Is there something fishy about President Kirchner hand-picking his wife to succeed him?
This is potentially a neat trick by the Kirchner’s. Nestor, elected in 2003, and now taking the credit for the remarkable recovery since then of Argentina’s economy, could have run for a second term. But two successive terms is the limit. This way, he avoids returning to office as a lame-duck. But if his wife does well in office, he could run again in another four years. In fact, the pair of them could hand the job back and forth between them for 16years or more. A dynasty in the making. Cristina was spared any contest securing the nomination to run for president – unlike Mrs Clinton, who has plenty of contenders from her own party. Is it a sure thing she will win? Argentina’s politics are famously tumultuous so nothing is ever for certain. But recent opinion polls suggest she will win roughly 43 per cent of the vote today, far enough ahead of her nearest rivals, Congresswoman Elisa Carrio and Roberto Lavagna, a former economic minister in her husband’s government, to avoid a second-ro
