cristina kirchner's people turned out to see her. lucia newman reports. >> not a hint of success of the pressure cristina kirchner and her government have been under. this since the mysterious death of the prosecutor who accused her of trying to cover up iran's vomit of the jewish center. here three hours into her speech cristina kirchner lost her compose your when opposition deputies held up signs alluding to the bombing. >> translator: i have always talked about the asking for justice, i have accused intelligence services of trying to cover it up. i don't need anybody here the come here and talk to me about it. >> hundreds of thousands of government activists surrounded the congress building to show their support for their president, accused of undue interference in the justice system. activists from pro-government trade unions political parties and grass roots organizations were brought by bus from all over argentina. >> translator: in the late 1990s i had no job. my family was hungry. after 2003, the arrival of nest tornestor and

president cristina fernandez de kirchner is not the only leftist smern -- south american leader that must contend with owners leading to the right. nicolas maduro, ecuador and others face challenges. cristina fernandez de kirchner was the first to try to reshape domestic media. in 2009 her government passed a law mandating that media ownership be divided into three equal starts, a third owned by the state. a third in private hands and the remainder community owned. the clarine group fought that in court. when a paper followed a draft document recommending that the president be arrested, a senior aide tore the paper to shreds - literally. >> translation: the fact that a political authority tore an argentinian newspaper in half was unfortunate. it gives the impression that freedom of expression is limited. that is not the case in argentina. the truth is that the draft was relevant for the death of the prosecutor, and the bombing. but we still spend a week discussing it. >> translation: her and her husband nester's approach of challenging the media served them well, tapping into public a

the charge was that president christina cristina kirchner was trying to cover a bomb attack in buenos aires that killed 85 people. a month ago tens of thousands of people took to the rain-soaked streets of buenos aires calling for justice. they called called for justice and strongly criticized the government's handling of the case. the government has been fighting back. >> he was mocking the memory of the 85 victims. don't ask me who but the photos are all over the social networks. mr. nisman in the arms of various women. >> i'm protesting that it doesn't get lost in the see of paperwork. >> it's still a case that is engrossing argentina, there is plenty of room for rumor speculation and opinion. >> it's now emerging that enormous errors have been committed. although this is not just specific to the nisman case, this is a problem with the argentine justice system. >> no answers, no conclusions at least not yet. which leave argentines asking whether their justice and political system is serving the people they're supposed to serve. >> the producers of a new bond movie are denying alleg

. >> i'm m buenos aires, where hundreds dom show support for cristina fernandez de kirchner, and her last state of the nation address. >>> what was planned as an opposition strength but in the end it became a memorial march for russian opposition leader boris nemtsov. tens of thousands rallied on the streets of moscow in one of biggest demonstrations in protests against vladimir putin, four years ago. rory challands reports. >> reporter: boris nemtsov hoped sun's -- sunday's rally would be a re-energizing of the opposition. boris nemtsov was not here to do it. his murder arguably was a reason why they came. >> we came to protest because they killed a man, a man telling the truth. a man was killed for telling the truth. >> translation: i came because boris was killed and not only because of that because we need to fight. we cannot live like this. i look around and i want to shout. people, i love you. >> reporter: boris nemtsov's face was everywhere. the bullet that killed him was meant for all of us. also was thousands of flags, a political statement in an era when leaders like boris

after 2003 the arrival of nestor and cristina fernandez de kirchner gave me back my dignity at the dinner table. >> cristina fernandez de kirchner knows her legacy is at stake. the popularity has been plummeting. years of double digit inflation, rising crime and corruption charges against her, business partners, and the vice president took their toll. >> yet she made no mention of her government short comings, boasting as politicians do of her achievements. opinion polls indicate more than half of argentines especially the middle class reject the handling of the economy and confrontational style. supporters see her as the champion of the have not. >> cristina fernandez de kirchner cannot run for president again. her political party and collision can. this demonstration is a way of saying we are more we are the majority. a kind of opening shot for this year's election campaign. cristina fernandez de kirchner claims she leaves the country in better shape than it's ever been. in eight months argentines will say whether they agree at the polls. >> australia indonesia and malaysia are testing

nisman died the night before he was to deliver a report to congress alleging president cristina kirchner covered up the involvement in the jewish center. prosecutor did not die instantly and may have suffered. his death continues to cast doubts on the president who staunchly denies any involvement and suggests nisman was murdered by rogue members of argentina's intelligence service who wanted to implicate her. now in seems to be little doubt that nisman did not commit suicide but no evidence at who might have pulled the trigger. lucia newman, al jazeera. >>> la tuta, heading the knights templar, his arrest has revived hopes that life will return to normal. >> reporter: not just for producers but also the knights templar cartel, offered businesses the simple choice, pay up or face death. but no more. >> the extortion was simple, you had to pay up or else face the cartel. that force the gone. >> federal forces flooded the state. >> translator: today we find in michoacan which is reactivating its economy. a place for investment once again. >> reporter: tell that to jeweler ricardo his broth

