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Argentina's President Didn't Have Cancer After All

John Johnson — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:17:18 CST

Argentina's popular president and her followers have gotten some surprise good news: She never had cancer despite last month's diagnosis , reports the BBC . Cristina Fernandez was thought to have thyroid cancer and had the gland removed this week, but post-op analysis revealed it had no cancerous cells, notes Reuters . The...

Argentina Prez Fernandez Wins in Landslide

Mark Russell — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:00:00 CDT

As expected, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez won yesterday's presidential election in Argentina in a landslide, reports AP . Her big win was the first time a woman has been re-elected president anywhere in Latin America. It represented a stunning turnaround for Fernandez, whose popularity dropped as low as 20% during her...

Clinton Seeks to Defuse Falklands Spat

Rob Quinn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:30:00 CST

Argentina and Britain need to do something to resolve rising tensions over the Falkland Islands but they shouldn't expect the US to mediate, Hillary Clinton said yesterday. "What we want to do is to facilitate them talking to each other,” she said at press conference in Uruguay. “We’re not interested...

Let's Legalize Drug Use: Argentine Prez

Caroline Zimmerman — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:21:02 CDT

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...

Ecuador Wants Apology on FARC; US Backs Bogota

Peter Fearon — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:07:00 CST

Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, is in Brazil today, pushing for an apology from Colombia for its incursion into Ecuador to attack FARC guerrillas Saturday. While most Latin American nations, including Brazil, have condemned the cross-border attack, the White House yesterday unequivocally backed Colombia in the rapidly escalating crisis. Correa heads...

Argentina Led by Woman, Still Lags on Gender

Jonas Oransky — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:23:29 CST

Argentina might have its first elected female president—and her nearest rival was also a woman—but the fairer sex is succeeding politically only on the coattails of husbands, and female-friendly policies get nowhere. In a phenomenon the Economist calls “Peronist”—president Juan Peron had two wives who were leaders—...

Argentine Duo Evokes Evita Era

Colleen Barry — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:21:32 CDT

A popular Argentine political couple is evoking images of President Juan Perón and his powerhouse wife Eva, the London Times reports. Popular Senator Cristina Fernandez is a whispered favorite to take her country's top spot now that her husband, President Néstor Kirchner, has decided not to pursue a second term.