dissident sector, Hugo Moyano. Prior to the attack, various individuals attending the event […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – Between 24 June and 1 July 2000, journalist Carlos Monsálvez and newspaper distributor Eduardo Gomez were threatened at gunpoint by individuals who stated that they were acting on behalf of the Neuquén and Santiago del Estero governments. On 24 June, after having been subjected to threats and attacks for the past two months, […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – On 17 May 2000, Monsignor Julio Forchi declared that some journalists “should undergo a lobotomy to see if that will help them calm down and respect their fellow human beings.” This statement appeared in one of the columns the monsignor has been writing for the last twenty-five years for the “El Oeste” daily […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – During the 21 May 2000 Sunday mass held in the town of Luján (Province of Buenos Aires), the bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Monsignor Desiderio Collino, said that journalists who criticise the Catholic Church “deserve to contract lung cancer.” The bishop’s statements were made after a series of reports published in April revealed […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – On Thursday 11 May 2000, a publication assessment commission, under the Secretary of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, ordered the recall of the magazine “3 puntos”, stipulating that the magazine could be distributed only after being placed in a wrapper that covered the front page. The Commission for the Assessment of […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – On Saturday 29 April 2000, journalist María Julia Oliván, of the Día D programme and “XXII” magazine, was insulted and dismissed by the archbishop emeritus for Mercedes-Luján, Monsignor Emilio Ogñenovich. The monsignor further allowed one of his co-workers to assault the journalist. At the end of a mass held in Mercedes, Oliván approached […]

The Press Worker’s Union of Buenos Aires has condemned the threats and acts of intimidation against Luis Giménez, secretary-general of the Internal Commission of the News Agency TELAM. On 31 March 2000, the union reported that upon returning to his home in Avellaneda, Giménez was notified that unidentified individuals had been watching over the area […]

On 17 March 2000, the 1st Chamber of the National Court of Appeals for Federal Criminal and Corrections cases set aside the statutory limitation period in the prosecution of journalist Tomas Sanz. The prosecution against Sanz had been previously stayed in August 1999 by a lower level court. This is the latest decision in a […]

At 1:05 a.m. (local time) on 29 March 2000, unidentified gunmen shot at the home of Bernardo García Hamilton, a Justicialista political party leader and member of the editorial board of the newspaper, “La Gaceta de Tucumán”. The three 9 millimetre calibre shots hit one of his children’s bedroom walls and the front doorway, where […]

On Thursday 23 March 2000, two journalists with the “El Día de La Plata” daily informed police that an official of the Buenos Aires province Public Employees Union (Sindicato de Empleados Públicos de la provincia de Buenos Aires, SEPUBA) reprimanded them severely and, together with three other individuals, forced them to hand over the film […]

A serious conflict has recently developed at Argentina’s only public and state television station, Argentina Televisora Color, as a consequence of the firing of fifty-three journalists, cameramen, producers and editors of the station’s news programme (out of a total of 104 workers). The workers have remained on the station’s grounds since Saturday 4 March 2000 […]

(Periodistas/IFEX) – On Thursday 2 March 2000, federal judge Gabriel Cavallo indicted five Air Force officials on charges of “abuse of authority”. The five are implicated in using illegal intelligence manoeuvers on ten journalists. The head of Federal Criminal and Correctional Court Number Four believed that the operations in which the military personnel are implicated […]

Journalist Bernando Neustadt, with the Telefé television station, was ordered to compensate Judge Elisa Matilde Díaz de Vivar for damages. The judge was offended by comments made by Zidanelia Pacheco de Maronese, in a 1993 broadcast of the programme Tiempo Nuevo. In a press release, the International Radio Broadcasting Association (Asociacion Internacional de Radiodifusion, AIR), […]