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{{Short description|President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015}}
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|birthname = Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner | name = Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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| caption = Fernández de Kirchner in 2024
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|vicepresident = ] <br> ] | office = President of the ]
| term_start = 17 November 2024<ref>{{cite news |date=5 November 2024 |title=La Junta Electoral del PJ proclamó a Cristina como presidenta y asumirá el 17 de noviembre |url=https://www.lapoliticaonline.com/politica/la-junta-electoral-del-pj-proclamo-a-cristina-como-presidenta-y-asumira-el-17-de-noviembre |language=es |work=La Política Online |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
|term_start = 10 December 2007
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|re_elected = 24 October 2011
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| president2 = Alberto Fernández
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|term_end3 = 28 November 2007 | term_start2 = 10 December 2019
| term_end2 = 10 December 2023
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| term_end10 = 25 May 2003
Florencia Kirchner
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| birth_name = Cristina Elisabet Fernández
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = ], Buenos Aires, Argentina
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'''Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner''' ({{IPA-es|kɾisˈtina eˈlisaβet ferˈnandes ðe ˈkiɾʃneɾ}};<ref>This is the most widespread pronunciation, but is baseless; Néstor Kirchner himself used to say simply {{IPA-es|ˈkirner}}.</ref> born 19 February 1953), commonly known as '''Cristina Fernández''' or '''Cristina Kirchner''' is the 55th and current ] and the widow of former President ]. She is Argentina's first elected ], and the second female president ever to serve (after ], 1974–1976). A ], Fernández served one term as ] and three terms as ] for both ] and ]s.
| children = 2, including ]
| alma_mater = ]
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer}}
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}}
'''Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner''' ({{IPA|es|kɾisˈtina eˈlisaβet feɾˈnandes ðe ˈkiɾʃneɾ|lang|cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner.ogg}}; {{nee|'''Fernández'''}}; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials '''CFK''',<ref name="CFK back at Olivos presidential residency after CELAC summit"/><ref name="CFK to Harvard students: there is no 'dollar clamp'; don't repeat monochord questions"/> is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as ] from 2007 to 2015 and later as ] from 2019 to 2023 under President ], as well as the ] during the tenure of her husband, ], from 2003 to 2007. She was the second female president of Argentina (after ]) and the first elected female president of Argentina. Ideologically, she identifies herself as a ] and a ], with her political approach called ].{{sfn|Petras|Veltmeyer|2016|p=60}}<ref name="left">BBC News. 18 April 2006. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104093446/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4916270.stm |date=4 November 2013 }}</ref> Since 2024, she has been the president of the ],{{not in body}}<ref name=telamcfk>{{cite web|url=https://buenosairesherald.com/politics/justicialista-party-declares-cristina-kirchner-party-president|work=]|title=Justicialista Party declares Cristina Kirchner party president|date=7 November 2024|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref> the main opposition party to the government of ].


A native of ], ], Fernández is a graduate of the ]. She met her husband during her studies, and they moved to ] to work as lawyers. In May 1991, she was elected to the provincial legislature. Between 1995 and 2007, she was repeatedly elected to the ], both as a National Deputy and National Senator. During Kirchner's presidency (2003–2007) she acted as ]. Fernández was chosen as the ] presidential candidate in 2007. Born in ], Buenos Aires Province, she studied law at the ], and moved to ], with her husband Néstor Kirchner upon graduation. She was elected to the ], while her husband was elected mayor of Río Gallegos. She was elected ] in 1995, and had a controversial tenure, while her husband was elected ]. In 1994, she was also elected to the constituent assembly that ] the ]. She was the first lady from 2003 to 2007 after ].


Néstor Kirchner did not run for re-election. Instead, his wife was the candidate for the ] alliance, becoming president in the ]. Her first term of office started with a ], and her proposed taxation system was rejected. After this she nationalised private pension funds, and ] the president of the ]. The price of public services remained subsidised and she ] as a result. The country had good relations with other South American nations, and strained relations with the ] as part of the regional political movement known as '']''. She also continued her husband's human rights policies, and had a ]. Néstor Kirchner ] in 2010, and she was re-elected for a second term in 2011. She won the ] with 54.11% of the votes,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-29|title=Elecciones 2011|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2011|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Argentina.gob.ar|language=es|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119191808/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2011|url-status=live}}</ref> the highest percentage obtained by any presidential candidate ]. The 37.3% difference between votes for hers and the runner-up ticket Binner-Morandini was the second largest in the history of Argentine general elections.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gallego-Díaz|first1=Soledad|last2=Rebossio|first2=Alejandro|date=2011-10-24|title=Histórica victoria de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2011/10/23/actualidad/1319395089_551123.html|access-date=2021-11-19|issn=1134-6582|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119191807/https://elpais.com/internacional/2011/10/23/actualidad/1319395089_551123.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Clarín.com|date=2011-10-24|title=Cerca de la mayor diferencia en la historia, y con el porcentaje más alto desde 1983|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/cerca-mayor-diferencia-historia-porcentaje_0_ryw4cYi2PXx.html|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Clarín|language=es|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119191807/https://www.clarin.com/politica/cerca-mayor-diferencia-historia-porcentaje_0_ryw4cYi2PXx.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She established ] during her second term, and the country fell into ] in 2014. She left office in 2015 with her approval ratings above 50%.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-10-24|title=Argentina elections: There may be trouble ahead|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34623236|access-date=2021-11-19|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119193307/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34623236|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the ] she obtained 45.3% of the vote and a 22% lead over ], avoiding the need for a runoff. She was inaugurated on 10 December 2007, and was reelected to a second term in the first round of the ], with 54,1% and 37,3% over ]. As a First Lady, and later ], she has become a ] and a notable advocate for ], ] and ].


