The US government banned former Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her immediate family members from entering the country due to her corruption conviction, a move bound to polarize the country’s midterm elections later this year.

By Kanishka Singh and Maximilian Heath WASHINGTON/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Friday barred Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and a former senior official from entering the United States,

The U.S. State Department on Friday sanctioned former Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner due to her conviction in a $1 billion fraud scheme. Why it matters: While a U.S. senator, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Republicans called for anti-corruption sanctions to be imposed on Kirchner,