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In a blow to Milei, a US judge orders Argentina to turn over its majority stake in state oil company

The fate of Argentina’s state-run oil company has been thrown into doubt as a U.S. judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51% controlling stake in YPF

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Photos of Cristina Fernández supporters as she serves a prison sentence for corruption in Argentina

Supporters of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have been gathering outside her Buenos Aires apartment and in the Plaza de Mayo for the past week after the nation's highest court upheld her sentence in a corruption case. Fernández was found guilty of illegally directing state contracts to a…

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Argentine tribunal allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home

A federal court in Argentina has granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires

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Argentina's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for ex-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Argentina’s Supreme Court has upheld the six-year prison sentence on corruption charges for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

The Independent UK

Javier Milei's party comes first in Buenos Aires election upset

In a boost for the party ahead of October's midterms, the Argentinian president's spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, secured 30.1% of the vote.

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Argentina’s soaring poverty levels don’t seem to be hurting president Javier Milei – but the honeymoon could be over

Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over the past 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.

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The Latin American left is smart not to pick a side over Venezuela’s contested election result

Attempts to get Nicolás Maduro back to the negotiating table highlight the influence of a younger generation of voters, says journalist Jordana Timerman

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Trial starts over the 2022 assassination attempt of Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

An Argentine federal court has opened proceedings in the trial of three people suspected in the assassination attempt two years ago of then-Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of the country’s most powerful and divisive political figures in recent decades

The Independent UK

Milei Gave Himself a Huge Pay Raise, Then Took It Back

The president who vowed to cut government spending rescinds the 48 percent pay raise he gave himself.

Reason

Corruption case reopened against Argentina's Vice President Fernández, adding to her legal woes

A federal appeals court in Argentina has reopened a money laundering investigation into Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

The Independent UK

Argentine judge dismisses long-running corruption case against vice president

A judge in Argentina has dismissed a long-running money laundering case against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, after prosecutors and state agencies said there was no evidence she was involved in a crime

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Pope Francis hopes to visit native Argentina next year

Pope Francis said he hopes to travel to his home country of Argentina in 2024, which would mark the first time he would step foot in his homeland since becoming pontiff a decade ago

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Argentina’s mounting political uncertainty

Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández has announced he will not stand for re-election in 2023, plunging the country into further political uncertainty following corruption charges and an alleged assassination attempt on current vice-president and two-time former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

The Week

Argentina's President Fernández won't seek reelection

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández announced Friday he won’t seek reelection for a second term this year, a decision that follows months of infighting among the ruling coalition as it grapples with a fragile economy and galloping inflation

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From Trump to Sarkozy: the political leaders who have been prosecuted

Donald Trump is the first US president to be criminally charged, but across the globe, 78 countries have jailed or prosecuted leaders who left office since 2000

Tribune News Service

Argentina’s Macri rules out making another run for president

BUENOS ARIES, Argentina — Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri ruled out becoming a candidate in this year’s election, clearing the way for a primary race between leaders within his coalition.

The Independent UK

Argentina's initial fervor for Pope Francis has faded

When Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis, much of his home country celebrated as if it had just won a soccer World Cup championship

Salon

Five key elections coming in 2023

Argentina, Nigeria and Turkey will hold crucial elections, with inflation, corruption and democracy on the ballot

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5 elections to watch in 2023 – what's at stake as millions head to the ballot box around the globe

Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug’s game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote months down the line can leave even the most savvy election specialist with egg on their face.

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Cristina Fernández may not go to jail but verdict upends Argentina’s politics

The powerful – and polarising – vice-president was sentenced to six years for fraud and now will not seek the presidency next year

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Argentina's vice president is found guilty of corruption

A panel sentenced Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding political office. She will not be jailed while appealing the verdict, which could take years.

The Guardian - US

Argentina’s Cristina Fernández sentenced to six years in $1bn fraud case

Vice-president and former president also given lifelong ban on holding public office after being found guilty

France 24

Argentine court sentences VP Cristina Kirchner to six years in prison for graft

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to 6 years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her presidency.

The Independent UK

Argentina awaits VP Cristina Fernández corruption verdict

All eyes in Argentina are on the court where three judges are preparing to announce their verdict in the corruption trial of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

The Independent UK

Leader of Argentina's Mothers of the Plaza dies at 93

A housewife who became a human rights campaigner when her two sons vanished after being arrested under Argentina’s military dictatorship has died

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