Buenos Aires, Nov 23 (NA) – Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner warned on Sunday that freedom “is not just about walking freely down the street, but about deciding the life that each person has the right to build with their work and effort,” in a message to the 38th National Women's and Dissidents' Meeting in Corrientes. In an audio message sent from her home arrest at San José 1111, which was accessed by Noticias Argentina news agency, the former head of state stated that “I am not the only one deprived of my freedom in contemporary Argentina.” “Freedom is not just about walking freely down the street, but about deciding the life that each person has the right to build with their work and effort,” she expressed. In her message, Fernández de Kirchner stated that “we all know that we are not living in a free Argentina: there are millions of Argentines who are also deprived of their freedom in an indebted and mortgaged country, and neither can thousands of young people who have been deprived of the freedom to have a decent job because they cannot find it anywhere.” The province of Corrientes was chosen this weekend as the venue for the 38th National Women's and Dissidents' Meeting, which began this Saturday under the slogan “Against trafficking and for the memory of those who are missing” due to the urgency of issues such as sexual exploitation and gender-based violence. Thus, from this Saturday until next Monday, three days of activities will be held with the aim of highlighting the situations faced by the collective and honoring the memory of femicide victims.
