EL CALAFATE, Argentina (Reuters) - Facing corruption probes that threaten to land her behind bars, former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez described her growing legal troubles as part of a "persecution" of progressive Latin American leaders that has boosted the right in the region.
Speaking to foreign media at her Patagonian estate, Fernandez compared her situation to that of Brazil's suspended centre-left President Dilma Rousseff, now subjected to an impeachment trial in the Senate.
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