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...Dynastic rule is, of course, not exclusive to Asia. In Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will succeed her husband Néstor as President. A recent study on the U.S. Congress discovered that congresspeople who stay in office for many years tend to have relatives serve in that chamber in the future. And with Hillary Clinton currently the frontrunner in the U.S. presidential race, America could face 28 years with either a Clinton or a Bush in the White House. In too many nations worldwide, politics is still, sadly, a family affair...
Comparing Candidates As an Argentine, I have to disagree that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is a "Latin Hillary" [Oct. 15]. To mark some differences: Fernández does not care to debate policy, she doesn't dare be interviewed by local newsmen, and she certainly has never worked on behalf of poor people. Fernández is a frivolous woman. Norberto Mazzoni, BUENOS AIRES...
...Comparing Candidates As an Argentine, I have to disagree that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is a "Latin Hillary" [Oct. 8]. To mark some differences: Fernández does not care to debate policy, she doesn't dare be interviewed by local newsmen, and she certainly has never worked on behalf of poor people. Fernández is a frivolous woman. Norberto Mazzoni, Buenos Aires
Argentines had long speculated that Kirchner, 57, might not seek re-election and would let his wife run instead. Fernàndez says it was part of an effort "to set an example" of relinquishing power in a country that has seen too many leaders overstay their welcome at the presidential palace, the Casa Rosada (Pink House). Their critics see another motive. They believe husband and wife will rotate the presidency, thereby getting around the constitutional ban on holding more than two consecutive terms. By this logic, Kirchner will run again in 2011, then Fernàndez...
That said, Fernàndez thinks a Hillary presidency, alongside that of Michelle Bachelet, who was elected President of Chile last year, and her own likely win, would change the nature of hemispheric affairs. "Women bring a different face to politics," says Fernàndez, who has a teenage daughter and a grown son. "We see the big geopolitical picture but also the smaller, daily details of citizens' lives. We're wrapped up as much in what our daughter's school principal says as we are in what the newspapers are saying." No interpretation needed there...