BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the 6-year prison sentence on corruption charges for former president Cristina Fernandez.

The court ruling disqualifies the leader of the South American country’s opposition movement, known as Peronism, from holding public office. It left Fernandez, one of Argentina’s most important political figures of the past two decades, at the brink of an arrest by authorities.

Fernandez governed for eight years after succeeding her husband in 2007. Under her watch, Argentina became notorious for its unbridled state spending and massive budget deficits. She was found guilty by a federal court in 2022 of having committed a millionaire fraud during her presidency through irregular allocation of state funds to a businessman close to her.

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