When criticism becomes a crime

By Joel Simon

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 1, 2001 — Imagine you’ve just broken a story about how the president’s cronies, including members of the Sup

Excerpts from this story referencing "Argentine":

"… the charges.It sounds like a journalist’s nightmare, but it happened to Argentine columnist and investigative reporter Horacio Verbitsky, who published a bo …"

"… acato,” or showing contempt for a public official.Verbitsky appealed the Argentine Supreme Court’s decision to the Inter American Human Rights Commission o …"

"… June to discuss the problem. The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Argentine press group Periodistas, founded by Verbitsky to fight for press freedom i …"

"… icle about the drug trade. In 1999, the group documented the conviction of Argentine reporter Eduardo Kimmel, who received a one-year suspended prison sentence …"

The 'aguas' tango

By Daniel Santoro

Cashing in on Buenos Aires' privatization

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"… ter company was part of a wholesale auction of state assets to foreign and Argentine businesses. Privatization was viewed as a magic bullet that could help sav …"

"… apartments in New York.Furthermore, the ICIJ investigation has found that Argentine authorities are investigating others for the embezzlement of $2 million in …"

"… evel. The government had subsidy programs for about 2 million malnourished Argentines. But millions more got nothing. Some subsisted by scavenging through garb …"

"… percent increase.The rate hikes meant nothing to the many millions of poor Argentines who long ago surrendered hopes of being hooked up to water and sewer main …"

An interrogation role model

By Yossi Melman

U.S. picked up tactics — including torture — from Israeli intelligence

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"… gence officials have visited Tel Aviv to meet with their counterparts from Mossad, Israel's version of the CIA, and Shabak (or Shin Bet), the Israeli counte …"

"… s. Almost every week, the sources said, the Tel Aviv-based headquarters of Mossad, Shabak and Aman host guests from South America, Africa, Eastern and Weste …"

"… o a Milan mosque in 2003, for example, had a famous precedent — the 1960 Mossad operation that tracked, cornered and abducted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eich …"

"… Eichmann] passed our car, which was parked on the margin," Rafi Eitan, the Mossad officer in charge of the operation, recounted in an interview with ICIJ. " …"

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When cracking down seems impossible

By Marina Walker Guevara and Mabel Rehnfeldt

Paraguay's corruption fuels a criminal economy

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"… quipment to search for drugs in the aircraft, he requested assistance from Argentine border agents, who provided a drug-sniffing dog. Shortly after the seizure …"

"… riors of having violated Paraguay’s sovereignty by seeking help from the Argentine officials, and he was removed from his post by a judicial review board. He …"

"… ad urged his dismissal. “You can’t play lone ranger,” Petta told the Argentine newspaper La Nueva Provincia.Brazilian and Argentine customs and police of …"

"… er,” Petta told the Argentine newspaper La Nueva Provincia.Brazilian and Argentine customs and police officials say they are frustrated by Paraguay’s lack …"