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Cristina Kirchner’s government has become an “embarrassment” for Argentina

Duhalde called for an end to the policies of confrontation

Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde (2002/03) accused the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of being an “embarrassment” for Argentina and called for a drastic change of policies from “confrontation to one of understandings”.

At the launching of the internal group from the Justicialista Party, the Juan Peron Movement, with which he hopes to run for president in 2011, he also demanded an agreement for “the construction of State policies”, in the same way that Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile have done in the last few decades.

“I want to speak little of this Government that embarrasses us, because it's not worth it” highlighted Duhalde, who in 2003 acted as a sort of political mentor for Néstor Kirchner, husband and predecessor of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the presidency.

In this way, the leader said that the current Executive branch has driven the country “to the oldest of policies, which is to fight with everyone.”

He defended the new times, saying they impose “policies of agreement, of understanding, of listening to other political parties and not seeing their members as enemies.”

“I want to be loyal to Juan Perón, who asked that we fight for national unity,” said Duhalde, who justly baptized his new political group with the name of the man whom was three times president and founder of the Justicialist Party, an hegemonic force in Argentine politics for the last six decades.

The 2011 presidential bid in Argentina is becoming increasingly crowded: not only has Duhalde stated his intention, but also former president Carlos Menem (1989/1999), most probably former president Nestor Kirchner, Santa Fe Senator Carlos Reutemann, former Buenos Aires province governor Felipe Solá; Vice president Julio Cobos and Buenos Aires City mayor Mauricio Macri.