☀ Domingo Brief — CFK’s Conviction

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June 15, 2025 • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Welcome back to the Domingo Brief! This week, we’re keeping up with Brazil’s landmark social media decision, Colombia’s proposed labor reforms, and more.

Trivia of the Week 🎯

A mere 44% of you correctly guessed the Thousand Days’ War as the civil conflict which led to the breakaway and independence of Panama from the Republic of Colombia in 1903. The war broke out as a result of competing ideologies over federalism vs. centralism within Colombia’s political landscape. American interests in the Panama Isthmus at the time led to an American naval deployment in the soon-to-be country. The war eventually resulted in a Conservative victory over the Liberals, while Panamanian separatists negotiated their political secession with the help of then-US president, Theodore Roosevelt.

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🇦🇷 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former president (and vice president) of Argentina and long the most prominent face of the country’s Peronist movement, has been sentenced to prison and barred from holding public office for life. Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld a corruption conviction accusing her of defrauding the state during her two-term presidential tenure, from 2007 to 2015. Ahead of the court decision, Kirchner supporters blocked key highways around the capital of Buenos Aires, while major labor unions, also staunch supporters of the 72-year old leftist, have threatened national strikes.

Latinometrics: Kirchner is one of Argentina’s most divisive figures, and while much of the country views her presidency as synonymous with economic mismanagement and corruption, she still commands a loyal base that credits her with expansive social programs. Since 2024, she has also led the Justicialist Party, the main opposition to current President Javier Milei. Following the decision to uphold her conviction, Kirchner is not expected to serve significant prison time, as Argentine law often allows house arrest for offenders over the age of 70.

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