Buenos Aires, Argentina - June 18, 2025 Tens of thousands took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday in support of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a day after she began serving a six-year sentence for fraud under house arrest. Large crowds gathered at the iconic Plaza de Mayo square and spilled into surrounding streets for a demonstration called by the Partido Justicialista (PJ), the main Peronist political party of which Fernández de Kirchner serves as national chair. Under the slogan "Argentina with Cristina," protesters sang and beat drums, waving national flags and banners with messages such as "The motherland is not for sale." A spokesperson for Fernández de Kirchner’s press team told the AFP news agency they estimated “more than half a million” people were present though government estimates were significantly lower.