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Venezuelan Leader Maduro Calls Argentine VP Kirchner's Sentence 'Political Persecution'

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MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, has become a victim of... 08.12.2022, Sputnik International

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Earlier, the presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Argentina itself spoke out in support of Kirchner.On Tuesday, a court sentenced Kirchner to six years in prison and banned her from holding public office for life in a corruption case. However, the vice president is still at large and can appeal.

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Venezuelan Leader Maduro Calls Argentine VP Kirchner's Sentence 'Political Persecution'

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© AP Photo / Matias DelacroixIn this Jan. 22, 2021 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela.

In this Jan. 22, 2021 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela. - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.12.2022

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, has become a victim of political persecution, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said.

“From Venezuela, we express our firm opposition to the constant media and political persecution that Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been subjected to. Sooner or later, the truth will prevail and the voice of the Argentine people will be respected,” Maduro wrote on Twitter.

Earlier, the presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Argentina itself spoke out in support of Kirchner.

© AP Photo / Natacha PisarenkoVice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner attends the opening session of Congress as Argentine President Alberto Fernández gives his annual State of the Nation speech in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 1, 2021.

Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner attends the opening session of Congress as Argentine President Alberto Fernández gives his annual State of the Nation speech in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 1, 2021.

On Tuesday, a court sentenced Kirchner to six years in prison and banned her from holding public office for life in a corruption case. However, the vice president is still at large and can appeal.