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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

1. Follow-up: Argentina's former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner goes on trial with son Máximo in Hotesur/Los Sauces laundering case

   Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, serving a six-year sentence under house arrest, went on trial on Friday, Oct 23, alongside her son, congressman Máximo Kirchner, accused of laundering money through family hotel and real estate businesses. The trial combines the Hotesur and Los Sauces cases, with 19 defendants, before Federal Oral Court No. 5. Kirchner, 73, appeared by video from her home in Buenos Aires; it is her third corruption trial and Máximo's first, and the hearing resumes on Monday, Oct 26.

   Oct 25, 2026 Morning