Barra, ex-justice minister and former pro-Nazi youth, for top legal post [View all]
02-12-2023 17:39
Appointment of Rodolfo Barra, Carlos Menem’s former Justice minister to Javier Milei’s government, sparks rejection and outrage from Jewish organisations. Former official had ties to Tacuara Movement in his youth, a group that expressed pro-Nazi sympathies.
President-elect Javier Milei is at the centre of another controversy after the libertarian leader decided to appoint Rodolfo Barra – a former Carlos Menem government official who attended pro-Nazi rallies in his youth – to a top legal position.
With the libertarian leader still finalising his Cabinet line up ahead of next weekend’s inauguration, names are beginning to be confirmed on a drip-by-drip basis, usually via statements issued from the “President-elect’s Office” on the X social network.
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Barra is a lawyer with extensive legal experience for the state. He was a justice of the Supreme Court and held several government posts in the 1990s, including as justice minister from 1994 to 1996 under then-president Carlos Menem.
Yet he had to give up his government post in the 1990s after an investigation uncovered links to pro-Nazi groups and highlighted anti-Semitic claims.
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