Tag: Argentina

Research Reveals That Child Poverty in Argentina Reached a Record in 2024
In the context of President Javier Milei’s neoliberal measures, child poverty in Argentina reached its highest level since the 2001-2002 crisis, with a peak of 67.3% in the first half of 2024, according to a report by the Argentine Social Debt Observatory (ODSA) of the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA). RELATED: Argentina Supreme Court Ruling: Justice […]
June 15, 2025

Argentina Supreme Court Ruling: Justice Served or Political Takeover Against Cristina Kirchner?
Argentina’s political landscape has been irrevocably altered after the country’s Supreme Court upheld a six-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban from public office for former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Does the Supreme Court’s ruling mark the end of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s political career? The June 10, 2025, decision upholds her six-year prison […]
June 12, 2025

Maximo Kirchner Accuses Milei of Political Persecution After Fernandez Conviction
‘What is at stake is the future of our country and the people who live in it,’ he said. On Wednesday night, Argentine lawmaker Maximo Kirchner accused President Javier Milei’s administration of trying to destroy its political opponents. RELATED: President Sheinbaum Expresses Solidarity With Cristina Fernandez His remarks came after his mother, former President Cristina […]
June 12, 2025

President Sheinbaum Expresses Solidarity With Cristina Fernandez
‘It is a political matter, and she has our full support,’ the Mexican leader said. On Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (2007–2015) after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld a six-year prison sentence and disqualified her from holding public office. RELATED: Cristina Fernandez’s Prison Sentence Is a Political […]
June 11, 2025

Cristina Fernandez’s Prison Sentence Is a Political Maneuver: Lula Institute
Her conviction threatens the balance of powers and democracy itself in Argentina. On Thursday, the Lula Institute issued a statement condemning the six-year prison sentence handed down to former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner, calling the court ruling a political maneuver aimed at harming progressive forces in Argentina and across Latin America. RELATED: Lawfare Against Cristina […]
June 11, 2025

Lawfare Against Cristina Fernandez Sparks International Reactions
The former Argentine president was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office. On Tuesday, the Argentine Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced former President Cristina Fernandez to six years in prison and imposed a lifetime ban from holding public office over alleged irregularities in awarding […]
June 11, 2025

Argentines Protest Against Court Ruling Targeting Cristina Fernandez
Thousands of citizens spent the night in the streets surrounding her home to show their support. On Tuesday night, thousands of Argentines took to the streets to protest what they described as the political persecution of former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (2007–2015). RELATED: Venezuela Condemns Political and Judicial Coup Against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner […]
June 11, 2025

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Denounces Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court, composed of Justices Rosatti, Rosenkrantz and Lorenzetti, unanimously rejected all appeals filed by Kirchner’s defense, terminating her conviction in the Vialidad case. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has denounced the Supreme Court’s decision to confirm her six-year prison sentence and her lifetime disqualification from holding public office as a “slamming of the people’s […]
June 10, 2025

Mate: Argentina’s Timeless Tradition of Connection and Identity
Mate is more than just a drink in Argentina—it is a symbol of friendship, community, and tradition, deeply embedded in the country’s cultural identity. Origins and Evolution Mate traces its origins to the Guaraní communities, who discovered its stimulating properties long before European colonizers arrived. Jesuits played a crucial role in spreading its cultivation and […]
June 10, 2025

Argentine Supreme Court to Rule on Cristina Fernandez’s Appeal
The former Argentine president could be sentenced to six years in prison and permanently banned from holding public office. On Tuesday, Argentina’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Horacio Rosatti called the justices to convene at 4 p.m. local time to decide on the case against former President Cristina Fernandez (2007-2015). RELATED: Cristina Fernandez Criticizes The Milei’s […]