Investigation Keeps Open All Hypotheses about Nisman’s Death

BUENOS AIRES – All hypotheses remain open in the investigation into the death of Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, whose possible suicide in unexplained circumstances has shocked the country and after the latest evidence was not decisive in determining what occurred.

Prosecutor Viviana Fein, who has termed Nisman’s possible suicide as a ‘suspicious death’, on Tuesday began interrogations of, among others, Nisman’s ex-wife, two of the 10 policemen who were part of his bodyguard detail, the manager of the building where he lived and the assistant who lent him the gun found next to his body early Monday.

Nisman’s ex-wife, Sandra Arroyo Salgado, told the media that the judiciary should be allowed to do its work and conjectures on what happened should not be made.

The two police officers who were undergoing interrogation by Fein said that they never came up to the house and that they tried to communicate with him for two hours on Sunday but getting no response, they called his mother to enter the house.

Fein also ordered a search of Nisman’s office in the hope of finding evidence and an investigation into his phone calls made five days prior to his death.

A test to determine whether there was gunpowder on Nisman’s hands came out negative, although this does not rule out suicide as small calibre weapons such as the one found next to his body do not always leave behind traces.

Tuesday’s preliminary autopsy reports note that by the position of the hand and fingers it can be determined that the gun was fired by Nisman and that there was no intervention by third parties in his death.

A shopping list for Monday was also found which was reportedly left for a domestic worker and was procured during the search of Nisman’s apartment.

Nisman was in charge of the investigation of a bomb attack against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association, AMIA, building that left 85 dead in 1994.

Last week, Nisman had filed a suit against Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and other officials for signing a memorandum of understanding with Iran in 2013 on the attack, including the alleged cover-up of the perpetrators of the bombing for commercial relations and exchange of oil for wheat during the Argentine energy crisis.

The full text of the report was released Tuesday by Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, who took charge of the case on Monday, and in the report Nisman accuses Fernandez of articulating a ‘criminal plan of impunity’ for terrorists.

It also says that Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman was “the main implementer of the devised plan of impunity’ and ‘conveyed to Iran the decision of the Argentine government to abandon” investigating the AMIA case.

Fernandez Tuesday once again resorted to social networks to reiterate the existence of a “sordid” plot behind Nisman’s death.

Similarly, Cabinet Chief Minister, Jorge Capitanich, asked during his daily briefing to investigate till the end to see if there was any kind of pressure or extortion that could have led to his possible suicide.

Women Bare Their Breasts in Rio to Lobby for Right to Go Topless

RIO DE JANEIRO – A group of women partially undressed on Tuesday on Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema beach to demand the right to go topless on Brazilian beaches, something that currently could be deemed an obscene act punishable by between three months and a year in prison.

The protest, in which seven women publicly exposed their breasts for several minutes, attracted a good number of curious passersby and journalists to the iconic Rio beach, which was jammed with people because it is a local holiday.

Reporter Ana Paula Nogueira, who was the person who launched the Topless In Rio movement in 2013 via Facebook, told Efe that the idea was never “to get 8,000 women” to participate in the protest, but rather for “the issue to be discussed.”

The Topless In Rio movement, which held its first public event in December 2013 at the same site, seeks to bring about changes in the law which currently prohibits women from going naked from the waist up, something that many of them feel is an insult since men are not obligated to abide by that rule.

The prohibition on going topless runs counter to the custom for Brazilians – both men and women – to wear bikinis and miniscule bathing suits.

Among the participants in the protest were buxom model and dancer Renata Frisson, known as Mulher Melão, as well as former model Natache Iamaya, who because she suffers from a degenerative disease is confined to a wheelchair.

Woman Arrested in Colombia for Committing 300 Thefts Using Her Beauty

BOGOTA – Colombian authorities have captured Andrea Johanna Torres, alias Yayita, 28, who is said to have committed some 300 thefts by using her physical attributes to distract security guards at homes in Bogota, the Colombian police have reported.

Torres was being sought by the police for six months after they discovered that the stunning seductress was the leader of a group of thieves who in the past 11 years had stolen jewels, electronic gadgets and other valuable goods from homes.

