US EditionArgentina’s President Denies New Intelligence Plan Could Enable Surveillance of Journalists and Politicians | News Channel 3-12
- On May 28, multiple journalists covering pensioners' weekly protests in Argentina suffered injuries from police violence in Buenos Aires.
- The incidents occurred amid reports of increasing suppression of the media following the inauguration of President Javier Milei and the approval of a National Intelligence Plan .
- The PIN would allow SIDE to monitor individuals manipulating public opinion during elections, though the government denied targeting journalists or political opponents explicitly.
- Argentina experienced a sharp decline in press freedom rankings in 2024, slipping from 26th to 66th position, while a survey found that 62.8% of respondents view Milei’s attacks on the media as threats to press freedom.
- These events suggest increased governmental and security force pressure on the press, raising concerns about media repression and freedom in Argentina.
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The request had the backing of Kirchnerism and also of the officialism.The suspicion grows that the leak is by the internal among the spies.
The Secretariat of State Intelligence (SIDE) of Argentina approved a National Intelligence Plan (PIN) that has raised wide questions against the government of President Javier Milei.This document, which determines the strategic guidelines of the country, reaffirms some points that have been presented by previous administrations, such as the prevention of terrorism and the fight against organized crime, among others.However, this version of the p…
Argentina’s president denies new intelligence plan could enable surveillance of journalists and politicians | News Channel 3-12
By Iván Pérez Sarmenti, CNN (CNN) — The office of Argentinian President Javier Milei denied a bombshell series of reports that alleged the country’s intelligence agency had approved a new plan that could enable the surveillance of journalists, politicians and economists. The reporting, by journalist Hugo Alconada Mon in the newspaper La Nación, looked into a leaked national intelligence plan by Argentina’s State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) t…
The Copasir report points out that the interception activities on the left-wing activist were carried out by the government of the leader M5s. On the Fanpage director, however, there is no certainty that it has been controlled.The Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic, which is the...
By Iván Pérez Sarmenti, CNN en Español The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has once again clashed with the press. This time it's over the leak of an alleged National Intelligence Plan (PIN), which journalist Hugo Alconada Mon revealed in a series of articles published in late May in the newspaper La Nación. The document "exposes that the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) is paving the way for intelligence work on journalists, …
Reporters Without Borders say journalists covering protests in Argentina being targeted by armed forces - Argentina Reports
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued a statement, warning of “escalating media repression” against journalists covering peaceful protests in Argentina. RSF says protests in Argentina “are becoming the scene of widespread repression,” with reporters being targeted by armed forces. The organization claims that public security actors are “deliberately obstructing journalist coverage” through the use of violence. This comes after several inci…
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