US bars ex-Argentine president Fernandez de Kirchner on graft accusations

The US government on Friday blocked Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and a former senior official from entering the United States, after the pair were implicated in significant corruption in a prolonged legal saga in Argentina.

Fernandez de Kirchner, who is a leftist former two-term president who ruled Argentina from 2007 to 2015, retains significant political influence at home and is an outspoken adversary of libertarian President Javier…