Che Cristina

In 1993, as First Lady of Santa Cruz, Cristina Kirchner backed her husband Néstor Kirchner's decision to transfer about US$630 million in the province's oil royalties to Swiss bank accounts. The handl...

In 2006 the Kirchner family acquired 2 hectares of public land in El Calafate at ARS $7.50 per m² (around US$50,000 total), while its market value was about US$50 per m². Months later they resold a po...

On August 4, 2007 the so-called "suitcase scandal" broke out: Venezuelan businessman Guido Antonini Wilson was caught at Buenos Aires' Aeroparque airport carrying a suitcase with US$790,550 undeclared...

In April 2008, as President, Cristina Kirchner announced the repatriation of Santa Cruz province's public funds that had been held abroad. Officially US$554 million was returned from Swiss accounts to...

In July 2008 the national government tried to impose Resolution 125, which set variable export taxes on agricultural products. The measure triggered a four-month nationwide farm strike. Finally, on Ju...

2010: The Kirchner family established two companies tied to their private businesses: Hotesur S.A. (hotels, mainly the Alto Calafate hotel) and Los Sauces S.A. (family real estate). These companies wo...

Feb 2012: A train crash at Once Station in Buenos Aires killed 51 people and injured hundreds. Investigations revealed negligence and corruption in the privatized railway system under the Kirchner adm...

Jan 2013: Cristina Kirchner's government signed a controversial Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to investigate the 1994 AMIA bombing. It proposed creating a "Truth Commission" with jurists from ...

Nov 2014: Opposition deputy Margarita Stolbizer filed a complaint alleging money laundering at Hotesur S.A., the Kirchner family's hotel company (owner of the Alto Calafate hotel). She suspected that ...

Nov 2015: Near the end of CFK's term, it emerged that the Central Bank (with government approval) had sold dollar futures contracts at an artificially low price shortly before the post-election devalu...

May 2016: Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio charged Cristina Kirchner with fraudulent administration in the Dólar Futuro case. She was accused of ordering irregular 2015 sales of dollar futures that harme...

Dec 2016: Judge Julián Ercolini charged CFK, Julio De Vido, Lázaro Báez and others in the "Vialidad" case with illicit association and fraudulent administration against the state. The investigation fo...

Dec 2017: Judge Bonadio charged Cristina Kirchner with aggravated cover-up in the Iran Memorandum case. He argued that the 2013 pact with Iran was intended to hide the Iranian suspects of the AMIA bom...

Aug 2018: The case known as the "Oils Notebooks" was revealed. On Aug 1, La Nación published eight notebooks written by driver Oscar Centeno, detailing years of suitcase cash deliveries to Kirchnerist...

June 2018: Almost 11 years later, the Argentine justice system closed the case of Guido Antonini Wilson's "suitcase scandal" due to the statute of limitations. After moving through several courts and ...

Aug 2019: A campaign finance scandal broke when it was discovered that in the Kirchnerist campaigns of 2017 and 2019, fake or unwitting donors were included. Several individuals appeared as contributo...

Jul 2020: Fabián Gutiérrez, former private secretary to CFK (2003-2005) and a key cooperating witness in the Cuadernos case, was found murdered. His body was discovered buried in El Calafate with sign...

Jan 2021: The U.S. State Department sanctioned Cristina Kirchner (and Julio De Vido) under Section 7031(c) for "significant corruption." The measure barred them from entering the United States, and it...

Oct 2021: Federal Oral Court No. 8 acquitted CFK and other defendants in the Iran Memorandum case before trial. It declared "no crime was committed," noting the agreement never took effect. This decis...

Sep 2023: The Federal Court of Cassation overturned previous acquittals in two key cases. On Sept 13 it annulled the dismissal of the Iran Memorandum case and ordered an oral trial for aggravated cove...

Dec 2024: On Dec 17 the Supreme Court rejected CFK's appeals and upheld the reopening of key cases. It confirmed that Cristina Kirchner must face an oral trial for money laundering in the Hotesur-Los ...