Argentina's first lady sweeps to presidency
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner swept to victory in Argentina's presidential race on her husband's economic successes, but now confronts stern challenges posed by the boom he helped create.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez, in her first televised interview since winning Argentina's presidency, thanked her husband for his role in her triumph and wished Hillary Rodham Clinton well in her U.S. election bid.
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Former president Carlos Menem was greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters Wednesday as he returned to Argentina following months abroad to avoid arrest. Menem announced he would run again for the presidency after an Argentine judge last week dismissed a warrant against him.
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Cristina Kirchner, wife of the country's popular president, startles the nation by announcing a bid to succeed him
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One year into her mandate, Chile's first woman president has legislated the right to breast-feed in the workplace, offered greater protection against domestic violence, cracked down on alimony-dodgers and placed more women in positions of power.
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First lady Cristina Fern&#225;ndez de Kirchner won Argentina's presidential election Sunday, but she will soon face rising inflation and looming energy shortages.
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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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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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NÃ©stor Kirchner would easily win re-election as Argentina's president. What was the thinking behind the decision to have his wife run instead?
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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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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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Early returns and major exit polls suggested that first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won the presidency Sunday by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff. She would be the first woman in Argentina elected to the post.
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Argentine first lady and senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is set for a resounding victory in the presidential election one week away, according to 10 different polls published on Sunday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 1 -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the first round of Brazil's presidential election Sunday, but fell short of earning enough votes to avoid a runoff later this month against the second-place challenger.
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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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First lady Cristina Fernandez claimed victory in Argentinaâs presidential election Sunday, with early results and exit polls suggesting she had avoided a runoff.