On Wednesday November 13, 2024, the Argentine Court of Cassation confirmed the sentence of six years in prison against former president Cristina Kirchner. The latter is accused of fraud and corruption

Cristina Kirchner was president twice between 2007 and 2015 and vice president of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. She was sentenced to this sentence in December 2022, with a permanent ban on exercising any official function. The Argentine justice system accused him of criminal responsibility in a highly publicized trial known as the “roads case”, in reference to public contracts for the construction of roads whose tendering was marred by fraud, corruption and State fraud. According to information, the ex-president and the 12 other defendants in this case would have participated in a gigantic fraudulent operation in connection with public road works carried out in the province of Santa Cruz (south) and whose damage to the State would amount to several tens