Word: ndez
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...Many politicians, both pro and anti-Kirchner, concur with that assessment. "He is the one definitely calling the shots," says Maria Eugenia Estenssoro of the centrist Civic Coalition Party, which came in second in last year's elections. "It is a big disappointment," says another legislator from Fernández's camp, who requested anonymity. "Kirchner is now in charge again...
...Kirchner is referred to ironically as "the former President in office" by Joaquin Morales Sola, the leading columnist in the conservative daily La Nacion, who has stated that Cristina Fernández "is the democratic President with the quickest loss ever in popular support...
...According to the pollster Datamatica, Fernández's approval rating has plummeted to only 25%. "Their dream of a dynastic democracy based on the nearly 80% popularity they once enjoyed is shattered," says Senator Estenssoro...
...Fernández has defended the move, saying retirement savings are safer in state hands, while private economists see it as a clumsy attempt to salvage the country's finances in the face of large foreign debt payments that fall...
...Resistance to the nationalization of pensions is strong, but it may not rise to the fever pitch of this year's running battle between the nation's farmers and Fernández over a hefty tax hike on soy exports. A four-month farm strike ended in a humiliating defeat for Fernández when her initiative was killed by a deciding vote cast in Congress by her own Vice President, Julio Cobos, whose approval rating shot up to 67% in opinion surveys as a result...