Argentina’s supreme court has upheld the corruption conviction of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, triggering a six-year jail term and lifetime political ban for the main opposition leader to President Javier Milei.

La Corte Suprema de Argentina confirmó la condena de la expresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner por fraude, y se le impuso una pena de seis años de prisión, así como la prohibición perpetua de ejercer cargos públicos,

Former president declares in a speech to Peronist militants that she is the target of judicial persecution aimed at banning her from frontline politics.