During her two terms as president, several corruption scandals surfaced and subsequently her government faced several demonstrations against her government. She was charged for fraudulent low price sales of ],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Politi |first1=Daniel |title=Argentine Ex-President Faces Trial in $3.5 Billion Fraud Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/world/americas/argentina-christina-kirchner-trial-peso-macri.html |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 2017 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020159/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/world/americas/argentina-christina-kirchner-trial-peso-macri.html |url-status=live }}</ref> though she was later acquitted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/335393-sobreseyeron-a-cristina-kirchner-y-axel-kicillof-en-la-causa|title=Sobreseyeron a Cristina Kirchner y Axel Kicillof en la causa "dólar futuro" &#124; el fallo fue por unanimidad y asegura que no existió delito|date=13 April 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128104147/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/335393-sobreseyeron-a-cristina-kirchner-y-axel-kicillof-en-la-causa|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, she was indicted for obstructing the investigation into the 1994 ],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goñi |first1=Uki |title=Argentinian president accused of covering up details about the country's worst terrorist attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/argentina-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-jewish-community-centre-bombing |access-date=1 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=14 January 2015 |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926091816/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/argentina-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-jewish-community-centre-bombing |url-status=live }}</ref> after ]'s controversial accusation of ] which was supposedly seeking impunity for Iranians involved in the terrorist attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, ex-president of Argentina, faces arrest warrant |url=https://www.dw.com/en/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-ex-president-of-argentina-faces-arrest-warrant/a-41694194 |access-date=13 January 2020 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=26 October 2017 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729004707/https://www.dw.com/en/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-ex-president-of-argentina-faces-arrest-warrant/a-41694194 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, an ] issued by ] for Fernández de Kirchner charged her with "]",<ref>{{cite news |last1=Confalonieri |first1=Mariano |title=Por qué Bonadio acusa a Cristina Kirchner de 'traición a la patria' |url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/pacto-con-iran-por-que-bonadio-acusa-a-cristina-kirchner-de-traicion-a-la-patria.phtml |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=Perfil |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729002432/https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/pacto-con-iran-por-que-bonadio-acusa-a-cristina-kirchner-de-traicion-a-la-patria.phtml |url-status=live }}</ref> but due to her ], she did not go to prison, and the treason accusation was later dropped, while other charges related to Nisman's accusation remained.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mander |first1=Benedict |title=What's at stake as Cristina Fernández goes on trial in Argentina |url=https://www.ft.com/content/27b99176-7ccd-11e9-81d2-f785092ab560 |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=Financial Times |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125163613/https://www.ft.com/content/27b99176-7ccd-11e9-81d2-f785092ab560 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Salinas |first1=Lucia |title=Pacto con Irán: pidieron que Cristina Kirchner vaya a juicio oral por traición a la Patria |url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/pacto-iran-pidieron-cristina-kirchner-vaya-juicio-oral-traicion-patria_0_BkiVmSkBG.html |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=] |language=es |archive-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113055447/https://www.clarin.com/politica/pacto-iran-pidieron-cristina-kirchner-vaya-juicio-oral-traicion-patria_0_BkiVmSkBG.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, she was also indicted for corruption over allegations that her administration had accepted bribes in exchange for public works contracts.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-corruption/former-argentina-president-indicted-on-corruption-charges-idUSKCN1LX2I6 |title= Former Argentinian President Indicted |work= Reuters |access-date= 23 November 2018 |date= 18 September 2018 |archive-date= 9 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034114/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-corruption/former-argentina-president-indicted-on-corruption-charges-idUSKCN1LX2I6 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/argentina-president-kirchner-hit-corruption-charges-180918152408543.html |title= Argentina ex-President Kirchner hit with more corruption charges |publisher= Al Jazeera |access-date= 23 November 2018 |archive-date= 23 November 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181123033245/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/argentina-president-kirchner-hit-corruption-charges-180918152408543.html |url-status= live }}</ref> In September 2020, the federal criminal cassation court confirmed the corruption trials of Fernández de Kirchner, ruling the former president's objections inadmissible.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Buenos Aires Times {{!}} Court confirms corruption trail for Fernández de Kirchner, De Vido|url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/court-confirms-corruption-trail-for-fernandez-de-kirchner-de-vido.phtml|access-date=2020-10-15|website=www.batimes.com.ar|date=2 October 2020 |archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017071413/https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/court-confirms-corruption-trail-for-fernandez-de-kirchner-de-vido.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> After analyzing the claims of the defendants in the case for the never-ratified memorandum with Iran, in October 2021, the Federal Oral Court 8 declared the case ]. The judges concluded that there was no crime in the signing of the agreement with Iran, and declared a judicial dismissal of Cristina Kirchner and the other defendants.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103185153/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/sobreseyeron-a-cristina-kirchner-por-la-firma-del-pacto-con-iran-los-jueces-entendieron-que-no-hubo-nid07102021/ |date=3 November 2021 }} 10-08-2021, '']'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> In December 2024, the ] rejected the defense's request and confirmed that Fernández de Kirchner will have a trial for this case.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jofre |first=Federico |date=6 December 2024 |title=La Corte Suprema confirmó que Cristina Kirchner irá a juicio oral por la causa del memorándum con Irán |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/12/06/argentina/cristina-kirchner-juicio-memorandum-iran-orix |work=CNN en espanol|access-date=6 December 2024|language=es}}</ref> In December 2022, she was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for corruption, and has stated her intention to appeal the verdict.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=Argentina's Cristina Fernández guilty of corruption |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63872953 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=BBC News |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206232241/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63872953 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kahn |first=Carrie |date=2022-12-06 |title=Argentina's vice president is found guilty of corruption |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1141134320/argentina-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-corruption-guilty |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207055944/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1141134320/argentina-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-corruption-guilty |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2024, a federal ] in Buenos Aires upheld the guilty verdict and sentence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-appeals-court-confirms-guilty-verdict-former-president-cristina-2024-11-13/|title=Argentina appeals court confirms guilty verdict for former President Cristina Kirchner|date=13 November 2024|work=]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113142949/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-appeals-court-confirms-guilty-verdict-former-president-cristina-2024-11-13/|archive-date=13 November 2024|url-status=live|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref> However, the ruling is not final as she can still appeal to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web |last=Angulo |first=Martín |date=13 November 2024 |title=Por qué Cristina Kirchner no irá a prisión y el año que viene podría ser candidata pese a la condena |url=https://www.infobae.com/judiciales/2024/11/13/por-que-cristina-kirchner-no-ira-a-prision-y-el-ano-que-viene-podria-ser-candidata-pese-a-la-condena |work=] |access-date=14 November 2024|language=es}}</ref>
==Personal life==

Fernández was born in Ringuelet, a suburb west of ], ], daughter of Eduardo Fernández (of Spanish heritage) and Ofelia Esther Wilhelm (of German heritage).<ref></ref> She studied law at the ] during the 1970s and became active in the ]. During her studies there, she met her future spouse, ]. They were married on 9 May 1975, and had two children: Máximo and Florencia. Néstor Kirchner died on 27 October 2010 after suffering a heart attack.<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20071228053233rn_1/kirchner.senado.gov.ar/web/senadores/biografia.php?id_sena=212&iOrden=0&iSen=ASC|title=Senadora Nacional Cristina E. Fernández de Kirchner|publisher=República Argentina|accessdate=2008-09-08}}</ref> On 27 December 2011, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced that Fernández de Kirchner had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer on 22 December and was announced that she would undergo surgery on 4 January 2012. However, it was later revealed that she was misdiagnosed, and does not have cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20120107-argentina-kirchner-cristina-fernandez-cancer-diagnosis-thyroid-wrong|title=Fernandez does not have cancer|publisher=France 24|accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
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Cristina Fernández was born on 19 February 1953 in Tolosa, a suburb of ], capital of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/20/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-argentina-president-political-turmoil|title= Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: is the fairytale ending for Argentina's new Evita?|author= Uki Goñi|date= 21 February 2015|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 26 July 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160725211547/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/20/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-argentina-president-political-turmoil|archive-date= 25 July 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She is the daughter of Eduardo Fernández and Ofelia Esther Wilhelm. Eduardo was a bus driver and an anti-Peronist, and Ofelia was a Peronist union leader and a single mother. Fernández married her and moved into her house when Cristina was two years old. Most details about her childhood such as her elementary school are unknown.<ref name="presidenta">{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/968048-cristina-la-presidenta|title= Cristina, la presidenta|trans-title= Cristina, the president|language= es|author= Carlos Pagni|date= 9 December 2015|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 26 July 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130413040246/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/968048-cristina-la-presidenta|archive-date= 13 April 2013|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She attended high school at Popular Mercantil and Misericordia schools.<ref name="presidenta"/> Three of her grandparents were Spanish immigrants, specifically from ].<ref name="LUIS LOPEZ POMBO">{{cite web |last1=CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KRISCHNER |first1=GENEALOGÍA |title=EL PORTAL DE GALICIA PARA EL MUNDO |url=https://www.galiciadigital.com/opinion/opinion.4244.php |website=GALICIA DIGITAL |publisher=LUIS LOPEZ POMBO |access-date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629005218/https://www.galiciadigital.com/opinion/opinion.4244.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

