Overview

• A court ruled on June 17 that Kirchner could serve her six-year sentence under house arrest instead of reporting to prison.
• The Supreme Court upheld her December 2022 conviction for public contracting irregularities, imposing both a six-year term and a lifetime ban from public office.
• On June 18, tens of thousands of supporters gathered at Plaza de Mayo under the slogan “Argentina con Cristina” to show solidarity and denounce her conviction.
• Kirchner addressed the crowd via an audio recording declaring that authorities can imprison her but not the Argentine people and denouncing her trial as politically motivated.
• The mass mobilization highlights her continued influence as the main opposition figure to President Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal government.