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, but her husband, President Nestor Kirchner, is expected to stay active behind the scenes.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is heavily favored to win Argentina's election on Sunday, setting the stage for a rare handover of power between democratically elected spouses.
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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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Uruguay&#39;s first leftwing president in its 170-year history yesterday celebrated his election victory, consolidating a political swing to the left across South America.
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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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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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Argentina's president-elect Cristina Kirchner outlines her priorities, include pushing for more regional integration.
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BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 27 -- If the latest polls are right, the only real suspense that remains in Sunday's election is whether Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will receive enough votes to win the presidency outright or be forced into a runoff next month.
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MONTEVIDEO Â· Uruguayans strengthened South America&#39;s political turn to the left, electing the country&#39;s first leftist president as part of a regional shift by voters disenchanted by US-backed
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won Argentina's election on Sunday to become the country's first elected woman president, television exit polls showed.
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The 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 on Sunday.
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A millionaire soccer boss from Argentina's center-right opposition was elected mayor of Buenos Aires in a run-off vote on Sunday, defeating a candidate backed by President Nestor Kirchner.
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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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BUENOS AIRES - When Cristina Fern&#xE1;ndez de Kirchner announced in July that she would seek to succeed her husband, N&#xE9;stor Kirchner, as Argentina's president, the power couple said "change was just beginning."
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Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Nevada  contest for the Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday,  defeating her rivals in their first test of strength among  Hispanic voters and boosting her campaign after a narrow  victory in New Hampshire, U.S. media projected.
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Cristina FernÃ¡ndez de Kirchner was leading in early official results. She will need to win 45 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff.
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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.