She began her college studies at the ]. She studied ] for a year, then dropped it and studied law instead. She met fellow student ] in 1973. He introduced her to political debates. There were heated political controversies at the time caused by the decline of the ] military government, the return of the former president ] from exile, the election of ] as president of Argentina, and the early stages of the ]. She became influenced by ], ], and ]. Despite the presence of sympathizers of the '']'' guerrillas in La Plata, the Kirchners had never been involved themselves. Cristina and Néstor married in a civil ceremony on 9 May 1975. Her mother got them administrative jobs at her union. The ] took place the following year. Cristina proposed to move to ], Néstor's home city, but he delayed their departure until his graduation on 3 July 1976.<ref name="presidenta"/>

Cristina had not yet graduated when they moved to Río Gallegos and completed the remaining subjects with ]. There have been claims made that she never graduated, and that she may have worked as a lawyer without having a degree. This idea was proposed by the constitutionalist Daniel Sabsay, and fueled by the reluctance of the ] (UNLP) to release her degree.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.mercopress.com/2014/10/25/cristina-fernandez-challenged-to-show-her-law-degree-and-timerman-described-as-a-traitor|title= Cristina Fernandez challenged to show her law degree and Timerman described as a 'traitor'|date= 25 October 2014|publisher= Merco Press|access-date= 24 July 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160805165703/http://en.mercopress.com/2014/10/25/cristina-fernandez-challenged-to-show-her-law-degree-and-timerman-described-as-a-traitor|archive-date= 5 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She registered at the Tribunal Superior de Justicia of Santa Cruz in 1980, the Comodoro Rivadavia's chamber of appeals in 1985 and worked as an attorney for the Justicialist Party in 1983. There are also logs of minor cases where she acted as a lawyer.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1740094-cristina-no-es-abogada-la-noticia-deseada-de-los-anti-k|title= Cristina no es abogada: la noticia deseada de los anti-K|trans-title= Cristina is not a lawyer: the desired news of the anti-K|language= es|author= Laura Di Marco|date= 2 November 2014|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 17 February 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160301023052/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1740094-cristina-no-es-abogada-la-noticia-deseada-de-los-anti-k|archive-date= 1 March 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The claim has been sent to trial four times, and the judges Norberto Oyarbide, Ariel Lijo, Sergio Torres, and ] all ruled that she has a degree.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1906402-bonadio-sobreseyo-a-cristina-kirchner-por-su-titulo-de-abogada|title= Bonadio sobreseyó a Cristina Kirchner por su título de abogada|trans-title= Bonadio acquitted Cristina Kirchner over her lawyer degree|language= es|author= Hernán Cappiello|date= 7 June 2016|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 29 July 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160813023602/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1906402-bonadio-sobreseyo-a-cristina-kirchner-por-su-titulo-de-abogada|archive-date= 13 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

Néstor established a ] that Cristina joined in 1979.<ref name="exitosa">{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1512499-como-fueron-los-exitosos-anos-de-cristina-kirchner-como-abogada-en-santa-cruz|title= Cómo fueron los "exitosos años" de Cristina Kirchner como abogada en Santa Cruz|trans-title= How were the "successful years" of Cristina Kirchner in Santa Cruz|language= es|author= Mariela Arias|date= 28 September 2012|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 27 August 2013|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131109020903/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1512499-como-fueron-los-exitosos-anos-de-cristina-kirchner-como-abogada-en-santa-cruz|archive-date= 9 November 2013|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The firm worked for banks and financial groups that filed ] lawsuits, which had a growing rate at the time because the 1050 ruling of the ] had increased the interest rates for ]s.<ref name="exitosa" /> The Kirchners acquired twenty-one land lots at cheap prices as they were about to be auctioned.<ref name="Majul22">Majul, p. 22</ref> Their law firm defended military personnel accused of committing crimes during the Dirty War.<ref>Majul, p. 20</ref> ]s were common at the time, but unlike other lawyers the Kirchners never signed a '']''. ], prosecutor in the 1985 ] against the military, criticized the Kirchners' lack of legal actions against the military, and considered their later interest in the issue a form of hypocrisy.<ref name="nunca">{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1752030-los-kirchner-no-firmaron-nunca-un-habeas-corpus|title= Los Kirchner no firmaron nunca un hábeas corpus|trans-title= The Kirchner never signed any habeas corpus|language= es|date= 13 December 2014|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 3 May 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160602223706/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1752030-los-kirchner-no-firmaron-nunca-un-habeas-corpus|archive-date= 2 June 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


==Political career== ==Political career==
Cristina Kirchner was elected deputy for the ] in 1989. The ] (PJ), led by ], returned to the presidency in the ]. She served as interim governor of Santa Cruz for a couple of days, after the impeachment of ] in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.clarin.com/politica/historia-dias-Presidenta-gobernadora_0_1217878217.html|title= La historia de los días en que la Presidenta fue gobernadora|trans-title= The history of the days when the president was governor|language= es|author= Lucía Salinas|newspaper= Clarín|access-date= 14 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161012085625/http://www.clarin.com/politica/historia-dias-Presidenta-gobernadora_0_1217878217.html|archive-date= 12 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She organized Néstor's political campaign when he was elected ] in 1991. In 1994, she was elected to the constituent assembly that ] the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.clarin.com/opinion/constituyentes-desmemoriados_0_ryB2jM3wQg.html|title= Constituyentes desmemoriados de aquel 1994|trans-title= Forgetful constituent assembly members of that 1994|language= es|author= Andrés Gil Domínguez|date= 23 June 2012|newspaper= Clarín|access-date= 16 June 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180204000856/https://www.clarin.com/opinion/constituyentes-desmemoriados_0_ryB2jM3wQg.html|archive-date= 4 February 2018|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
Fernández started her political career in the Peronist Youth movement of the ] in the 1970s. During the ], she and her husband left political life and practiced law in ]. She got back into politics again in the late 1980s, and was elected to the ] Provincial Legislature in 1989, a position to which she was re-elected in 1993.


