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Argentine President Apologizes for Party Photo Amid Lockdown
- Fernandez hosted birthday party during strict Covid lockdown
- Opposition leaders threaten to start impeachment process
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Argentina President Alberto Fernandez apologized after a photo that showed him hosting a birthday party for his longtime partner during the country’s strictest phase of last year’s Covid lockdown came to light, triggering opposition calls to start an impeachment process.
The photo taken in July 2020 and published Thursday by a local TV channel shows Fernandez with first lady Fabiola Yanez at the presidential residence on the outskirts of Buenos Aires along with several friends in celebration mode. No one in the photo is wearing a face mask.