Cristina Kirchner: a historical sentence
Vice president was found guilty in a landmark case and given a lifetime ban from holding public office and a six-year prison sentence. The astonishing amount of money robbed is $1 billion
The ruling states, "she is the criminally accountable author of the crime of fraudulent administration to the damage of the State." A current vice president in office has never been found guilty in Argentina. The significance is considerably more significant because Cristina is Argentina's most well-known and divisive leader in the last 20 years.