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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on May 19, 2019, 04:35:35 am
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Cristina Fernandez surprises Argentina by running for vice president, not top job
Adam Jourdan, Eliana Raszewski
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Saturday she will run as vice president in elections later this year, a surprise move by the firebrand former leader who had been widely expected to be the main challenger to President Mauricio Macri.
Former cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez, a longtime operative, will take top spot on the ticket as the presidential candidate. Cristina Fernandez, a divisive figure in South America’s No. 2 economy, announced the move in a video posted on social media.
The announcement shakes up an election race many thought would be a choice between Macri’s painful market reforms and the fiery populism of Cristina Fernandez, who supported high social subsidies when she ran the country between 2007 and 2015.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-election/cristina-fernandez-surprises-argentina-by-running-for-vice-president-not-top-job-idUSKCN1SO0BW (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-election/cristina-fernandez-surprises-argentina-by-running-for-vice-president-not-top-job-idUSKCN1SO0BW)
The economy of Argentina isn't doing well. Maybe they figured that Cristina wouldn't be good at the top of the ticket.
Cristina has some real questions about her as well.
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Lizard Neck returns?