Bogota Police Chief Humberto Guatibonza told reporters Tuesday that she was arrested in Bogota as she was preparing to leave for Germany using false documents.

Police detectives intensified their search for her in July, on the very day that Yayita and her accomplices robbed three houses in an upscale residential area. Yayita distracted the guards, allowing her gang to enter the building.

On that day, the gang stole around 80 million pesos (about $34,000) within 20 minutes, according to victims of the theft.

On social networking sites, Torres made a great show of wealth, inviting people to parties and publishing photographs.

She now faces charges of theft and criminal conspiracy and is currently in a women’s prison where she had earlier served a sentence for similar crimes.

During her first stint in prison, Torres won a beauty contest, according to the authorities.

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Iran: Basij protest calls for closure of French embassy in Tehran

A rally by members of the Iranian regime’s Basij paramilitary force called for the closure of the Embassy of France in Tehran on Monday.

According to witnesses, the rally did not succeed in gathering more than a few hundred people who chanted "Death to France".

Last week, several provincial representatives of Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, welcomed the 7th January attack on Charlie Hebdo Magazine in Paris.

Ahmad Tavakoli, a member of the regime’s parliament, told the rally: "the attack against this evil newspaper seems to have been fictitious and had been carried out by agents of Mossad and the CIA."
Another speaker, Mohsen Mirhaji, a Basij representative, speaking at the rally outside the French embassy, reminded that the demonstration is being held on Khamenei’s order.

"We are gathered here today to remind the shameless Ambassador of France that if we do not demolish the embassy today on their head, it's because of the orders from our leader [Ali Khamenei]," he shouted.

Phoenix -75 yr old woman tries to run over " neighbor and dog's "

Deputies said Theresa Depiero had a run-in with her neighbor about eight months ago after their dogs fought and Depiero told investigators on Monday that she wished she were in a better mood when she saw her neighbor walking through the area, according to court records.

"I wish I had not seen him," Depiero told investigators. "I just didn't want to put up with any more (expletive)."

Sheriff's deputies said the victim was walking his dog at 5:30 p.m. Monday near Camelback and Citrus roads when a woman in a black SUV drove past him, stopped her car, opened the door and shouted obscenities.

The victim said he told Depiero to stop and kept walking his dogs to remove himself from the scene, according to deputies.

Depiero turned her car around and yelled, "I am going to kill you," according to court records. Depiero then drove directly toward the victim and caused him to jump off the road into landscaping, with his dogs, in order to not get hit, deputies said.

The victim then told investigators that Depiero backed her car up and drove toward him again, according to court documents. The man told deputies he again had to jump into rocks to escape Depiero's SUV and that he had to walk into the driveway of a home when Depiero tried to hit him a third time, according to a sheriff's report.

Depiero was taken into custody and told investigators that she did not want to hit her neighbor but that she only wanted to scare him, according to a sheriff's report.

Depiero was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault and held on a $5,000 bond, according to court documents.

Morales: Pope Francis to Visit Bolivia in July

LA PAZ – Pope Francis will visit Bolivia in July on a tour that will also take him to Paraguay and Ecuador, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced on Monday.

At a press conference in La Paz, Morales confirmed that Francis will travel to Bolivia after visiting Paraguay in July adding that after his stay in Bolivia, the pontiff will continue on to Ecuador.

“What did he tell me before? That he still hadn’t determined if his visit would begin in Ecuador, Bolivia or Paraguay, but they’ve communicated to us that it’s going to start in Paraguay. I still don’t have any information about how many days he’ll spend here, but I have to start to prepare for the pope’s visit,” the president said.

Morales revealed last December that Francis had expressed his wish to visit Bolivia in 2015 to him at the private meeting the pair held at The Vatican in late October.

The president had suggested that Francis carry out the main part of his itinerary in the eastern region of Santa Cruz, which is located some 400 meters (1,312 feet) above sea level, for health reasons, but the pope insisted on coming to La Paz, which sits 3,600 meters (about 11,800 feet) above sea level.

The only visit by a pope to Bolivia was made by John Paul II in 1988.