(26 May 2019) Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández and her current presidential running mate Alberto Fernández launched their campaign on Saturday, with a political rally on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
With a message of unity and fight against poverty, they took to the stage a week after shaking the political board of the South American country.
Cristina Fernández recently surprised many when she announced that she would run for vice president instead of the presidency.
The campaign kickoff comes soon after she appeared in court for the first in a string of trials charging her with corruption.
Fernández faces charges of heading a criminal association that defrauded the state by illegally granting public works projects in the southern province on Santa Cruz during her 2007-2015 presidency.
The centre-left Fernández denies any wrongdoing and has called the trial a political "smoke screen."
She accuses the administration of her successor, conservative Mauricio Macri, of persecuting her in hopes of distracting from Argentina's current economic troubles and of undermining her popularity.
Presidential elections in Argentina are due in October.
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