She was elected national senator in the ]. She opposed some bills proposed by Menem, such as a treaty with Chilean president ] that benefited Chile in a dispute over the ].<ref name="recuerdos" /> The Minister of Defense ] was questioned in Congress about the ]; Kirchner told him that he had to resign, which he refused to do.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/172359-impidio-el-gobierno-la-interpelacion-a-camilion|title= Impidió el Gobierno la interpelación a Camilión|trans-title= The government prevented the interpellation of Camilion|language= es|author= Carlos M. Reymundo Roberts|date= 9 May 1996|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 25 August 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062339/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/172359-impidio-el-gobierno-la-interpelacion-a-camilion|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> As a result, she made a name for herself as a troublemaker. She was removed from the PJ bloc in the Congress in 1997 for misconduct.<ref name="recuerdos">{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1403365-cristina-legisladora-10-recuerdos-de-una-opositora-mediatica-y-rebelde|title= Cristina legisladora: 10 recuerdos de una opositora mediática y rebelde|trans-title= Cristina, legislator: 10 scenes of a noteworthy and rebellious opposition|language= es|author= Maia Jastreblansky|date= 5 September 2011|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 16 August 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160731205048/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1403365-cristina-legisladora-10-recuerdos-de-una-opositora-mediatica-y-rebelde|archive-date= 31 July 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She resigned her senatorial seat that year and ran for national deputy in the ] instead. Menem ended his term of office in 1999 and was replaced by ]. Fernández de Kirchner took part in a commission to investigate ] with fellow legislator ], and got into conflicts with her. She ran again for senator in the ].<ref name="recuerdos"/>
In 1995, Fernández was elected to represent Santa Cruz in the ]. She was elected to the ] in 1997, and in 2001, returned to the Senate. Fernández helped with her husband's successful campaign for the presidency in 2003, but without making joint public appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=438347|title=La mujer que le hace sombra a Kirchner|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> In the 27 April 2003, ] first round, former president ] won the greatest number of votes (25%), but failed to get the votes necessary to win an overall majority. A second-round run-off vote between Menem and runner-up ] was scheduled for 18 May. Feeling certain that he was about to face a sound electoral defeat, Menem decided to withdraw his candidacy, thus automatically making Kirchner the new president, with 22% of the votes. This was the lowest number in the history of the country.<ref name="Husband Victory">{{es icon}}{{cite news|work=La Nación|date=28 April 2003|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/archivo/Nota.asp?nota_id=492225|title=Menem y Kirchner disputarán la segunda vuelta el 18 de mayo}}</ref>


Néstor Kirchner was elected president in 2003, and she became the ]. Under these circumstances, she sought a lower profile in Congress.<ref name="recuerdos" /> Her husband had a political dispute with the previous president, ]. Their dispute continued during the ]. Without consensus in the PJ for a single candidate for senator of the Buenos Aires province, both leaders had their respective wives run for the office: ] for the PJ, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/717605-fracaso-la-negociacion-entre-kirchner-y-duhalde|title= Fracasó la negociación entre Kirchner y Duhalde|trans-title= The negotiations between Kirchner and Duhalde failed|language= es|date= 1 July 2005|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 3 May 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160601072536/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/717605-fracaso-la-negociacion-entre-kirchner-y-duhalde|archive-date= 1 June 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She won the election.<ref name="resq">{{cite web|url= http://www.perfil.com/politica/El-PJ-bonaerense-se-resquebraja-por-la-pelea-Duhalde---Kirchner-20091225-0011.html|title= El PJ bonaerense se resquebraja por la pelea Duhalde – Kirchner|trans-title= The PJ in Buenos Aires gets fragmented by the Duhalde – Kirchner conflict|language= es|author= Ramón Indart|date= 25 December 2009|publisher= Perfil|access-date= 3 May 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160625130639/http://www.perfil.com/politica/El-PJ-bonaerense-se-resquebraja-por-la-pelea-Duhalde---Kirchner-20091225-0011.html|archive-date= 25 June 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
During her husband's term, Fernández de Kirchner was ] of the country. In that role, she worked as an itinerant ambassador for his government. Her highly combative speech style polarized Argentine politics, recalling the style of ]. Although she repeatedly rejected the comparison later, Fernández de Kirchner once said in an interview that she identified herself "with the Evita of the hair in a bun and the clenched fist before a microphone" (the typical image of Eva Perón during public speeches) more than with the "miraculous Eva" of her mother's time, who had come "to bring work and the right to vote for women".<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news|work=Clarín|date=27 July 2007|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/27/elpais/p-00803.htm|title='Me identifico con la Eva del puño crispado'}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rory Carroll and Oliver Balch|work=The Guardian|location=London|date= 26 October 2007|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/argentina/story/0,,2199434,00.html|title=President in waiting evokes echo of Evita|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=James Sturcke|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=29 October 2007|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/argentina/story/0,,2201278,00.html|title=The art of the possible|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref>


==Presidential campaigns==
At the ], Fernández de Kirchner was ]'s main candidate for ] in the ] district. She ran a heated campaign against ], wife of former president ]. Fernández won the elections by 45.77%, followed by González de Duhalde with 20.43%.<ref> </ref>
===2007 presidential campaign===
{{see also|2007 Argentine general election}}
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The presidential election was held on 28 October 2007.<ref name="Attewill"/> With Fernández de Kirchner leading all the pre-election polls by a wide margin, her challengers focused on forcing her into a ]. To win in a single round, a presidential candidate in Argentina needs either more than 45% of the vote, or 40% of the vote and a lead of more than 10 percentage points over the runner-up. However, with 13 challengers splitting the vote, she won the election decisively in the first round with just over 45% of the vote, compared to 23% for ] (candidate for the ]) and 17% for former Economy Minister ].<ref name="Attewill">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/29/argentina.rorycarroll|title=Argentina elects first woman president|first=Fred|last=Attewill|date=29 October 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=1 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130410/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/29/argentina.rorycarroll|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> Fernández de Kirchner was popular among the suburban working class and the rural poor, while Carrió and Lavagna both received more support from the urban middle class.<ref name="Time2007">{{cite magazine |title=A Mixed Message in Argentina's Vote |first=Uki |last=Goni |location=Buenos Aires |magazine=] |date=29 October 2007 |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677374,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126103011/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677374,00.html |archive-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=22 January 2013 }}</ref> She lost the election in the large cities of ] and ].<ref name="Time2007"/>


