Kirchner claims may wrong-foot Macri in Argentina

Abstract

Significance Perez Corradi has previously attempted to implicate Fernandez and other allies of former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in drug-related activities, and his statements are questionable. However, they come as a number of her confidants face criminal investigations and charges; she herself is under investigation and may face trial. Impacts Macri may hope quietly to delay or sideline some of the cases mounting against Fernandez de Kirchner and allies. The allegations may prove only a temporary distraction from economic gloom. Perceptions of lack of judicial independence and integrity may be cemented, not diminished.