Kirchner’s imprisonment strengthens her role as the top leader in the internal dispute she maintains with Axel Kicillof, the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, for control of the Peronist party.
To put information and claims from Russian courts into context, according to the Human Rights Foundation, "in modern-day Russia, under Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime, courts serve merely as a tool used by the Kremlin to target critics and stifle dissent."
"The prosecution alleges that an inebriated Ferguson was angered at his wife, Sheryl, mocking him and pulled out a Glock .40-caliber pistol he carried at nearly all times in an ankle holster and shot her..."
Hon. Joanne D. Quinones stated, 'Every year, we recognize people who we feel embody that year's National Women's History Month theme... we felt that these 11 women encompassed that wholeheartedly.'