Cristina Kirchner becomes president

Cristina Kirchner won the elections by far. December 10th she will take over the office from her husband. With twice as many votes as her main rival Eliza Carrió, she gained 43,9% on a national basis, beaten only in the capital by Elisa Carrió, in Cordoba by Roberto Lavagne and in San Luis by Alberto José Rodrígues Saá. But the winner is still the non-voter. In the capital less than 22 % of the citizens voted! On a national basis less than 50% did.

There are reports of chaos and long lines in the voting localities. Lists were missing and people had to wait. And there were a shortage of staff attending the voters. The Argentinians still remember the Junta and know that democracy was hard-won. Still they don´t seem to care to post their vote. One could hope that womens liberation is taking a huge step ahead with the first elected women president in the Argentinas history. And still many women dont bother to co-decide this. Wasn´t it for the question of abortion..

During her campaign she met both Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy in Europe and Lula de Silva i Brazil and Hugo Chavez to build international alliances. And though she is not a good friend with Chavez as her husband, she will continue their cooperation. Her aim is to get a grip on inflation and stop poverty and hunger among her people.

The International Money Fund will not sanction a refinanciation of Argentinas 6 billion dollar foreigh debt before the new government presents a plan for stabilizing economy and particularly inflation, even though G7 and The Paris Club are eager to do so. Tango for three..