Category Archives: The Washington Post

Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner found guilty of corruption

BUENOS AIRES — Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a prominent and polarizing figure in Latin America who served two terms as president of Argentina, was convicted Tuesday on corruption charges, sentenced to six years in prison and given a lifetime ban from holding public office. A panel of three judges found the 69-year-old Peronista, perhaps…

Worried about inflation? In Argentina, it’s a way of life

Read the full story at the Washington Post BUENOS AIRES — Taking out small loans. Renegotiating salaries. Buying groceries in bulk. Inflation transforms the way people spend, save and think. That’s true now for some in the United States, where prices rose last year by 7 percent, the fastest rate in nearly 40 years. But it’s…