Prosecutors said Fernández fraudulently directed 51 public works projects to Lázaro Báez, a construction magnate and early ally of her and her husband Nestor Kirchner, who served as president from …
By Almudena Calatrava | Associated Press
The sentence isn’t firm until appeals are decided, a process that could take years. She’ll remains immune from arrest meanwhile, as long as she can keep getting elected. The verdict is certain to deepen fissures in the South American nation, where politics can be a blood sport and the 69-year-old populist leader is either loved or hated.
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