On 14 November, the president-elect announced the names of her new cabinet, which was sworn in on 10 December. Of the twelve ministers appointed, seven had been ministers in Néstor Kirchner's government, while the other five took office for the first time. The selections anticipated the continuation of the policies implemented by Néstor Kirchner.<ref name="cabinet 2007">{{cite news|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2007/11/14/new-argentine-cabinet-targeted-to-face-pending-agenda|title=New Argentine cabinet targeted to face pending agenda|date=24 November 2007|newspaper=Merco Press|access-date=7 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107185939/http://en.mercopress.com/2007/11/14/new-argentine-cabinet-targeted-to-face-pending-agenda|archive-date=7 November 2014}}</ref>
==Election to presidency of Argentina==
{{See also|Argentine general election, 2007}}
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She began a four-year term on 10 December 2007, facing challenges including: inflation, poor public security, international credibility, a faulty energy infrastructure, and protests from the agricultural sectors over an increase of nearly 30% on export taxes.<ref name="cabinet 2007"/> Fernández de Kirchner was the second female president of Argentina, after ] but, unlike Perón, she was elected to the office, whereas Isabel Perón was elected ]'s vice president, and automatically assumed the presidency on his death.<ref name="Time2007"/> The transition from Néstor Kirchner to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was also the first time a democratic head of state was replaced by their spouse<!-- "Spouse", not "wife": this is the first case of either husband-to-wife or wife-to-husband transition --> without the death of either. He remained highly influential during his wife's term,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7461173.stm|title= Argentina's farm row turns to crisis|author= Daniel Schweimler|date= 18 June 2008|publisher= BBC|access-date= 12 June 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160415222039/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7461173.stm|archive-date= 15 April 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> supervising the economy and leading the PJ.<ref name="murky">{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/world/americas/28argentina.html|title= Argentine Ex-Leader Dies; Political Impact Is Murky|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo|date= 27 October 2010|work= The New York Times|access-date= 12 June 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062307/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/world/americas/28argentina.html?_r=0|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Their marriage has been compared with those of Juan and ] and ] and ].<ref name="first">{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-kirchner-idUSN0731956320071207|title= Argentina's Kirchner to become "first gentleman"|author= Kevin Gray|date= 7 December 2007|work= Reuters|access-date= 12 June 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160808172713/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-kirchner-idUSN0731956320071207|archive-date= 8 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Media observers suspected that Mr. Kirchner stepped down as president to circumvent the term limit, swapping roles with his wife.<ref name="murky" /><ref name="first"/><ref name="buried">{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11654291|title= Argentina ex-leader Kirchner to be buried|date= 29 October 2010|publisher= BBC|access-date= 12 June 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160827144941/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11654291|archive-date= 27 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
With Fernández leading all the pre-election polls by a wide margin, her challengers were trying to force her into a ]. She needed either more than 45% of the vote, or 40% of the vote and a lead of more than 10% over her nearest rival, to win outright.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senado.gov.ar/web/interes/constitucion/cuerpo1.php|title=National Constitution of Argentina|work=]|language=Spanish}}, art. 97–98</ref> She won the election in the first round with 45.3% of the vote, followed by 22% for ] (candidate for the ]) and 16% for former Economy Minister ]. Eleven other candidates split the remaining 15%.<ref>{{cite news|work=Clarín|date=29 October 2007|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/10/29/um/m-01529064.htm|title=Cristina se aleja por más de 20 puntos sobre el final del escrutinio}} {{es icon}}</ref> Kirchner was popular among the suburban working class and the rural poor, while Carrió received more support from the urban middle class, as did Lavagna.<ref>{{cite news|work=Time|date=29 October 2007|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677374,00.html|title=A Mixed Message in Argentina's Vote}}</ref> However, Kirchner lost the election in the three largest cities (], ] and ]), although she won in most other places elsewhere, including the large provincial capitals such as ] and ].<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|work=Página/12|date=1 November 2007|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-93883-2007-11-01.html|title=Alpargatas sí, centros urbanos no}}</ref>


===2011 presidential campaign===
On 14 November, the president-elect publicly announced the names of her new cabinet, which was sworn in on 10 December. Of the 12 ministers appointed, seven were already ministers in ]'s government, while the other five took office for the first time.<ref name="clarin.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/11/14/um/m-01540433.htm|title=El nuevo Gabinete: Lousteau va a Economía y De Vido sigue en Planificación Federal (Spanish)|publisher=Clarin.com|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> Three other ministries were created afterwards.
{{see also|2011 Argentine general election}}
When Néstor Kirchner refused to run for re-election in 2007 and proposed his wife instead, it was rumored that they could alternate in the presidency for the next 12 years to circumvent the constitutional limit of two consecutive terms. This scenario would have had Cristina standing down in favor of Néstor in 2011, and Néstor would in turn hand the ] candidacy back to Cristina in 2015. The death of Néstor Kirchner in 2010 derailed such a plan.<ref name="easy">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/world/americas/kirchner-appears-headed-to-second-term-as-argentinas-president.html|title=Kirchner Achieves an Easy Victory in Argentina Presidential Election|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo|date=23 October 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=19 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022065232/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/world/americas/kirchner-appears-headed-to-second-term-as-argentinas-president.html|archive-date=22 October 2015}}</ref> She had a low positive image, below 30%.<ref name=easy/> On 21 June 2011, she announced that she would run for a second term as president. A few days later, she announced that her economic minister ] would run for vice president on her ticket. She personally chose most of the candidates for deputy in the Congress, favoring members of the Cámpora.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.clarin.com/elecciones/Campora-avanza-listas-oficialismo-pais_0_BJXWSMG6vQl.amp.html|title= La Cámpora avanza en las listas del oficialismo de todo el país|trans-title= The Campora advances in the official tickets in all the country|language= es|first=Nicolás|last=Wiñazki|date= 22 May 2011|newspaper= Clarín|access-date= 16 June 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180204001127/https://www.clarin.com/elecciones/Campora-avanza-listas-oficialismo-pais_0_BJXWSMG6vQl.amp.html|archive-date= 4 February 2018|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


The ] took place on 23 October. She was re-elected with 54% of the vote, followed by socialist ], 37 points behind her. The opposition was divided between several candidates and the perceived economic prosperity prevailed over voter's concerns about corruption and cronyism.<ref name=easy/> It was the largest victory percentage in national elections since 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/24/cristina-kirchner-win-argentina-elections|title=Cristina Kirchner re-elected as Argentina's president in landslide|last=Aires|first=Associated Press in Buenos|date=24 October 2011|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015433/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/24/cristina-kirchner-win-argentina-elections|url-status=live}}</ref> The Peronist party also won eight of the nine elections for governor held that day, increased their number of senators, and obtained the majority in the chamber of deputies, including the number of legislators needed for ]. They had lost that majority in the 2009 elections. She invited children on stage during the celebrations, and Vice President Amado Boudou played an electric guitar. As she had in 2007, she gave a conciliatory speech.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2011/10/argentina%E2%80%99s-presidential-election|title=A one-woman show|date=24 October 2011|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=19 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233801/http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2011/10/argentina%E2%80%99s-presidential-election|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
The president elect began a four-year term on 10 December 2007, facing challenges including inflation, union demands for higher salaries, private investment in key areas, lack of institutional credibility (exemplified by the controversy surrounding the ], INDEC), utility companies demanding authorization to raise their fees, low availability of cheap credit to the private sector, and the upcoming negotiation of the defaulted foreign debt with the ].<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|work=Página/12|date=29 October 2007|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/economia/2-93706-2007-10-29.html|title=Los desafíos en el área económica que esperan al próximo gobierno}}</ref><ref>{{es icon}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|work=La Nación|date=24 May 2007|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/archivo/Nota.asp?nota_id=911256|title=Prevén que el desempleo se ubicará en el 8% a fin de año}} {{es icon}}</ref> Kirchner was the second female president of Argentina, after ], but unlike Perón, Kirchner was the head of the ballot, whereas Isabel Perón was elected as vice president of ] and became president after his death. The transition from Néstor Kirchner to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was also the first time when a democratic head of state was replaced by his spouse,<!-- Here goes "spouse" and not "wife" meaning that this is the first case of either husband-wife or wife-husband transition --> without involving the death of any of them. Néstor Kirchner stayed active in politics despite not being the president, and worked alongside his wife, Cristina. The press developed the term "''presidential marriage''" to make reference to both of them at once. Some political analysts as Pablo Mendelevich compared this type of government with a ].<ref name="Mendelevich">{{cite book|title=El Final|last=Mendelevich|first=Pablo|year=2010|publisher=Ediciones B|location= Buenos Aires|isbn=978-987-627-166-0}}</ref>


