It carries lessons for the ANC in what happens when liberation movements fail to renew themselves, when leaders refuse to step aside and corruption goes unchecked
Critics say Argentina’s takeover of an oil firm is a smokescreen to mask the country’s rampant social and economic woes.
Argentina’s President has been found not to have cancer after all, in a reversal as dramatic as the diagnosis that resulted in removal of her thyroid.
The ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was dealt a blow in mid-term elections, losing control of the country’s Congress.
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/ 28 October 2007
Cristina Kirchner is poised to triumph in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday after a radical makeover that has redefined political glamour. The first lady and frontrunner has transformed herself into a style pin-up, but her designer suits, spiky heels, extensive make-up and alleged cosmetic surgery became campaign issues when rivals dubbed her the ”Queen of Botox”.