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Irish Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Times
Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner jailed for corruption in Argentina
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina's former president and one of the country's most polarising political figures, has been sentenced to prison and barred for life from public office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction. The ruling is likely to deepen political tensions in the country and comes after Ms Fernández, who was the target of an assassination attempt three years ago, announced plans for a political comeback. Supporters blocked key highways around the capital, Buenos Aires, before the court decision against the left-leaning Ms Fernández, who has clashed repeatedly with Argentina's right-wing president, Javier Milei , while major labour unions had threatened national strikes. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Ms Fernández in a 27-page ruling, cementing a six-year sentence handed down by a lower court that had found she defrauded the state during her two terms as president, from 2007 to 2015. READ MORE Ms Fernández (72), is unlikely to serve significant prison time as Argentine law often allows house arrest for those over age 70. The lower court, which will determine if she gets home detention, said she had five business days to present herself before the tribunal to be officially detained. The former president could be held behind bars at a police station for a few days until a judge approves her home detention, said Andrés Gil Domínguez, a constitutional law professor at the University of Buenos Aires. Ms Fernández told supporters outside her party's headquarters shortly after the court ruling, 'This Argentina we're living in today never ceases to surprise us.' She called the three members of the Supreme Court 'puppets' and characterised them as 'a 'triumvirate of disgraceful figures' who answered to powerful economic interests, and said they were now 'imposing a clamp on the popular vote.' As for Mr Milei, he wrote, 'Justice' on the social platform X and reposted several messages that celebrated the ruling. A fixture in Argentine politics for more than three decades, Ms Fernández remains a divisive figure. While much of the country views her presidency as synonymous with economic mismanagement and corruption, she continues to command a loyal base that credits her with expansive social programmes. Ms Fernández, who was also vice president from 2019 to 2023, has faced numerous charges of corruption. She was convicted in 2022 of steering public roadworks contracts in a southern province to a family friend and business associate. She has rejected the charges as politically motivated, accusing opponents of weaponising the judiciary to curb her influence. The court determined that the scheme had began under her husband and predecessor, Néstor Kirchner, and continued during her two presidential terms. He had been governor of southern Santa Cruz province and served as president from 2003 to 2007. He died in 2010. Since 2024, she has led the Justicialist Party, the main opposition force to Mr Milei and the largest political platform for Peronism, the populist, nationalist movement that has shaped much of Argentina's modern political history. Mr Milei has frequently blamed Ms Fernández, as well as her husband, for years of economic mismanagement and systemic corruption that sent the country into a downward economic spiral. Mr Milei won office in 2023 by vowing to slash public spending and overhaul Argentina's state-heavy economy. Ms Fernández recently announced that she was running for a seat in the Buenos Aires provincial legislature in elections this year. She would have been a heavy favorite, and a victory would have granted her immunity from serving the sentence. 'Coincidence is not a political category,' she told supporters as she prepared for the decision from Argentina's highest court. 'It only took us announcing a candidacy a week ago for the demons to be unleashed.' She characterised efforts to imprison her as a way to quiet her criticism of Mr Milei's right-wing economic policies, which have included broad austerity measures. 'Go ahead, throw me in prison,' she said. 'Do you really believe this will fix anything? I might be behind bars, but people will be worse off by the day.' During her trial in 2022, supporters gathered outside her Buenos Aires apartment every day to show solidarity. In September of that year, a man at the entrance to her building pointed a loaded pistol at her head at close range. The weapon jammed and she was uninjured. The accused gunman and two others are facing trial. The former president faces several other legal issues, including accusations of money laundering, orchestrating a corruption scheme involving public works and conspiring with Iran to cover up its suspected role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. - The New York Times . 2025 The New York Times Company
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ivan Cornejo Shows His Support Amid Anti-ICE Protests: ‘Speechless at the Inhumanity'
As protests erupt across the country against the Trump administration's raids and mass arrests of migrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), música Mexicana singer Ivan Cornejo showed his support for his community by helping raise funds for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). 'In 1986, my dad was one of the 3 million undocumented immigrants to receive amnesty from Ronald Reagan, allowing him to have legal status in the U.S. President Reagan and other former presidents have recognized the value that immigrants bring to this country,' began Cornejo in his statement posted to social media on Tuesday. 'We have and continue to contribute not only economically but culturally and have been doing so forever.' More from Rolling Stone Ivan Cornejo Gets Fans Into Their Feelings During Future of Music Showcase Night Three How Ivan Cornejo Became Música Mexicana's Heartbreak Kid Benson Boone, Megan Moroney, Ivan Cornejo, and Rema to Play Rolling Stone's Future of Music Showcase at SXSW 'America was built on the backs of immigrants like my father, and now we're being targeted, undermining America's core values,' continued the singer-songwriter. 'Words cannot express the sorrow that I feel for my community. I see my mom, my dad and myself in many of you.' Cornejo said he was 'speechless at the inhumanity that is affecting our Mexican and Hispanic communities.' He added that there have been 'closed-door discussions' over whether speaking out has put this team at risk,' because 'this administration is not holding back' and 'indiscriminately using measures never seen before.' The artist said that since the launch of his Mirada Tour Parte 2, his team and fans have raised funds for CHIRLA, and linked to its website 'where you can learn about your rights and how to get involved.' 'I'm with you during these difficult times, and I will continue to support you all through my art,' said the singer. Multiple artists including Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Tyler, the Creator, and more have spoken out against President Donald Trump's ICE raids and deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the weekend. While accepting the BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Doechii addressed the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, where the Awards were being held. 'I feel it's my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people, for Black people, for Latino people, for trans people, for the people in Gaza,' she said on stage that night. 'We all deserve to live in hope and not in fear. And I hope we stand together, my brothers and my sisters, against hate — and we protest against it.' Finneas said that he was tear-gassed while at a 'peaceful protest' in downtown L.A. on Sunday. 'Tear-gassed almost immediately at the very peaceful protest downtown — they're inciting this,' he wrote in a post included in a series from his Instagram stories. In one from earlier in the day, Finneas wrote, 'Fuck ICE.' The protests spreading throughout the country are pushing back against the inhumane tactics the federal government has implemented to target immigrant communities. In recent weeks, ICE agents have surprised migrants at immigration hearings, taken infants out of their mothers arms while conducting an arrest, and begun carrying out large scale round ups that — by the admission of Trump's 'immigration czar' Tom Homan — arrest migrants without any criminal records. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
New York Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
A Political Titan in Argentina Is Sentenced to Prison
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina's former president and one of the country's most polarizing political figures, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday and barred for life from public office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction. The ruling is likely to deepen political tensions in the country and comes after Mrs. Kirchner, who was the target of an assassination attempt three years ago, announced plans for a political comeback. Supporters blocked key highways around the capital, Buenos Aires, ahead of the court decision against the left-leaning Mrs. Kirchner, who has clashed repeatedly with Argentina's right-wing president, Javier Milei, while major labor unions had threatened national strikes. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Mrs. Kirchner, cementing a six-year sentence handed down by a lower court that had found she defrauded the state during her two terms as president, from 2007 to 2015. Still, Mrs. Kirchner, 72, is unlikely to serve significant prison time as Argentine law often allows house arrest for those over 70. The lower court will determine if Mrs. Kirchner gets home detention. The former president could be held behind bars at a police station for a few days until a judge approves her home detention, said Andrés Gil Domínguez, a constitutional law professor at the University of Buenos Aires. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
