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Fernandez de Kirchner's triumph is certainly historic. She has become the first woman elected President of Argentina, though not its first woman President. Vice-President Isabel Peron assumed the office in 1974 following the death of her husband Juan Peron. (She is currently in Spain fighting extradition to Argentina on charges related to death squad activities.) And Fernandez de Kirchner will get to continue the policies of her popular husband Nestor Kirchner, who is credited with saving Argentina from a profound financial crisis. Indeed, the couple's supporters in their Peronist Party believe there is more history...
...centrist Carrio, who placed second in the national balloting - and the suburban working class and rural poor who are the traditional Peronist bastions of support. In fact, "Cristina's" campaign reminded many political observers of the tactics of Argentina's most famous and effective politican, Eva Peron, Juan Peron's second wife. Evita's "Rainbow Tour" of Europe in 1947 saw her meeting with the Pope and other European leaders, mesmerizing crowds with her beauty, glamor and brashness. Her supporters back home - the impoverished "shirtless ones" - loved it. Fernandez de Kirchner may have banked on a similar adulation when...
...Paseo del Prado to re-open for everyone else, the extension does away with the awkward side entries. The new wing also provides a suitable home for the necessary appurtenances of the modern museum (café, auditorium and gift shop), leaving the original 18th century building by Juan de Villanueva free of everything...
...There are differences of language and nationality. A Latino can speak Spanish or Portuguese or Quechua,” said the president of Fuerza Latina, Juan Sebastian Arias ’09, before a crowd eating food from all around the region. “This month is about sharing this diversity and getting to know [our] similarities...
...only a matter of time before the Transition, the period of time when Spaniards implicitly agreed not to talk about the past in order to convert their government peacefully from dictatorship to democracy, came under scrutiny as well. And no figure played a greater role in the Transition than Juan Carlos himself...