Trump administration bars Cristina Kirchner from entering U.S. [View all]

In a statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the former Argentine president of “abusing public power for personal gain”

Buenos Aires Herald
March 21, 2025

The United States has placed sanctions on former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, the Donald Trump administration announced on Friday.

In a statement published on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Kirchner and her one-time minister of planning, Julio Miguel de Vido, for their involvement in “significant corruption” during their time in office. Both officials and their immediate families will be barred from entering the United States.

“CFK and De Vido [sic] abused their positions by orchestrating and financially benefiting from multiple bribery schemes involving public works contracts, resulting in millions of dollars stolen from the Argentine government,” the statement read. “Multiple courts have convicted CFK and De Vido for corruption, undermining the Argentine people’s and investors’ confidence in Argentina’s future.”

“The United States will continue to promote accountability for those who abuse public power for personal gain,” it concluded. “These designations reaffirm our commitment to counter global corruption, including at the highest levels of government.”

On Friday evening, the former Argentine president issued a statement of her own, questioning Trump’s past dealings with Argentina and history of sexual misconduct while taking a veiled shot at her country’s current president, Javier Milei.

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The current leader of the Peronist coalition has long maintained her innocence, calling her prosecution and subsequent conviction politically motivated. She has also been a frequent target of Republican officials in the United States, including Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, among others.

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(Remember Argentina's fascist right controlled Argentina through a military dictatorship, counseled and encouraged by US Sec. of State Henry Kissinger, as it conducted it's "Dirty War" which tortured and murdered or disappeared 30,000 Argentine political prisoners. Argentina's former President Mauricio Macri, (a friend of Trump's) and current President Javier Milei are both extreme enemies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. )





Previous President Mauricio Macri visiting Trump in Florida



Milei waving his chainsaw in his presidential campaign



Javier Milei between Musk and Trump

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Does it seem predictable Trump would go after someone the Argentine fascist right have always despised? Same people who supported the Dirty War?