The Supreme Court Argentina has confirmed a six -year jail sentence for former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The 72-year-old was responsible of corruption within the workplace in 2022 after which appealed.

In addition to the jail sentence, her life was prohibited from holding a public workplace. As introduced, Kirchner can not run for a seat in parliament in September.

Kirchner is accused of misappropriating tens of millions of US {dollars} for public building initiatives throughout her time period between 2007 and 2015. She was accused of getting made corresponding orders to a constructing contractor who had connections to her household. Kirchner denies the allegations.

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