Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou expressed his solidarity Friday morning with Argentine Vice President with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) following the failed assassination attempt against her late on Thursday.
Thousands of Argentines gathered Friday at Buenos Aires' iconic Plaza de Mayo to express their support for Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and condemn any act of violence as a means to solve political differences. Similar demonstrations were held nationwide at each city's main square.
A suspect who has been identified as the 35-year-old Brazilian national Fernando André Sabag Montiel has been arrested after pointing a gun at Cristina Kirchner's head.
Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa was among the first to condemn through his Twitter account the attack against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK):
Argentina is in a state of shock after the assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. So much so, that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) decided to call off all matches scheduled for Friday.
Foreign leaders have expressed their support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who survived an assassination attempt late Thursday after the gun pointed at her head failed to fire.
Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, openly replied to Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero, who had called him ignorant after Bolsonaro Jr criticized the judicial situation of Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez for whom federal prosecution is requesting twelve years of imprisonment on charges of corruption and benefitting with public works distribution.
Supporters of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police clashed in the Buenos Aires uptown Recoleta neighborhood late Saturday in an episode riddled both with violence and with political consequences for Argentina''s future.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent a letter expressing his solidarity to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) after prosecutors requested a 12-year jail sentence against her.
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday issued a reply to Acting Attorney General Eduardo Casal's note from the day before accusing the head of undue interference with the ongoing investigation against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for alleged corruption.