BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The former president and Peronist leader of the opposition was sentenced this Wednesday (13) to six years in prison for state fraud by a higher court, which also disqualifies her from holding public office.
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Cristina, twice president between 2007 and 2015 and vice president from 2019 to 2023, can appeal the decision of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation, in a case known as “Vialidad”, in which she is accused of favoring a businessman friend by granting public works.
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Militants surrounded the court to protest a decision that, according to the former president, was politically motivated. “The real goal is to banish me for life,” she said in a text on the X network.
(Reporting by Lucila Sigal)
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