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.
Cristina Fernandez (Kirchner) begins a second four-year term as Argentina’s President with the country’s economy shadowed by the financial crisis.
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/ 29 October 2010
Tens of thousands of Argentines paid tribute on Thursday to former president Nestor Kirchner, whose death rallied markets.
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/ 27 October 2010
Former Argentina president Nestor Kirchner, the current president’s husband and one of the country’s most powerful politicians, died on Wednesday.
The ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was dealt a blow in mid-term elections, losing control of the country’s Congress.
A delicate mission to free three hostages held by Colombian guerrillas appeared to collapse on Monday as the government and rebel leaders accused each other of trying to kill the deal. The Venezuela-led plan to pick up two women hostages and a child born to one of them in captivity has been repeatedly delayed since last Thursday.
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/ 29 October 2007
Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband’s popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country’s first elected woman leader. Fernandez, a glamorous lawyer and centre-left senator, will take over from President Nestor Kirchner in December.
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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”.
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/ 27 October 2007
Argentina holds a presidential election on Sunday that is expected to see first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner take over from President Nestor Kirchner. Fernandez has been widely compared to Hillary Clinton, a former first lady who is seeking the United States presidency.