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11-06-2025
- Politics
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Ex-Argentina Prez Cristina Fernandez to be jailed as Supreme Court upholds corruption conviction
The Supreme Court of Argentina has upheld former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (2007–15) corruption conviction. The SC has also upheld the lifetime ban on holding public office. read more Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner smiles to supporters at the Partido Justicialista headquarters in Buenos Aires on June 10, 2025. (Photo: AFP) Argentina's highest court upheld a six-year prison sentence for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a ruling Tuesday that permanently banned her from public office over the corruption conviction that found she had directed state contracts to a friend while she was the first lady and president. The explosive Supreme Court ruling left Fernández, Argentina's charismatic yet deeply divisive ex-leader, subject to arrest and sent her supporters pouring into the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital, and blocking major highways in protest. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The court asked Argentina's security ministry to set up a detention center to hold 72-year-old Fernández. Her defense lawyer Carlos Beraldi told C5N, a television station in Buenos Aires, that he had requested Fernández be allowed to serve her sentence in house arrest given her age. The ruling bars Fernández from running in this fall's Buenos Aires legislative elections just days after she launched her campaign. Fernández, who dominated Argentine politics for two decades and forged the country's main left-wing populist movement known as Kirchnerism, after her and her husband, former President Néstor Kirchner, rejects the charges as politically motivated. During Fernández's eight years in office (2007–2015), Argentina expanded cash payments to the poor and pioneered major social assistance programs. But her governments funded the unbridled state spending by printing money, bringing Argentina notoriety for massive budget deficits and sky-high inflation. Critics blamed Argentina's years of economic volatility on Fernández's policies, and outrage over successive economic crises and the country's bloated bureaucracy helped vault radical libertarian President Javier Milei to the presidency in late 2023. The ruling dealt a severe blow to Milei's opposition during a crucial midterm election year. He celebrated the ruling, writing on social media: 'Justice. Period.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Fernández was embroiled in multiple corruption scandals during her tenure. She was convicted in 2022 in this corruption case, which centered on 51 public contracts for public works awarded to companies linked to Lázaro Báez, a convicted construction magnate and friend of the presidential couple, at prices 20 per cent above the standard rate ally in a scheme that cost the state tens of millions of dollars. The high court rejected Fernández's request for the court to review her prison sentence in March. In a resolution obtained by The Associated Press, the court said that the prison sentence 'does nothing more than to protect our republican and democratic system.' The Kirchner governments carried out 'an extraordinary fraudulent maneuver' that harmed the interests of the government and resulted in the embezzlement of roughly $70 million at the current exchange rate, the resolution said. Supporters of Fernández and her political movement blocked main roads into Buenos Aires and stormed the offices of Argentina's two main cable networks that are widely considered critical of the ex-leader, Channel 13 and Todos Noticias, smashing televisions, vandalizing cars and shattering windows. There were no injuries reported. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Fernández rejected the decision, calling the court justices 'puppets' of those wielding economic power in the country. 'They're three puppets answering to those ruling far above them,' she told supporters in a rousing speech outside her party's headquarters. 'It's not the opposition. It's the concentrated economic power of Argentina's government.' Gregorio Dalbón, one of Fernández's lawyers, vowed 'to take this case to all international human rights organizations.' Fernández has questioned the impartiality of the judges. She claims her defense didn't have access to much of the evidence and that it was gathered without regard to legal deadlines. Fernández faces a series of other upcoming trials on corruption charges.
Toronto Sun
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Argentina's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for ex-president Fernandez
Published Jun 10, 2025 • 2 minute read Former president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner speaks to supporters after knowing the confirmed sentence in the Vialidad case at Justicialista Party headquarters on June 10, 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Supreme Court of Argentina confirmed Fernandez's sentence to 6 years in prison and the banning from public office after considering Fernández guilty in the Vialidad case. Fernández served as president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015 and is accused of defrauding the state. Photo by Marcos Brindicci / Getty Images BUENOS AIRES — Argentina's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the 6-year prison sentence on corruption charges for former president Cristina Fernandez. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The court ruling disqualifies the leader of the South American country's opposition movement, known as Peronism, from holding public office. It left Fernandez, one of Argentina's most important political figures of the past two decades, at the brink of an arrest by authorities. Fernandez governed for eight years after succeeding her husband in 2007. Under her watch, Argentina became notorious for its unbridled state spending and massive budget deficits. She was found guilty by a federal court in 2022 of having committed a millionaire fraud during her presidency through irregular allocation of state funds to a businessman close to her. Fernandez had asked the court for a review of the prison sentence in March, which three judges of the high court rejected. Tuesday's court decision means that Fernandez will not be able to compete in September for a seat in the legislature in the country's capital, as she had announced. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The sentence 'does nothing more than to protect our republican and democratic system,' the court wrote in a resolution provided to The Associated Press. Read More As the ruling was announced, supporters of Fernandez and her political movement blocked main roadways into Buenos Aires. Fernandez quickly rejected the decision, calling the court justices 'puppets' of those wielding economic power in the country. 'They're three puppets answering to those ruling far above them,' she told supporters outside her party's headquarters in the capital. 'It's not the opposition. It's the concentrated economic power of Argentina's government.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Argentina's far-right President Javier Milei celebrated the ruling, writing in a post on X: 'Justice. Period.' The ruling dealt a blow to Fernandez's political movement. She said the day before that even if she is in jail, Peronism will live on in resistance to Milei, whose austerity measures stand in stark contrast to the policies implemented during her leadership. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Fernandez's defence is expected to request she serve her sentence in house arrest, given she is over 70 years old. Gregorio Dalbon, one of Fernandez's legal representatives, said that 'we are going to take this case to all international human rights organizations: the Inter-American Commission and Court, the UN Human Rights Council' and more. