Word: carrio
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...chance to star in a remake of an '80s comedy, which one would it be? Steven Carrio, HOUSTON...
...majority, some opposition voices cast doubt on the conspiracy theory. Maria Estenssoro of the Civic Coalition said that "ranting at the empire is just a smokescreen. The problem isn't a trash operation from the U.S., the problem is the trash campaigns at home." Civic Coalition party leader Elisa Carrio, Fernandez's rival in October's presidential elections, said that "the United States is not responsible for the crimes of corruption committed by the governments of Venzuela and Argentina...
While they may have shored up her base, the traveling and the glamor opened Fernandez de Kirchner up to ridicule among her rivals for the presidency. Said Carrio during the campaign: "Eva was a political heroine, a real queen, not a Botox queen." Several took on Cristina's lavish makeup, hair extensions, heavy jewelry and constant wardrobe changes. Says an Argentine journalist and long-time observer of Fernandez, "She was more real as a person when she was a lowly Senator. Now she has transformed herself completely...
That kind of criticism, however, is only cosmetics-deep. What may hurt the Kirchners more is that the middle class is concerned enough about the direction of the government to have voted for Carrio, who campaigned on the issue of corruption. Ironically, Fernandez made her reputation as a crusading anti-corruption legislator, but recently her husband's administration has been dogged by financial scandals involving high officials as well as allegations that cost of living indices have been manipulated to camouflage President Kirchner's failure to grapple with inflation. His wife, the new President, will have to deal with those...
...Carrio, however, is taking some satisfaction in coming in second. Crediting the Peronist party organization for getting out its vote, she said "I'm a woman without a political apparatus and without a husband, so I did pretty well." Furthermore she said, "The Civic Coalition is here to stay as a modern, civilized republican force that could provide the next President in four years' time." And, who knows, that President may be a woman...