==Presidency== ==Presidency (2007–2015)==
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===2007=== === Economic policy ===
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During the first days of Fernández's presidency, Argentina's relations with the United States deteriorated as a result of allegations made by a United States assistant attorney of illegal campaign contributions, case known as the ] (suitcase scandal). According to these allegations, Venezuelan agents tried to pressure a ] citizen (]) to lie about the origin of $790,550 in cash found in his suitcase on 4 August 2007 at a Buenos Aires airport. U.S. prosecutors allege the money was sent to help Kirchner's presidential campaign. Some of the allegations were proven and several individuals received a prison sentence after a widely reported trial. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}
When she first took office, Cristina Kirchner replaced the previous minister of economy, ], who had been appointed by her husband as former president. Peirano was succeeded by ] in December 2007. He served as the first of several ministers of economy under her presidency. The attempt to increase taxes on agricultural exports caused a ] with the agricultural sector and ]. As a result, taxes were not increased, and Lousteau resigned by April 2008, only a few months after he had been appointed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366492.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Business {{!}} Argentina's economy chief quits|date=25 April 2008|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230012649/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366492.stm|archive-date=30 December 2008}}</ref> He was replaced by Argentina's tax agency chief ].<ref name=":0" />


As an alternative to increasing taxes, and facing debt payments the following year, the government nationalized private ]s, known as "''Administradoras de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones''" (AFJP). The amount of money involved in this operation was nearly 30 billion dollars, and debt obligations were nearly 24 billion dollars.<ref name="afjp" /> The nationalization was justified by the president as government protectionism during the crisis and compared with the bank bailouts in Europe and the United States. It was criticized as a threat to property rights and the rule of law.<ref name="afjp">{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/worldbusiness/22argentina.html|title= Argentina Nationalizes $30 Billion in Private Pensions|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo|date= 21 October 2008|work= The New York Times|access-date= 19 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062321/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/worldbusiness/22argentina.html?_r=0|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
Fernández de Kirchner and Venezuelan president ] called the allegations "a trashing operation" and part of a conspiracy orchestrated by the US to divide Latin American nations. On 19 December 2007, she restricted the US ambassador's activities and limited his meetings to Foreign Ministry officials; a treatment reserved for hostile countries, in the opinion of a former US Assistant Secretary of State.<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=972344|title=Cristina y Chávez, juntos contra EE.UU|work=La Nación|accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=anPqjcENNtWo|title=Argentina Protests Charges, Restricts US Ambassador|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref><ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10438525|title=Argentina, Venezuela and America. Slush and garbage|work=The Economist|accessdate=2008-01-03|date=2008-01-03}}</ref> However, on 31 January, in a special meeting with Kirchner, the US Ambassador to Argentina, ], clarified that the allegations "were never made by the United States government", and the dispute cooled down. Having said that the prosecutors making the charges are part of the independent judicial branch of the US government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spanish.argentina.usembassy.gov/rel244.html|title=Declaración del Eembajador de EE.UU., Earl Anthony Wayne, luego de reunirse con la Presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|publisher=US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=Spanish|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref>


Fernández resigned after the Kirchnerist defeat in the 2009 elections, and was replaced by ], president of the ] which had worked for that nationalization. Although inflation was nearing 25% and on the rise, Boudou did not consider it a significant problem.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/28/amado-boudou-argentina|title= Amado Boudou set to be Argentina's first rock'n'roll vice-president|author= Uki Goni|date= 28 August 2011|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 20 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160928010432/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/28/amado-boudou-argentina|archive-date= 28 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
] and ], both high ranking members of the main opposition parties, have claimed that the Argentine government's response to the allegations and its criticism of the US are a "smokescreen", that the US involvement in the affair was merely symptomatic, and the root cause of the scandal is corruption in the ] and ] governments.<ref>{{cite news|work=TIME|date=20 December 2007|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1697490,00.html|title=Troubles for Argentina's New Evita|accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>


In January 2010, Fernández de Kirchner created the ] employing a ] in order to pay debt obligations with ]. ], president of the ], refused to implement it, and was fired by another decree.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB126289800502920289|title= Kirchner Fires Central Banker, Steering Into Crisis|author= Matt Moffett|date= 8 January 2010|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 20 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160927032543/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB126289800502920289|archive-date= 27 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Judge ] annulled both decrees on the grounds that the Central Bank was independent. Redrado resigned one month later and was replaced by ].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/americas/04argentina.html|title= Argentine Bank President Is Formally Dismissed|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo|date= 3 February 2010|work= The New York Times|access-date= 20 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062327/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/americas/04argentina.html?_r=0|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
===2008===
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Riding a wave of approval during a dramatic economic recovery from a 2001–2002 crisis, the Kirchners' FPV had prevailed enjoyed increasingly large majorities in Congress, reaching their peak following the ] (with 153 Congressmen and 44 Senators, at the time). In March 2008, Kirchner introduced a new sliding-scale taxation system for agricultural exports, effectively raising levies on ] exports from 35% to 44% at the time of the announcement.<ref>{{cite web|title=Argentine Soybean Output May Slip; Protests May Pause|publisher=Bloomberg|date=9 March 2008|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aXApGun1Lmpw}}</ref> This led to a nationwide ], starting on 12 March, with the aim of forcing the government to back down on the new taxation scheme. They were joined on 25 March by thousands of ] massed around the ] and in front of the ].


In an attempt to combat poverty, the government introduced in 2009 the ], a ] program to parents who are unemployed or in the ].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Gender Policies in Argentina after Neoliberalism, Opportunities and Obstacles for Women's Rights|last=Lopreite|first=Debora|citeseerx = 10.1.1.859.191 |journal=Latin American Perspectives}}</ref> It was later expanded to cover other disadvantaged groups.<ref name=IPS>{{cite news|last1=Valente|first1=Marcela|title=Poverty Down in Argentina – But By How Much?|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/poverty-down-in-argentina-but-how-far/|access-date=16 July 2017|agency=Inter Press Service|date=27 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620093721/http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/poverty-down-in-argentina-but-how-far/|archive-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>
Protests extended across the country. In Buenos Aires, hours after Kirchner attacked farmers for their two-week strike and "abundant" profits, there were violent incidents between government supporters and opponents, to which the police was accused of wilfully turning a blind eye.<ref>{{cite web|title=La policía observó, pero no intervino|publisher=La Nacion|date=27 March 2008|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=999067&origen=relacionadas}}</ref> The media was harshly critical of ], a former government official who took part in the incidents, with some media sources and members of the opposition (notably ]), claiming he and his followers had disrupted the protest pursuant to the government's orders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cacería para ganar la Plaza. Fueron golpeados manifestantes que apoyaban el reclamo del campo|publisher=La Nacion|date=26 March 2008|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=998778&origen=relacionadas}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=El verdadero mensaje de las cacerolas|publisher=La Nacion|date=27 March 2008|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/EdicionImpresa/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=999018&pid=4186310&toi=5825}}</ref> On 1 April, the government organised a rally during which thousands of pro-government protesters marched through downtown Buenos Aires in support of the bill increasing Argentina's export taxes on the basis of a sliding scale; at the event, Kirchner called on farmers to act "as part of a country, not as owners of a country." {{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}


