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Cristina Fernandez election campaign takes off with a resounding success
A surprise ruling party victory in Argentina’s first provincial election of the year gives President Cristina Fernandez a boost before her likely re-election bid in October. CFK ally Lucia Corpacci ousted the current governor of Catamarca province, who sought a third term in Sunday’s vote. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesIn Catamarca poverty is extreme, she gives them money and they give her their votes. Money money money, money and ignorance, the easiest way for these populists.
Mar 15th, 2011 - 03:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”Populism, defined either as an ideology,or (more uncommonly) a political philosophy, or a type of discourse, i.e., of sociopolitical thought that compares “the people” against “the elite”, and urges social and political system changes.” This is what she does, she's a MILLIONAIRE and she's the elite, but she teaches the poor to feel rejected and to feel sorry for themselves, instead of working hard to get what they need. They're all like sheep, they willingly follow her in her madness. I wonder where all this MODELO would be if things changed, because she says that Argentina is better than before because of the MODELO KIRCHNERISTA, but Perú, Brasil, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Costa Rica and other countries are also growing stronger and stronger without her and her MODELO, in those countries she's not the president. If things in Latinoamérica change, she will get busted.
CFK. An overweening bloated botox-enhanced meaningless nonentity. An insect with a brain smaller than a pea. Much like the murdering, thieving members of the population she thinks she “leads” but, in fact, “milks” for her personal benefit. Sadly, there is little chance that the “Argentine people” will ever see her for what she really is. Too busy being PROUD and NATIONALISTIC and stupid. Too dumb to see the obvious. Not surprising. Even these days, the Spanish are too dumb to see the obvious. And what would anyone expect from their cast-offs?
Mar 15th, 2011 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Saying CFK has ‘momentum’ through a marginal success in Catamarca, an unpopulated province at a ‘Third Term’ election, is like a British political party saying it is “On The Road To Victory” by scraping home in an Isle of Wight by-election!
Mar 15th, 2011 - 04:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0More importantly, CFK is following Lula’s illegal electioneering behaviour.
Lula campaigned for months prior to the 2010 campaign period, across the length and breadth of the nation, when he was explicitly debarred from doing so.
He was convicted many times and paid the fines from his election fighting fund, rather than his own pocket, using - so they say - money extracted for electioneering from Brasilian companies (remember the Mensalão?).
All in all, an Argentinian 25% (real) inflation rate and 30% union wage demands set a painful context for both Governor elections and Presidential elections.
CFK must be thankful that there is no real opposition!
@ 3 Lula is a great man, é um cara brilhante. Abençoado.
Mar 15th, 2011 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@2 “ Too busy being PROUD and NATIONALISTIC and stupid”
Mar 15th, 2011 - 06:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Look who's talking: Mr. Latinos Should Be Enslaved AKA Angry Lonely Teen.
Forgetit.. lol
Mar 17th, 2011 - 08:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0Go CFK go : P
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