Cristina Fernandez on the campaign trail in Buenos Aires City

Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 08:32 UTC

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On the last day of campaigning for Buenos Aires City Mayor election next Sunday, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez took to the streets next to her handpicked candidate Mariano Recalde and visited one of several shanty towns in the country's capital. Read full article

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Briton
applause and shouts of 'we love you” and 'come back'.

At least some will miss her, when she goes...lol
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 09:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Skip
Great picture!

All the politicians are white while the slum-dwelling kids seem mainly brown!
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 09:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mendoza Canadian
And a robot lifted a piece of paper saying that Nestor lived in their hearts. What a disgusting use of children. And the “school” looked like a prop.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
I think they're showing her a mirror and laughing
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
So TMBOA has picked a loser if the polls are to be believed, which being an Argentine poll are certainly suspect to say the least.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 06:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Talk abt manipulation...
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 06:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Enrique Massot
So good to see democracy working in Argentina. Cristina doing her best to prop her candidate, in spite of the rivals' strong possibilities.
If the FpV does not get their candidate--would it not be it a show that democracy works in Argentina--which is the main goal?
Long gone are the days where the electors' choices were ignored and trampled by tanks.
Argentines know that the worst of democracies is still way preferable to the “best” of dictatorships.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 09:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tarquin Fin
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Well Enrique, I think that goal has already been accomplished. Now it's time to raise the bar and get that democracy to become a better democracy. It is just not enough to get people elected in a democratic way ... the democratically elected government has to act democratically too.

Besides, who is going to pursue a coup d'etat? The military?Hahhahah
Where are the tanks? Rusting?

Everybody with at least a whim of knowledge about Argentine politics knows that Cristina wants Macri in power. The Kirchnerite apparatus is alive and kicking and they are dreaming about the day when Macri resigns like De la Rua did, so they can come back and “save” the country again.

Call me crazy. But they actually can do it. Just my two worthless peso cents.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 11:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Skip
I've never claimed that Argentina isn't a democracy, however there in an incredibly diverse range of democracies and while Argentina does well in some ways, it is incredibly deficient in others.

I've never been a fan when federal politicians get involved in state politics in my own country but then we don't have a city the size of a state in our federation.
Jul 04th, 2015 - 01:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
When does she actually GO.
Jul 04th, 2015 - 06:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
Democracy will be proved in Argentina when the Kirchner family and their minions are in jail...
and not before...

Ding dong the witch is dead which ol witch...
Jul 06th, 2015 - 12:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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