ARGENTINA: Celebrations for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's new president

Record ID: 166567

  • Title: ARGENTINA: Celebrations for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's new president
  • Date: 11th December 2007
  • Summary: (BN02) BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (DECEMBER 10, 2007) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
  • Embargoed: 26th December 2007 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
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  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA1HFGTPL5H13XPTYM41QR8KFA7
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  • Story Text: Argentina's new President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner swears in a new cabinet, sings with local musicians and sits down with world leaders on her first day in the job.
    Argentina's new President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had a busy first day after receiving the presidential baton from her husband Nestor Kirchner in a rare husband-to-wife handover.
    Fernandez, a former first lady and senator, began a four-year term on Monday (December 10) promising to continue the policies of her husband, who presided over a dramatic recovery in South America's second-biggest economy.
    At a ceremony at the presidential government house, Fernandez swore in her cabinet, one that carries many familiar faces from her husband's administration and backs her promise of a continuation of Kirchner's policies.
    Flanked by Kirchner and Vice President Julio Cobos, Argentina's first elected woman broke protocol only when she swore in her stepsister Alicia Kirchner, the minister of social development and a carryover from her husband.
    She also swore in new economy minister Martin Lousteau, a 36-year-old economist who was president of Argentina's second-largest bank, the state-owned Banco Provincia de Buenos Aires.
    After swearing in the rest of her cabinet, Fernandez appeared on a stage set up in the historic Plaza de Mayo, singing along with popular local musicians like folk-great Mercedes Sosa and two-time Academy award winner Gustavo Santaolalla serenaded the crowd.
    Retiring to the presidential palace, La Casa Rosada, Fernandez sat down with French prime minister Francios Fillon where the two presumably discussed the Colombian hostage crisis.
    Like many in the international community, the Kirchner's are championing the cause of the hostages and especially French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt who was captured by a rebels during a 2002 presidential campaign.
    A forceful orator and glamorous dresser, Fernandez vowed in her inaugural address to Congress to fight poverty and push forward along the economic path carved by her husband.
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