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NEWS ABOUT: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner stories: 9 news summaries
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Sorry, Nobel Committee, Obama only ranks 15th

Oct 13, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may have won a Nobel Peace Prize, and Yulia Tymoshenko has not, but there’s one thing the Ukrainian prime minister has over the president: She’s ranked No. 1 on HottestHeadsofState.com. The site offers “scientific and unbiased rankings” of world leaders’ hotness, complete with piercing... More »

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Barack Obama • Vladimir Putin • hot • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Yulia Tymoshenko • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo • Rafael Correa • slideshow • Alexander Lukashenko • attractive

Let's Legalize Drug Use: Argentine Prez

In US, Rep. Barney Frank leads lawmakers on marijuana crusade

Aug 3, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Argentina's president is seeking to legalize drug use and a crack down on dealing and trafficking, CNN reports. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's plan follows similar moves by European and Latin American nations, where decriminalization has not increased drug use, one expert said. Mexico proposed such a law several years... More »

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drug addiction • medical marijuana • Argentina • Cristina Fernandez • marijuana • drug possession • drug dealing • marijuana legalization • drug abuse • Barney Frank • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Bill Maher • Cristina Kirchner

Argentina's Prez Struggles to Keep Power

Peronists abandon Kirchner as approval rating drops to 20%

Jul 2, 08 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six months ago Cristina Fernández de Kirchner succeeded her husband as president of Argentina, romping to victory with the help of a huge turnout in rural provinces. But those bastions of Peronism have since turned on Kirchner, whose hugely unpopular agricultural tax hike set off a months-long battle between... More »

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agriculture • Argentina • Peronist Party • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Cristina Kirchner

Rice Snubs Argentina in
Trip South

Relations grow icier
as Kirchner drifts toward Chavez

Mar 13, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice has embarked on a visit to Brazil and Chile, but the secretary of State won’t be stopping in neighboring Argentina, a sign of ever-frostier relations. “The United States is clearly snubbing Argentina,” one expert tells the New York Times. New Argentine president Cristina Fernández... More »

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oil • Latin America • Venezuela • Condoleezza Rice • Brazil • Chile • Argentina • South America • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Hugo Chávez

Inside the
$800K Suitcase Scandal

A wealthy Miami man implicates Hugo Chavez in an embarrassing cover-up

Jan 10, 08 6:29 PM CST
(Newser) - At the center of an international scandal linking Argentina, Venezuela, and a suitcase filled with nearly $800,000 in cash is a rotund dual US-Venezuelan citizen who lives in a million-dollar Miami condo and has a fondness for fancy watches and fast cars. Bloomberg takes a closer look at the... More »

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Venezuela • Miami • Argentina • Nestor Kirchner • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Hugo Chávez

Latinas Lead New Revolución

Kirchner is the latest woman to take the reins in a Latin American country

Nov 4, 07 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Latin America is hardly crying for Argentines who elected Cristina Fernández de Kirchner president as the latest in the region's new wave of female leaders. Voters in countries still emerging from dictatorships and financial ruin are looking for new politicians, reports the NY Times, and Kirchner's election follows that... More »

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Latin America • women • Portia Simpson Miller • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Michelle Bachelet

Argentina Elects 'New Evita'

President Cristina to replace husband

Oct 29, 07 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 is credited with leading Argentina's... More »

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Argentina • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Eva Peron • default • price control • Isabel Peron • Elisa Carrio • Roberto Lavagna • presidential election

First Lady
Heads for Presidency

Argentine vote today expected to go to  Cristina Fernandez

Oct 28, 07 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner looks to be the next president of Argentina, with a comfortable 20% lead over her nearest competitor in polls going into today's balloting, Reuters reports. The biggest question in the voting for her husband's successor is whether Fernandez—who downplays inevitable comparisons to both... More »

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Argentina • Nestor Kirchner • Peronist Party • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Don't Cry for Prez Hopeful 'Queen Cristina'

Argentine first lady holds huge lead in
race for hubby's job

Sep 25, 07 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton makes a run for the White House, another first lady seeks to take the reins directly from her husband's hands. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a senator widely dubbed "Queen Cristina," enjoys a 25-point lead over her closest rival in next month's election. The Kirchners... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Argentina • Nestor Kirchner • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • foreign affairs

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