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15 March 2010

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: a profile of the Argentinian president

“Las Malvinas son Argentinas”

By Vincent Bevins

When Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won the Argentinian presidency by a landslide in 2007, her campaign may have benefited from the popularity of the outgoing president – her husband, Néstor. But the current President Kirchner is a veteran politician in her own right, long established as an independent Argentinian voice.

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