International
Cristina Fernández says that she suffered violence for being a woman and refers to aggressions to Fabiola Yáñez
Former President of Argentina Cristina Fernández, between 2007 and 2015, pointed out on Wednesday, during the trial for the attempted murder against her, that she suffered violence for being a woman and compared images of her published in the press with the photos of Fabiola Yáñez after being possibly beaten by former President Alberto Fernández.
“When a woman exercises power and does not do so in the orientation that the power sectors in Argentina want, it generates much more resistance and much more violence than men,” the former president considered during her statement before the Oral Federal Criminal Court No. 6 of Argentina, of the Comodoro Py Building in Buenos Aires, in the trial for the attack perpetrated when she was vice president of Fernández.
During his testimony, Fernández showed a series of covers of the magazine Noticias and a cartoon of him published in the newspaper Clarín, which, he said, exhibited the violence exercised against her during her years in the Presidency.
The first of them read ‘El goce de Cristina’ and an explicitly sexual allusion, something that she highlighted attacked not her “status as president or politician, but directly as a woman.”
A second cover showed it on a cross, in a pose similar to the crucifixion of Jesus and accompanied by the message ‘Vía Crisis’, while in a third she was seen with a black eye and titled ‘The business of hitting Cristina’.
“Even with a black eye, look at what current context, right?” Fernández said, comparing that publication with the photos of former first lady Fabiola Yánez recently disseminated by the local press as part of the complaint of sexist violence against Alberto Fernández.
In one of those photographs you can see Yáñez with a black eye.
“As you will see, everything is always repeated,” added the former president, who also showed a caricature of hers published in the newspaper Clarín in which an image of her with a black eye is repeated.
“None of the feminists believed that they were assaulting me because of my condition as a woman. Never, never, never, never said anything about this. She was the first female president elected, I am still the only woman elected president. I suffered from these aggressions in my capacity as a woman,” Fernández denounced.
In addition, he stressed that “no man president, who there were, was caricatured in that way,” he commented that “the destruction of machismo and misogyny in Argentina is not a minor issue” and emphasized: “I never heard a president being treated as sexist and misogynist, when many have been and are.”
These statements coincide with the progress of the trial against the former president after the complaint by his ex-partner, who on Tuesday reiterated before the Justice that he hit her several times and suffered serious injuries.
Fernández referred to the case on social networks, where he published that the images of Yáñez “allow us to verify, once again and dramatically, the situation of the woman in any relationship, whether it develops in a palace or in a hut.”
“Personally and as a woman who has been the object (and continues to be) of the worst verbal and political violence, up to the maximum experience of physical violence, as was the assassination attempt of September 1, 2022, I express my solidarity with all women victims of any type of violence, without forgetting the words that (Pope) Francis told me the day after that event: ‘all physical violence is always preceded by verbal violence,’” concluded the former president’s message about the case.
Central America
U.S. extradites Iranian man over alleged sanctions evasion scheme
The United States has extradited from Panama an Iranian national accused of evading economic sanctions against Iran by illegally exporting U.S. technology. He is scheduled to appear this Monday before a court in Seattle.
Reza Dindar, 44, was extradited on April 17 after being detained in Panama since July 2025 on charges related to export control violations between 2011 and 2012, allegedly carried out through companies based in China.
The defendant appeared before a U.S. district court in Seattle, where he faces charges of violating sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran in 1995 during the administration of Bill Clinton. These sanctions prohibit the unauthorized export, re-export, or supply—directly or indirectly—of U.S. goods, technology, or services to Iran or its government.
According to the indictment, between 2010 and 2014, Dindar led the company New Port Sourcing Solutions in Xi’an, China, which allegedly concealed the procurement of U.S. products for shipment to clients in Iran.
International
Elon Musk skips French court appearance over X investigation
Billionaire Elon Musk did not appear this Monday before French authorities, who had summoned him for a voluntary statement as part of an investigation into his social media platform X, prosecutors told AFP.
The platform has been under investigation since early 2025 following complaints from lawmakers alleging bias in its algorithms, which may have altered its functioning and interfered in politics in France.
The probe has since expanded to include other alleged offenses, such as complicity in the distribution of child sexual abuse material, as well as the role of Grok in spreading denialist content and sexually explicit fake images.
In early February, investigators raided X’s offices in Paris. The company has denied any wrongdoing, describing the searches as “political” and “abusive.”
At that time, the Paris prosecutor’s office summoned Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to provide voluntary testimony as those responsible for the platform during the period under investigation.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau also stated that X employees were called to testify as witnesses between April 20 and April 24.
International
Four injured in shooting at Teotihuacán archaeological site in Mexico
Four more people were injured by gunfire during the ആക്രമ attack at Teotihuacán, one of the most emblematic archaeological complexes in Mexico, authorities confirmed.
The Secretary of Security of the State of Mexico, Cristóbal Castañeda, reported that the victims include two Colombian nationals, one Russian, and one Canadian. Additionally, two other individuals were injured due to falls, according to a statement from local authorities.
President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed concern over the incident, stating on social media that “what happened today in Teotihuacán deeply pains us.”
Federal authorities recovered a firearm, a knife, and ammunition at the scene, which remains under the protection of state police and the Guardia Nacional, according to the federal Security Cabinet.
Located about 50 kilometers from Mexico City, Teotihuacán is a major tourist destination frequently visited by both domestic and international travelers.
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