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Argentina has its First (er Second) Lady.

08:59 H | Topics: Argentina - Politics

Nestor and Cristina are the new Juan and Eva. Partial results in Argentina indicate that current President Nestor Kirchner will switch jobs with his wife and first lady Cristina Fernandez in December. This is the first time a female president has actually been elected in the Southern Cone nation, Isabel Peron — who married Juan Peron after Evita's death — was his vice president when he died in 1974, and served for 20 chaotic months before a military coup ousted her.Many are comparing the new power couple to Juan and Evita Peron. No plans for a musical are yet in place, though.

A better comparison would be Bill and Hillary Clinton. Fernandez is a lawyer and senator who followed her husband as he rose from an obscure governorship to the presidency.

Of course it wouldn't be an election without complaints and concerns about voter fraud, including missing ballots, stolen ballots, people voting twice, and late opening polling stations.

Via / Yahoo! News

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