(18 Jun 2025)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina – 18 June 2025
1. Various of a crowd gathering in Plaza de Mayo for demonstration ++MUTE++
2. Demonstrators chanting the Peronist anthem
3. A demonstrator chanting the Peronist anthem in front of a photo of Fernández
4. A demonstrator waving a flag with an image of Fernández
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gloria Araya, 64, retired social worker:
"We are all here to fight for Cristina’s freedom. If they restrict her more, we will do more. The only way is to take to the streets, and with the hope of the candidate Cristina appoints."
6. Demonstrators waving Argentine flags
7. A protester holding a sign supporting Fernández
8. Sign reading (Spanish) "Free Cristina"
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ariel Aybar, 52, LGBT activist:
"It doesn’t matter that she’s in prison. Cristina is alive, she’s with us. No matter how much they imprison her, put her behind bars, whatever, Cristina remains."
10. Aybar holding a poster of Cristina that reads (Spanish) "nothing without her"
11. Protesters next to an Argentine flag that reads (Spanish) "CFK equals people, thank you"
12. People singing the Peronist anthem
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Susana Mendoza, 44, unemployed:
"That’s why we’re here, because we want to be in the fight supporting her (Fernández). We know that all this they’ve set up is a complete farce (the trial). That’s why we want to keep supporting her, and we will always be here."
14. Various of demonstrators singing the Argentine anthem
15. A demonstrator listening to a recorded message by Fernández
16. Various of supporters crying as they listen to a recorded message by Fernández
17. Crowd listening to Fernández
18. People chanting UPSOUND (Spanish) "we will return"
19. Demonstration ++MUTE++
20. Demonstration in front of the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Thousands of members of the Argentine opposition gathered Wednesday in support of former President Cristina Fernández, who is serving a six-year corruption sentence under house arrest.
The protest gathered sympathizers of the Peronist party, trade unionists, and members of social organizations.
As the protest gained momentum, Fernández announced on X (formerly Twitter) that she had asked the court that convicted her in 2022 to clarify whether the house arrest, which began the day before, includes a ban on her going out onto her apartment balcony to greet and interact with her supporters.
She had done this repeatedly since the Supreme Court ratified her sentence last week.
Kirchnerism, the center-left sector of Peronism that looks to Fernández as a leader, was the most vocal at the protest against what it considers a political disqualification of the former vice president (2019-2023).
She will not be able to run as a provincial deputy candidate in the September elections in the province of Buenos Aires, as the sentence also includes a perpetual disqualification from holding public office.
Unions affiliated with Peronism—the main opposition force—and combative leftist social groups also took to the streets to converge later in the central Plaza de Mayo.
Fernández maintains that her conviction is unfounded and schemed by conservative sectors to remove her from the political scene.
The sentence that convicted her was ratified in 2024 by the main criminal appeals court and last week by the Supreme Court, the country’s highest court.
AP Video by Victor R. Caivano and Cristian Kovadloff
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