US EditionCristina Fernández's Arrest Ignites Political Firestorm in Argentina
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina's former president, began serving a six-year house arrest sentence for corruption on June 18, 2025, in Buenos Aires.
- Her conviction followed a Supreme Court ruling last week that upheld charges of fraudulent administration linked to misappropriating public works contracts.
- The sentence bans Kirchner from public office and sparked widespread protests, with tens of thousands rallying in Buenos Aires and solidarity demonstrations across the country.
- Kirchner's lawyer Gregorio Dalbon declared on social media, "THE PEOPLE PREVAILED," while analysts noted the arrest might galvanize opposition to President Javier Milei's policies amid economic instability.
- Kirchner's house arrest has reinvigorated her left-wing Peronist movement, making her a central figure resisting Milei's radical libertarian agenda despite internal divisions.
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Cristina Fernández's Arrest Ignites Political Firestorm in Argentina
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, former President of Argentina, is under house arrest after a corruption conviction, prompting mass protests. Despite her legal challenges, she remains a significant political figure opposing President Javier Milei. Her detention highlights Argentina's economic and political divisions, with potential implications for the opposition.
After the conviction against the former president has been confirmed, a notorious character again falls into disgrace. Who is it. Besides, the police galloping. UNS lights up with sustainability. And more.
The national deputy Margarita Stolbizer harshly questioned the judicial situation of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, stating that the former president “seems not to register that she is in prison and that what she is serving is a prison sentence.” In a radio interview, GEN leader criticized what she considers to be a flexible and symbolic use of the serving of the sentence imposed on the former president, convicted in the Vialidad case for corru…
After postponing it, in the midst of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s code, the government says it wants to deal this week in commission with the Fiscal Innocence Bill, but fears that the opposition will play one that already has a majority ruling. Official sources of the Chamber of Deputies assured El Cronista that they intend to deal with the bill that would give legal certainty to taxpayers who take the dollars out of the mattress with change…
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