Ted Cruz Urges Sanctions on Argentina’s Vice President Kirchner
- Cruz seeks sanctions against Kirchner for ‘credible’ charges
- Argentine prosecutor seeking 12-year prison term for Kirchner
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US Senator Ted Cruz called on the State Department to impose sanctions against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for corruption allegations brought forward by a local prosecutor.
The accusations against Kirchner, who was also Argentina’s president from 2007 to 2015, are “public, credible, and now backed by Argentina’s judicial system,” the Texas Republican said in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday.