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Carlos Menem goes on trial over bombing of Buenos Aires Jewish center
Carlos Menem, the former president of Argentina, has gone on trial for covering up his country’s worst ever terrorist attack. The 85 year old senator, who ruled for a decade from 1989, is one of 13 people accused of contributing to the cover up of a bombing of a Jewish center, which killed 85 people. He was president in 1994 at the time of the explosion in Buenos Aires. The bombing is suspected of being the work of Iranian terrorists. He stands accused of covering up Syrian connections to the bomb plot in order to protect family and friends. The case has brought up a huge interest in Argentina, which only increased after the suspicious death of Alberto Nisman, who was the prosecutor who was leading the investigation. He was found …show more content…

"The United States, whose territory and industries remained removed from the war, became the country with the greatest wealth and the best weaponry on Earth, in a world torn apart, full of death, the wounded and hungry." This was said in the letter.
He also chided the US for its monetary policy and wealth. This launched in to an often repeated Cuban claim for damages as a result of the embargo.
Police raid Bolivian FA headquarters in corruption probe
The Bolivian Football Federation headquarters in the city of Cochabamba was raided by police after it failed to cooperate fully with an investigation into corruption. Police arrested the head of the FBF, Carlos Chavez, on July 17 on graft charges linked to an alleged scam involving a charity fund set up for the family of a fan who died at an international. Bolivian prosecutors allege the fan’s family never received any of the money from the fund. He is one of five senior officials from the Bolivian soccer federation that are under investigation for

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