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Argentina Kirchner UN legal push amid Peronist split

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Coordinated Peronist rallies for former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, which began in early June 2024, have continued into 2026, intertwining street mobilisation with a diplomatic offensive. On 10 June 2026 supporters marked the first anniversary of Kirchner’s house-arrest with nationwide demonstrations. La Cámpora organised the main rally, while deputy Máximo Kirchner used the platform to demand her release, condemn internal Peronist rivals such as Governor Axel Kicillof, and call for her candidacy in the 2027 primaries. By August 2026, legal and financial pressures escalated significantly. On 10 August, Kirchner filed a legal challenge with the United Nations Human Rights Committee to contest her conviction and permanent disqualification from public office. On 26 August, the Tribunal Oral Federal N.º 2 officially notified the Real Estate Registry of a precautionary embargo on the San José 1111 apartment where Kirchner serves house arrest, targeting assets linked to Los Sauces S.A. and Hotesur S.A. to reach a forfeiture of approximately 685,000 million pesos. On 31 August, Peronist leaders held a demonstration at her residence to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination attempt against her. Figures including Sergio Massa and Miguel Ángel Pichetto signed a manifesto titled ‘Democracy does not admit the elimination of the adversary,’ criticizing political violence and judicial treatment. Concurrently, judicial inquiries emerged regarding the technical limitations of her E4 ankle ~~monitor, which lacks an altimeter and may fail to track vertical movement between floors. On 4 September,~~ monitor. In early September 2026, judicial proceedings intensified. Federal Oral Court 5 established the ~~procedural~~ framework for the Hotesur-Los Sauces trial involving Cristina and Máximo ~~Kirchner. The court ruled~~ Kirchner, ruling that hearings will be strictly in-person, held three times per week, and may continue through judicial recesses. The ~~trial,~~ trial investigates a suspected $120 million money laundering scheme involving ~~approximately 300 witnesses~~ fictitious hotel rentals and includes evidence of over 370 ~~telephone calls, investigates allegations of money laundering~~ phone calls between the former president and ~~bribery through fictitious hotel rentals.~~ businessman Lázaro Báez.

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