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Argentina Elects 'New Evita'

President Cristina to replace husband

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2007 4:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has become the country's first elected female leader after trouncing 13 rivals in the presidential election yesterday, Reuters reports. A glamorous 54-year-old lawyer and center-left senator, she will take over from husband President Nestor Kirchner in December. Kirchner...   Read full story »

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