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”.