An Argentine federal prosecutor formally charged socialist former President Alberto Fernández on Wednesday with domestic violence against former first lady Fabiola Yañez.
Fernández stands accused by prosecutor Ramiro González of causing “doubly aggravated serious injuries” and making “coercive threats” against the former first lady. Some of the alleged violence occurred during Fernández’s presidency, from 2019 to 2023. Prosecutors also allege Fernández forced his partner to have an abortion in 2016.
Fernández had repeatedly declared himself to be the “first feminist” president of the country, though Argentina had already had its first woman president, his then-Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Throughout his four-year term, the socialist, “feminist,” and notoriously pro-China former president spearheaded several “pro-women”…
