US EditionBrazil’s Lula Approved to Visit Kirchner Under House Arrest, Media Reports
- A judge in Argentina approved a visit by Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to see Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who is currently under house arrest in Buenos Aires.
- The authorization comes weeks after Kirchner began serving a six-year prison term confined to her home, following the Supreme Court's June decision to uphold her 2022 fraud conviction related to public projects in Patagonia.
- Kirchner, 72, served as Argentina’s president from 2007 to 2015 and has been banned for life from holding public office due to the conviction.
- Lula, currently in Buenos Aires for the two-day Mercosur summit, will likely visit Kirchner at her apartment, the court permitted the meeting with conditions to avoid neighborhood disturbance.
- The visit signals Lula's solidarity with Kirchner and could affect regional political dynamics, especially given Kirchner's opposition to current Argentine President Javier Milei.
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Court allows CFK to receive Lula's visit
Buenos Aires Judge Jorge Gorini Wednesday acquiesced to a request from former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's (CFK) legal team and authorized former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to visit her Thursday at the apartment where she is serving a six-year sentence for corruption under house arrest.
An Argentine court agreed that the President of Brazil should visit Cristina Fern ndez, who is at home for corruption.
Cristina Kirchner will be able to receive the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at her home in Buenos Aires, where she is serving home prison for a firm sentence of six years in prison for corruption. The judge in charge of establishing Kirchner’s visiting regime authorized on Wednesday that Lula visit the former president on Thursday, according to sources of the defense to EL PAÍS. The Brazilian’s trip is motivated by the Mercosur…
Brazil’s Lula approved to visit Kirchner under house arrest, media reports
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -An Argentine court authorized Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to visit Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, local media reported on Wednesday. The visit will come weeks after she began serving a six-year sentence under house arrest for corruption. Lula is currently in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, where he is participating in a two-day summit of leaders from South American trade…
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, will receive on Thursday to his pair of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at a high voltage Mercosur summit due to the tension between the two leaders and the authorization of a visit of the Brazilian to the detained former president Cristina Kirchner.
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