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...Newspaper columnist Dina Fernandez sees a trend at work, noting that "the fact that a military man is gaining ground in the presidential election sends the message that the civilian governments have failed...
BUENOS AIRES Fernandez de Kirchner wins presidency...
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...
...moment, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is basking in her victory. She emphasized what she saw as her "double responsibility" as a politician and as a woman toward her fellow women. She dismissed attempts to compare her husband and herself to the Clintons or her to Eva Peron. "There's nothing better than being yourself...