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The court case, which began in 2016, centered on 51 public contracts for road works under Fernandez and her late husband, former president Nestor Kirchner. The contracts were awarded to companies linked to Lazaro Baez, a convicted construction magnate and friend of the presidential couple, at prices 20% above the standard rate. According to the court, the governments carried out 'an extraordinary fraudulent maneuver' that harmed the interests of the government and resulted in the embezzlement of roughly $70 million, at the current exchange rate. Fernandez has questioned the impartiality of the judges and claimed that much of the evidence was gathered outside legal deadlines and that her legal defence didn't have access to it. Fernandez also faces a number of other upcoming trials on corruption charges. — Associated Press journalists Almudena Calatrava y Debora Rey contributed to this report from Buenos Aires. NHL Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Blue Jays Columnists Editorial Cartoons
Newsweek
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Argentina Discovers Trove of Nazi Archives in Old Champagne Boxes
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Workers inside Argentina's Supreme Court uncovered a trove of Nazi propaganda hidden inside of old champagne boxes. The workers were moving archival material out of the courthouse basement when they opened up the old boxes. Instead of champagne, they found crates of books and other material with swastikas on them. Archivists ended up finding more than 80 boxes carrying Nazi material dating back to 1941. The crates were taken to the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum. Newsweek reached out to the museum via email for comment. Archivists opening champagne cases filled with Nazi propaganda in Argentina. Archivists opening champagne cases filled with Nazi propaganda in Argentina. Supreme Court of Argentina Why It Matters The court described the finding as a "discovery of global significance" due to the documents' ability to illuminate events leading up to the Holocaust. The documents may also help historians to uncover new information on the global spread of Nazism and Nazi trade routes. What To Know Following a review of the documents ordered by the Supreme Court president, Horacio Rosatti, historians determined that they had been held inside the courthouse since 1941. The documents arrived in Argentina on June 20, 1941, aboard a ship sent by the German embassy in Tokyo. Despite German diplomats in Argentina asking for the ship, the Nan-a-Maru, to skip customs because it contained "personal effects for its members," the ship was halted and inspected. Some of the 80 boxes containing Nazi propaganda in the courthouse basement. Some of the 80 boxes containing Nazi propaganda in the courthouse basement. Supreme Court of Argentina Once impounded, customs officials opened five boxes at random and found Nazi propaganda including postcards and photographs and "thousands of notebooks belonging to the National Socialist German Workers' Party Organization Abroad and the German Trade Union." Argentine officials then refused to return the boxes to Germany or Tokyo, saying they contained harmful anti-democratic material and that German officials had lied to them about the ship's contents. The materials passed through different agencies, eventually landing in the Supreme Court. The court was tasked with figuring out what to do with them, but it ended up storing the documents, forgotten, in the basement for over 80 years. Argentina remained neutral in World War II until 1944, when it declared war on Japan and Germany. Although the country took in 40,000 Jewish refugees between 1933 and the end of the war, Argentina is also known for housing high-ranking Nazi officials, including Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann and Auschwitz "Angel of Death" Josef Mengele, during the post-war leadership of Juan Perón. Researchers and historians inspecting the Nazi material found in the courthouse. Researchers and historians inspecting the Nazi material found in the courthouse. Supreme Court of Argentina What People Are Saying Supreme Court of Argentina: "A discovery of global significance has taken place in the archives of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation: within the framework of the works for the creation of the Museum of the highest court and the transfer of documentation from its archive, judicial officials detected a series of boxes containing material linked to Nazism, which had entered the country in 1941." What Happens Next The boxes are all being moved to the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum. There, they will be further studied in the hopes of uncovering more information on the Holocaust and the still relatively unknown aspects of the regime's global money trail.
Express Tribune
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Argentina Supreme Court discovers 83 boxes of Nazi archives in its basement
A person holds Nazi-related material that was originally confiscated by local authorities when it was shipped to Argentina in 1941, after several boxes containing the material were recently discovered by chance in the archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, PHOTO:REUTER Listen to article Argentina's Supreme Court has uncovered 83 boxes of Nazi propaganda and materials in its basement, more than eight decades after they were first confiscated during World War II, court officials announced on Sunday. The boxes, originally shipped in June 1941 by the German embassy in Tokyo aboard the Japanese steamship Nan-a-Maru, were intercepted by Argentine authorities who feared the contents could compromise the country's wartime neutrality. A random inspection of five boxes revealed Nazi propaganda, photographs, postcards, and thousands of notebooks linked to the Nazi Party. Though confiscated by a federal judge and referred to the Supreme Court at the time, the fate of the boxes remained unknown until court staff rediscovered them while preparing for a new judicial museum. "Upon opening one of the boxes, we identified material intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina during the Second World War," the court said in a statement. The materials have now been moved to a secure location and will be examined by experts from the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum. Historians hope the cache will shed light on lesser-known aspects of the Holocaust, including Nazi international funding networks and ideological efforts in South America. Argentina remained neutral in WWII until 1944, eventually declaring war on Germany and Japan in 1945. From 1933 to 1954, the country welcomed over 40,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution, making it home to the largest Jewish population in Latin America.
Deccan Herald
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Deccan Herald
May 12, 2025: Best photos from around the world
Aircraft of the Mexican Air Force perform during an aerial and skydiving show called 'The Great Force of Mexico' in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A person holds Nazi-related material that was originally confiscated by local authorities when it was shipped to Argentina in 1941, after several boxes containing the material were recently discovered by chance in the archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in this handout picture released on May 11, 2025. Credit: Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Republica Argentina/Handout via REUTERS Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
