Argentina appeals court confirms guilty verdict for former President Cristina Kirchner


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  • Wednesday, 13 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner gives her speech during the event named "Political and Electoral Reality of Latin America" organized by MORENA party, in Mexico City, Mexico August 3, 2024. REUTERS/Luis Cortes/File Photo

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Argentina upheld a guilty verdict for former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday.

Kirchner, who served as president for two terms between 2007 and 2015 and then as vice president from 2019 to 2023, was found guilty of defrauding the state and given a six-year prison sentence in December 2022. The case can still be appealed to the Supreme Court.

(Reporting by Jorge Otaola)

   

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