prosecutor nisman went on television with an explosive accusation... >> alberto nisman: cristina fernandez de kirchner: ...that president cristina fernandez de kirchner and her foreign minister had negotiated a secret deal with iran to improve trade in exchange for dropping those red alerts. perednik said nisman saw this as colluding with the enemy. >> perednik: this time he said "i'm going to put them in jail." >> stahl: i'm going to put them in jail. >> perednik: and "them" is the president and the foreign minister. but four days after his accusation, nisman was dead. president kirchner, not one to hold back, immediately took to facebook to suggest it was suicide; then abruptly backtracked and called it murder. people took to the streets in protest, calling for justice. polls show a majority here think he was assassinated, and the president's opponents think she had a hand in it. this country has a history of assassinations. for years, under military dictatorship, political rivals simply disappeared, but argentinians thought they had put that behind them. i've heard people talk about argentina being

this is president cristina fernandez de kirchner's last chance to address the nation as president, a speech that is this important. she knows that her legacy is at stake. remember the president was elected with a higher percentage of votes than any time yet her popularity plummeted amid soaring inflation, rising crime, corruption and a style that was confrontational. she is likely to lose the opportunity to underscore her government achievement in human rights and social spending and expected to sound victorious following thursday's decision on a judge to dismiss charges against her. she had been accused by a prosecutor of conspiring to cover up the 1994 bombing of a jewish center here in buenos aires. trying to cover up iran's alleged involvement in that bombing. she is very much relieved that the charges were dismissed and right now we are standing in front of the congress where, as you can see, large crowds are gathering to show support. >> is that normal to have that number of people there, and the noise going off. is that normal for an address to congress? >> absolutely not. i m

some accused cristina fernandez de kirchner of bringing down enemies.he biggest media company in the country and it's not close. those in favour say it's bigger than that. it's about democratisation, and changing rules that go back to argentina's days. it's been more than five years since the law was passed, and the group was as big as ever. "the listening post" on a media law that is more than a battle between the government and big business. >> it was never going to be easy to implement, but argentina's media reform law is easy to understand. a director of the media regulate junior -- regulator in charge of putting the law in faith, saying splitting into three parts will pave the way for freedom of press. another will say it's an attack on the company he works for. >> translation: it's one of the most debated and controversial lawyers, aiming to demum rattize speech so everyone can be heard to represent the diverse country that argentina is. >> translation: i think it's a genuinely rich topic that hadn't been addressed in argentina. in recent years, t

alberta nisman die the the night before he was to deliver a report to congress, alleging cristina fernandez de kirchner and her foreign minister conspired to cover up iran's involved in the "94 bombing of a jewish cultural center. alberta nisman's former wife said the results indicated that he did not die quickly and may have suffered. doubts are cast on the president. who denies involvement. or that he was murdered by members of intelligence service who wanted to implicate her. >> conspiracy theories abound. there's little doubt that alberta nisman did not commit used. there's no hard evidence pointing the finger at who may have pulled the trigger. >> in ferguson, missouri, the family of slain teenager michael brown announced plans to sue the city. the wrongful death included a policeman that shot and killed the 18-year-old. yesterday the justice department announced there would be no federal charges against officer darren wilson. the investigation found the ferguson police were guilty of wholesale discriminations against blacks. >> with all the things in the department of justice report it's a wholes

nisman was found dead a day before he was due to testify on his claims argentine president cristina fernÁndez de kirchnerhelped cover up iran's role in the 1994 bombing of a jewish center that killed 85 people. investigators initially said his death appeared to be a suicide but sandra arroyo salgado said the experts she hired concluded he was shot in the back of the head and his body moved to the bathroom. >> nisman didn't have an accident. he didn't commit suicide. his death deserves answers. our commitment is a family and mine also is being part of the judicial power of the nation is to persevere as to build a find out the truth about what happened that day. amy: indigenous communities in peru have announced a settlement with oil giant occidental petroleum in a landmark case over pollution in the amazon rainforest. in 2007, achuar indigenous communities sued occidental in u.s. court after a report by amazon watch and earth rights international accused the firm of dumping toxic waste directly into rivers and streams, resulting in widespread lead and cadmium poisoning. the settlement was actually reached