The extent to which Kirchner's policies have lowered poverty is controversial, with the government's reported poverty rate being questioned by some experts.<ref name=IPS /> According to a 2017 ] report, the cash transfers reduced extreme poverty by 30.8% and general poverty by 5.6%.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jueguen|first1=Francisco|title=Según Unicef, hay 5,6 millones de chicos pobres en la Argentina|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2031111-segun-unicef-hay-56-millones-de-chicos-pobres-en-la-argentina|access-date=16 July 2017|work=La Nacion|date=7 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624104654/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2031111-segun-unicef-hay-56-millones-de-chicos-pobres-en-la-argentina|archive-date=24 June 2017}}</ref>
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Fernández de Kirchner was reelected in 2011, along with ] as vice president and the ] regained control over both chambers of Congress.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1417169-la-nueva-composicion-del-congreso-tras-las-elecciones-2011 |title=El kirchnerismo recupera el control del Congreso |website=La Nación |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116120122/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1417169-la-nueva-composicion-del-congreso-tras-las-elecciones-2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> ] became the new minister of economy. The government established ] that limited the power to buy or sell foreign currencies, especially American dollars. Many Argentines kept their savings in dollars as a ] against inflation. The government believed the controls were required to prevent the ] and tax evasion.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-15532101|title= Argentina tightens dollar exchange controls|date= 1 November 2011|publisher= BBC|access-date= 20 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160927000108/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-15532101|archive-date= 27 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
In April 2008, on the 26th anniversary of the ], Kirchner stepped up Argentine claims to the ]. She called Argentina's rights to the islands "inalienable".{{bquote|"With faith in God, and with the work that we all have to do to build a country that is strong and respected around the world, so that our voice is heard in all International forums, and we can denounce the shameful presence of a colonial enclave in the 21st century".<ref>'']'': Argentina steps up claims for Falkland islands (3 April 2008)</ref>}}


They initiated a ], which included several tax increases, limits to wage increases, but increases in ] and reorganization of state-owned enterprises.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117011901/http://www.lavoz.com.ar/noticias/politica/cristina-apela-sintonia-fina-para-disimular-ajuste |date=17 January 2013 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> ], main ] leader, who was a strong supporter of kirchnerism, began to oppose the President.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1433125-el-contrapunto-cristina-moyano |title=El contrapunto Cristina-Moyano |last=Fraga |first=Rosendo |date=15 December 2011 |website=La Nación |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=8 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108022747/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1433125-el-contrapunto-cristina-moyano |url-status=live }}</ref> Moyano would later organize a big protest at ], with 30,000 people, requesting the abolition of ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2012/06/27/noticia_0021.html|title= Moyano llenó la Plaza contra la "soberbia abrumadora" de CFK|trans-title= Moyano filled the plaza against the "overwhelming arrogance" of CFK|language= es|date= 27 June 2012|publisher= Perfil|access-date= 22 August 2012|archive-date= 31 May 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150531005036/http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2012/06/27/noticia_0021.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>
The large majorities in the ] enjoyed by the ] (FPV) could not ultimately guarantee a legislative blank check: on 16 July 2008, the presidentially sponsored bill met with deadlock, and was ultimately defeated by the tie-breaking "no" vote of Vice President ]. The controversy cost the FPV 16 Congressmen and 4 Senators by way of defections. This put an end to the ], though it cost Cobos access to the executive branch of the government. He was reportedly considered "a traitor" by the followers of Kirchner's administration. Cobos denied he would resign, although the relationship between the President and the Vice President has an uncertain future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/07/16/um/m-01716277.htm|title=Crisis política tras el sorpresivo voto del Vicepresidente Cobos {{es icon}}|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


] was appointed minister in 2013 and served for the remainder of Kirchner's term. He arranged payment of the debt to the ], and the compensation requested by ] for the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/argentina-strikes-deal-with-paris-club-to-clear-debt-arrears-1401348539|title= Argentina Agrees to Pay $9.7 Billion to Paris Club|author= Ken Parks|date= 29 May 2014|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 20 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160926234255/http://www.wsj.com/articles/argentina-strikes-deal-with-paris-club-to-clear-debt-arrears-1401348539|archive-date= 26 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> One month later, negotiations with ] failed, and American judge ] issued an order that Argentina had to pay to all creditors and not just those who had accepted a reduced payment as outlined in the ] plan.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/argentina-government-defiant-debt-default-axel-kicillof|title= Argentina's government blames 'conspiracy' for defaulting on debt|author= Angela Monaghan|date= 31 July 2014|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 20 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160928010508/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/argentina-government-defiant-debt-default-axel-kicillof|archive-date= 28 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Kicillof refused to agree that the country had fallen into a ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.mercopress.com/2014/08/01/saying-argentina-has-defaulted-is-an-atomic-nonsense-underlines-kicillof|title= Saying Argentina has defaulted is 'an atomic nonsense' underlines Kicillof|date= 1 August 2014|publisher= Merco Press|access-date= 20 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160927014708/http://en.mercopress.com/2014/08/01/saying-argentina-has-defaulted-is-an-atomic-nonsense-underlines-kicillof|archive-date= 27 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
A poll result published in '']'', Spain's most widely circulated daily newspaper, revealed that following the protests, Fernández's approval rating had "plummeted" from 57.8% at the start of her administration<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Angus Reid|date=31 December 2007|url=http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/positive_rating_for_argentinas_cristina_kirchner|title=Positive Rating for Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner}}</ref> to an unprecedented 23%.<ref>{{cite web|title=La popularidad de la presidenta argentina se hunde en tres meses|work=El País|date=9 April 2008|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/popularidad/presidenta/argentina/hunde/meses/elpepiint/20080409elpepiint_7/Tes}}</ref>


When Argentina devalued the peso in January 2014, Kicillof placed blame on the ] by ], chief of ] in Argentina; later in the year, when the peso was at its lowest ever position in relation to the dollar, he blamed "]" from the United States.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Once recovered from the conflict with agrarian interests, Fernández de Kirchner's job approval ratings rose by 30% (''Poliarquía'', 22 August 2008). Her inflexible handling of the protests and reluctance to review the policies that sparked the protest have led to speculation that her late husband, predecessor in office and leader of the ], ], controlled her administration. The British weekly newspaper '']'' has described this situation as Kirchner "paying the price for her husband's pig-headedness". On 20 October 2008, Fernández proposed the transfer of nearly US$30 billion in private pension holdings to the social security system, a law that was passed by ] in late November 2008. President Cristina Kirchner is a member of the ], an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}
At the 2014 ] conference, she accused the "]" of destabilizing the economy of the countries and called them "]".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff writers |title=Leaders from Latin America, Caribbean region urge action to erase inequality, spur development |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48819#.VDoLKVPLeME |agency=UN news center |access-date=15 October 2014 |archive-date=2 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002071617/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48819#.VDoLKVPLeME |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cristina characterized the vulture funds as "terrorists" and accused them of destabilization |url=http://factcheckargentina.org/cristina-characterized-the-vulture-funds-as-terrorists-and-accused-them-of-destabilization/ |publisher=Fact Check: Argentina |date=25 September 2014 |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013125103/http://factcheckargentina.org/cristina-characterized-the-vulture-funds-as-terrorists-and-accused-them-of-destabilization/ |archive-date=13 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


According to ], the Kirchners returned Argentina to "] and near-]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2015/10/15/the-persistence-of-peronism|title=The persistence of Peronism|newspaper=The Economist|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=2 September 2022|archive-date=18 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718174646/https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2015/10/15/the-persistence-of-peronism|url-status=live}}</ref>
Fernández de Kirchner was invited to the prestigious Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington, D.C., on 15 November 2008, by President ]. During her stay in Washington, she held meetings with ]ian leader ] (at the ] in ]), ] (representing US President-elect ]), Senator ] and Australia's Prime Minister, ] at the ] Hotel. She then attended the G20 meeting in London on 2 April 2009, and was seated across from President Obama at the dinner held the night before at ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Esther Addley|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/02/g20-seating-plan|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2009-04-02|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


