Argentine President Denies Cover-Up in Bombing Inquiry

BUENOS AIRES — President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina made an impassioned defense on Sunday of her role in the investigation into the fatal bombing of a Jewish community center here in 1994, days after a judge dismissed criminal allegations against her.

In her annual State of the Union address to Congress, Mrs. Kirchner accused her opponents of using the case for political gain. “If there are delays or a cover-up of A.M.I.A., look somewhere else, not here,” she said, using the Spanish acronym for the Argentina Israelite Mutual Association, the community center that was bombed.

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