Protest held in Plaza de Mayo condemns Nisman death

Hundreds of people convened in the iconic Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires' downtown area to condemn the death of AMIA lead investigator Alberto Nisman, in a demonstration that was marked by sporadic clashes with police.

While the majority of protesters chanted peacefully, some knocked down a barrier erected around Government House by security forces, provoking some violent incidents this evening.

The protest was called for through social media websites, shortly after news broke that the prosecutor had been found dead in his Puerto Madero apartment.

Other demonstrations also took place across the country, including outside President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's official residence in Olivos, Buenos Aires province. 

AMIA head says Nisman's decade-long work 'irreplaceable'

AMIA Jewish Community centre head Leonardo Jmelnitzky (Photo Credit: AJN)

AMIA Jewish Community centre head Leonardo Jmelnitzky expressed his regret for the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman who was in charge of the investigation of the terrorist attack against the centre’s headquarters in 1994, which killed over 85 people.
“He had worked for ten years in the cause. It is irreplaceable,” Jmlenitsky said. “The consequences of the prosecutor’s death are not those of the death of any person,” he added in an interview with the Jewish News Agency.
“It is very difficult to find someone who can get to know the case as he did,” Jmlenitsky said.
In a press release also signed by Julio Schlosser, head of DAIA Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations, AMIA warned against the death of prosecutor Nisman becoming the death of the (AMIA) probe.

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CFK salutes supporters, recalls 'national unity'

“Young people have been the real keepers of this Government,” stated Fernández de Kirchner as the sun set on the day of her reappointment as President of the Nation. The head of state thanked young people “for their continued support” today and in recent times.

The festivities continued in Plaza de Mayo, with many national musicians taking to the stage set up outside the Government House. Supporters and followers celebrated, under the colourful light show displayed upon the Casa Rosada.

The grand celebration which was taking place in Plaza de Mayo in aide of the reappointment of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was similar to that of 2007, with the President present. The head of state sang the National Anthem alongside musician Charly Garcia, danced and gave a speech affirming that “there is no difference between young people and workers.”

The President arrived earlier to the Government House and was received by the song “Avanti morocha” sung by its writer, Iván Noble from the Plaza de Mayo.

The former singer of the Caballeros de la Quema was in charge of opening the event labelled “Popular Patriotic Party” singing for the President.

Fernández de Kirchner took to the microphone after dancing with her supporters, and stated that “there is no difference” between young people and workers: “everyone is fighting for a more just and equal country.”

The festival also included performances by artists such as Víctor Heredia, Ignacio copan, Gustavo Santaolalla, Los Alonsitos, Mavi Díaz y los Folkies, Nonpalidece, Teresa Parodi, Ráfaga, Super Ratones, Siempre Salta, Chango Spasiuk and Choque Urbano, amongst others.