Argentina : Former Argentina President Carlos Menem is to stand trial for allegedly obstructing an investigation into an attack on a Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires. Argentina blamed the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for the 1994 bombing, which killed 85 people. But, prosecutors say evidence indicating the involvement of local accomplices in the attack was covered up. No-one has ever been convicted of the car bombing.

The attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association took place on 18 July, 1994, during Carlos Menem’s first term in office as the President. The bombing demolished the seven-storey cultural centre. Menem was initially accused of a cover-up in 2009, but has never faced trial.

Menem, 81, was the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently serving as a senator in the Congress in Buenos Aires. If found guilty, he would have to be impeached by his fellow senators in order to serve a jail sentence.