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Argentine Duo Evokes Evita Era

Hubby plans to handoff presidency to wife through Perón party

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 3, 2007 5:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – A popular Argentine political couple is evoking images of President Juan Perón and his powerhouse wife Eva, the London Times reports. Popular Senator Cristina Fernandez is a whispered favorite to take her country's top spot now that her husband, President Néstor Kirchner, has decided not to pursue a second term.

Fernandez is the candidate of the popular Peronist party, founded by the Peróns. Polls show strong support for her bid to become her country's first elected female president, although Argentina has a history of strong women in politics that only begins with Evita—Cristina won her Senate seat over the wife of Kirchner's predecessor.

President Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina arrive in Andean city Mendoza, Argentina, Friday, May 25, 2007, to attend a rally marking the 197th anniversary of the installation of Argentina's first independent government. Kirchner made an appeal to national unity, but again refused to disclose whether he will seek re-election...
President Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina arrive in Andean city Mendoza, Argentina, Friday, May 25, 2007, to attend a rally marking the 197th anniversary of the installation of Argentina's first...   (Associated Press)
In this picture released by Argentina's Government Palace, Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner and Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez attend a ceremony to hand over low cost houses subsidized by the government to residents of low income in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Kirchner yanked a private...
In this picture released by Argentina's Government Palace, Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner and Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez attend a ceremony to hand over low cost houses subsidized...   (Associated Press)
Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, left, and his wife Senator Cristina Fernandez, clap during a ceremony at the government house in Buenos Aires, Monday, July 2, 2007. It was officially announced recently that the first lady will run in this years' presidential elections. (AP Photo/Daniel Luna)
Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, left, and his wife Senator Cristina Fernandez, clap during a ceremony at the government house in Buenos Aires, Monday, July 2, 2007. It was officially announced...   (Associated Press)
A couple walk in front of a wall covered with posters portraying Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and read in Spanish The change is just beginning in Buenos Aires, Monday, July 2, 2007. Argentina's ruling leftist coalition announced Monday that Cristina Fernandez has been chosen as the party's...
A couple walk in front of a wall covered with posters portraying Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and read in Spanish "The change is just beginning" in Buenos Aires, Monday, July...   (Associated Press)
Argentina's First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks during a press conference at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Quito, in this March 21, 2007 file photo. President Nestor Kirchner has tapped his wife take his place as the ruling coalition candidate in October presidential...
Argentina's First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks during a press conference at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Quito, in this March 21, 2007 file photo....   (Associated Press)
President Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina arrive in the Andean city of Mendoza, Argentina, Friday, May 25, 2007, to attend a rally marking the 197th anniversary of the installation of Argentina's first independent government. Kirchner made an appeal to national unity, but again refused to disclose whether he will...
President Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina arrive in the Andean city of Mendoza, Argentina, Friday, May 25, 2007, to attend a rally marking the 197th anniversary of the installation of Argentina's...   (Associated Press)
In this picture released by Argentina's Presidency, President Nestor Kirchner talks with Yolanda Pulecio, mother of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, at the Government Palace in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, May 30, 2007. Betancourt has been held in captivity since 2002 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC. (AP...
In this picture released by Argentina's Presidency, President Nestor Kirchner talks with Yolanda Pulecio, mother of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, at the Government Palace...   (Associated Press)
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