Former Argentine leader Kirchner charged in corruption case

[WorldNews]

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Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner was charged in a corruption case Tuesday and slapped with a $630-million asset freeze over public tenders awarded to a businessman friend during her administration. Kirchner, who was in office from 2007 to 2015, was charged with illicit association and fraudulent administration for allegedly favoring construction magnate Lazaro Baez for public contracts in Patagonia, her southern political bastion. Kirchner, 63, joins Brazil's former presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff on a list of so-called "pink tide" leaders facing corruption charges or allegations of abusing power.

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