29 April 2010

ARGENTINA: Cristina's War With Clarin Media Group Gets Personal.

REUTERS/     Some officials claim the owner of the $900 million Grupo Clarin media holdings, Ernestina Herrera de Noble, 84, may have adopted two babies stolen from murdered political prisoners during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. The adopted children believe President Cristina Fernandez is using them as pawns in her conflict with their mother's company. "We feel scared, anguished, insecure, persecuted," said Felipe Noble Herrera. The Noble Herrera children don't believe they are children of disappeared political prisoners, but they have resisted turning over DNA samples. However, the charges are turning off investors. "It doesn't inspire much confidence, it adds to Argentina's huge credibility crisis," said  author Jorge Asis.