US bars ex-Argentine president Fernandez de Kirchner on graft accusations

The US government on Friday blocked Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and a former senior official from entering the United States, after the pair were implicated in significant corruption in a prolonged legal saga in Argentina.

Fernandez de Kirchner, who is a leftist former two-term president who ruled Argentina from 2007 to 2015, retains significant political influence at home and is an outspoken adversary of libertarian President Javier Milei, a supporter of the US President Donald Trump.

In a statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued that Fernandez de Kirchner and former Planning Minister Julio Miguel De Vido abused their positions by orchestrating and financially benefiting from multiple bribery schemes involving public works contracts, resulting in millions of dollars stolen from the Argentine government.

However, the former president has denied wrongdoing, calling the cases against her politically motivated.

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