Argentina's first lady sweeps to presidency
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will become Argentina's first elected woman leader, after easily winning a presidential vote largely centered on her husband's economic successes.
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President Nestor Kirchner has tapped his wife take his place as the ruling coalition candidate in October presidential elections and will not immediately seek a second term, the government news agency said Sunday.
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BUENOS AIRES -- The senator wife of President Nestor Kirchner will run as the government candidate in Argentina's October presidential election after he decided not to seek re election, a government spokesman said yesterday . The decision ends months of speculation fueled by Kirchner's public suggestions that either he or his wife, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, would compete in the ...
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A former education minister favored by the outgoing president held a narrow lead for the ruling party's presidential nomination in nearly complete results reported Monday. If she is elected, South America would have three female leaders.
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The second and final round of voting for a new mayor is to take place in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires.
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LA PLATA, Argentina  - The political beliefs of Argentine presidential front-runner Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner were forged in the country's turbulent 1970s when she was a leftist activist and law student.
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Argentine first lady Sen. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is seen winning the October 28 presidential election by a wide margin, taking almost 48 percent of the vote, a poll showed on Friday.
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India elected its first female  president on Saturday, early results showed, in what supporters  called a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women,  despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal.
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BUENOS AIRES, July 1 -- Argentine President NÃÂ©stor Kirchner will not run for reelection in October, but his wife, Cristina FernÃÂ¡ndez de Kirchner, will run in his place, according to local news reports published Sunday.
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Most polls project first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will crush 13 rivals Sunday to replace her husband as Argentina's president. But no matter how easy her win, what follows will be tough: easing poverty, inflation and unemployment.
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Cristina Fernandez's teenager is causing a stir throughout Argentina with her exuberant photo blog. Who's watching out for that girl? !Escandalosa!
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Argentina on course for first elected woman president after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declares victory.
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Harare - Joyce Mujuru, who was elected vice president of Zimbabwe&#39;s ruling party at the weekend, is the first woman to hold a post of high political office in the southern African country.
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Argentina goes to the polls with the first lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the runaway favourite.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton has won in South Carolina.
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Argentina's First Lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is set to  launch her campaign for October's presidential poll.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was winning Argentina's presidential election on Sunday, preliminary official results showed.