Tag: Lawfare

Brazilian President Lula Visits Cristina Fernandez at Her Home
The visit took place shortly after the conclusion of the MERCOSUR summit in Buenos Aires. On Thursday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva visited former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez at her home in Buenos Aires, where she has been under house arrest since June 17. RELATED: Cristina Fernandez’s Name To Be Etched in Argentine History: President […]
July 3, 2025

Argentine Peronists Protest Against the Proscription of Cristina Fernandez
The ongoing lawfare against her is fueling a democratic resistance movement. On Wednesday, the Justicialist Party (PJ) called on various factions of Peronism to gather at Mayo Square in Buenos Aires at 2 p.m. for a rally against the legal exclusion of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez. RELATED: Cristina Fernandez Seeks Clarification on Whether She […]
June 18, 2025

Cristina Fernandez Seeks Clarification on Whether She Can Greet Supporters From Balcony
The former Argentine President is under house arrest in her Buenos Aires apartment. On Wednesday, former President Cristina Fernandez (2007-2015), who is under house arrest in her Buenos Aires apartment, asked Argentine judicial authorities whether she is permitted to step onto her balcony to greet the hundreds of supporters gathered outside since last week. RELATED: […]
June 18, 2025

Argentine Courts Grant House Arrest to Former President Cristina Fernandez
She was initially expected to appear in federal court on Wednesday to begin serving her sentence in jail. On Tuesday, the Argentine court granted house arrest to former President Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), who was sentenced to six years and a life ban from holding public office for irregularities in the awarding of public works contracts […]
June 17, 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

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 […]