Cristina fernandez de kirchner

Argentinian VP Cristina Kirchner receives 6-year jail term in corruption case

Kirchner was a central suspect in an alleged government cover up of of Iran's possible role in the bombing of a Jewish community center.

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Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner holds a party rally, in La Plata
Supporters gather outside the house of Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, days after Fernandez was accused in a corruption case, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 27, 2022.

Thousands in Argentina take to streets to defend embattled vice president

Prosecutors accused Fernandez de Kirchner on Monday of defrauding the state and involvement in a scheme to divert public funds while president between 2007 and 2015.

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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Argentina federal prosecutor requests 12-year prison sentence for VP

A federal prosecutor accused Argentine vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of defrauding the state and involvement in a scheme to divert public funds.

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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is suspected of covering up Iran's role in the AMIA bombing of 1994

Argentine judge exonerates ex-president accused of covering up Iran attack on Jews

Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner allegedly covered up Iran's possible role in the 1994 AMIA bombing.

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Argentine Jewish community worrisome as Kirchner returns to government

Kirchner was accused of obstructing the investigation into the July 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing, allegedly carried out by Hezbollah and funded by Iran, which killed 85 and injured hundreds.

OCTOBER 29, 2019ByJTA
Cristina de Fernandez Kirchner stands with members of her government on February 26.

Argentina’s former president under fire for ‘oranges from Israel’ comment

The statement suggested that Kirchner not make her political comeback with misleading statistics, “as if buying Israeli oranges were the root of all the ills of our country.”

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is suspected of covering up Iran's role in the AMIA bombing of 1994