Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appealed her conviction for corruption to Argentina’s Supreme Court, petitioning the nation’s highest tribunal to reverse the ruling and quash her six-year prison sentence and ban on holding elected office. Defence lawyers for the veteran politician also took aim at one of the Supreme Court justices who will hear the case, arguing the magistrate is not fit to participate, given he was appointed by decree to his post by President Javier Milei.
March 31, 2025
SOURCE: BUENOS AIRES TIMES
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appeals corruption conviction to Argentina’s Supreme Court