=== Energy policy ===
Also in 2008, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner vetoed the "Law of protection of the glaciers", which had been approved almost unanimously in Congress (only 3 senators opposed the law). Critics have stated that the President's attitude would threaten over 75% of the country's water reserves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2008/11/13/noticia_0025.html|title=Diario Perfil|publisher=Perfil.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> She has
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traveled extensively as president, visiting Algeria, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, France, Libya, Mexico, Qatar, Russia, Spain, UK, US and Venezuela, among other nations.
In 2002, Eduardo Duhalde ] the prices for public services such as electricity, gas and water supply. These remained fixed during the terms of Duhalde and Néstor and Cristina Kirchner, despite the crisis that motivated them having ended. As the inflation rate grew during the period, the state financed part of these prices with ]. Investment in these areas decreased, and the generation and distribution networks suffered. Argentina lost its self-supply of energy, and had to import it, rather than being able to export surpluses.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.ft.com/content/f91f8318-ae42-11e0-8752-00144feabdc0|title= Argentina restricts foreign trade|author= Jude Webber|date= 14 July 2011|newspaper= Financial Times|access-date= 22 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160923102125/https://www.ft.com/content/f91f8318-ae42-11e0-8752-00144feabdc0|archive-date= 23 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


She proposed a ] in early 2012, including the gradual removal of subsidies.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203513604577143000000536074|title= Era of Argentine Subsidies Ending|author= Matt Moffett|date= 6 January 2012|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 22 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160923115057/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203513604577143000000536074|archive-date= 23 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The proposal turned out to be unpopular, and was not implemented. She opted instead to send a bill to Congress for the ], privatized in 1993, blaming the Spanish company ] for the energy trade deficit. The bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies by a 207-32 margin. It was criticized as an authoritarian move, as there was no negotiation with Repsol.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-ypf-idUSBRE8421GV20120504|title= Argentina nationalizes oil company YPF|author= Hugh Bronstein|date= 4 May 2012|work= Reuters|access-date= 22 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161022111023/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-ypf-idUSBRE8421GV20120504|archive-date= 22 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> As well, the ] oil field had been discovered by this time. However, YPF was unable to afford the costs to exploit the oil at the site, and the rights to drill at Vaca Muerta were sold to the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324348504578610322993362936|title= Chevron, YPF Sign $1.5 Billion Shale-Oil Deal|author= Taos Turner|date= 16 July 2013|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 23 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160924024801/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324348504578610322993362936|archive-date= 24 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The costs of energy imports increased the trade deficit and the inflation rate, and ]s became frequent. Outages usually took place on the hottest days of the summer season, as the use of air conditioning increased electricity consumption to peak levels.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.mercopress.com/2013/12/27/blackouts-continue-in-argentina-while-government-keeps-threatening-power-distributors|title= Blackouts continue in Argentina while government keeps threatening power distributors|date= 27 December 2013|publisher= Merco Press|access-date= 22 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160923112313/http://en.mercopress.com/2013/12/27/blackouts-continue-in-argentina-while-government-keeps-threatening-power-distributors|archive-date= 23 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
===2009===
Following the ], the ruling FPV's ] lost its absolute majority in both houses of Congress, shedding a further 24 seats in the Lower House (including allies) and 4 in the Senate. They lost in the four most important electoral districts (home to 60% of Argentines), and among these, the loss was narrow only in the ]. The FPV obtained a very narrow victory, overall, as a percentage of the national vote, and retained their plurality in Congress which was reflected in strengthened opposition alliances, notably the center-right ], the centrist ] and the left-wing Proyecto Sur, when elected candidates in both chambers take office on 11 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/06/28/conexiones/inicio_info.html|title=Infografía|publisher=Clarin.com|date=2009-06-28|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


=== Conflict with the agricultural sector ===
Allegations of impropriety have contributed increasingly to the Kirchners' decline in approval, as well. The couple's own, latest federal financial disclosure in July 2009 revealed an increase in their personal assets by 7 times, since Néstor Kirchner's 2003 inaugural. The increase was partly the product of land deals in ], a scenic, ] town where the couple has long vacationed and own property (including {{convert|450|acre|km2}} of land and two hotels).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/07/14/internacional/1247578095.html|title='&#39;El Mundo'&#39;|publisher=Elmundo.es|date=2009-07-14|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
{{main|2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector}}
] in Villa María, Córdoba]]
In March 2008, Fernández de Kirchner introduced a new sliding-scale taxation system for agricultural exports, so that rates fluctuated with international prices. This would effectively raise levies on ] exports from 35% to 44% at the time of the announcement. This new taxation scheme, proposed by Minister ], led to a nationwide ], with the aim of forcing the government to back down on new tax system. They were joined on 25 March by thousands of ] massed around the ] and the ]. These demonstrations were followed by others at locations across the country that included road ]s and food shortages.<ref name="battle">{{cite news|url= http://www.irishtimes.com/news/argentine-farmers-take-tax-battle-to-parliament-1.941906|title= Argentine farmers take tax battle to parliament|author= Andrew Willis|date= 1 July 2008|newspaper= The Irish Times|access-date= 23 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161005155655/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/argentine-farmers-take-tax-battle-to-parliament-1.941906|archive-date= 5 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


The protests were highly polarizing. The government argued that the new taxes would allow for a better ] and keep down the food prices. It also claimed the farmers were staging a ] against Fernández de Kirchner.<ref name="block"/> Farmers argued that the high taxes made cultivation unviable.<ref name="battle"/> The activist ] interrupted one of the demonstrations leading stick-wielding pro-government supporters, who attacked the participants.<ref name="battle"/> Minister Lousteau resigned during the crisis, and the Peronist governors opted to negotiate on their own with the farmers, ignoring her approach. Her public image plummeted to its lowest level since the election in October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/25/argentina|title= Argentina turns against new president as strike worsens|author= Oliver Balch|date= 25 May 2008|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 23 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062034/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/25/argentina|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
On 17 October 2009, Fernández de Kirchner proposed the compulsory submission of ] samples in cases related to ], in a move lauded by the ], but excoriated by opposition figures as a political move against ] Chairperson ], who is in litigation over her suspected adoption of two children of the "]", and whose hitherto cordial relations with ] had recently soured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/091019/pinter-448877/mundo/polemica-por-ley-de-adn-en-argentina|title='&#39;El País'&#39; {{es icon}}|publisher=Elpais.com.uy|date=2009-10-19|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> Similar motives are alleged by the opposition against the president's Media Law, which would restrict the number of media licences per proprietor and allocate a greater share of these to state and NGOs, thereby limiting the influence of ''Clarín'' and the conservative '']''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Valeria Perasso BBC Mundo, Buenos Aires|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2009/09/090917_0506_argentina_aprueban_ley_medios_irm.shtml|title=BBC News en Español|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
After four months of conflict and having the majority in both houses of the ], the president introduced the new taxation bill. However, many legislators gave priority to the local agendas of their provinces as their economies depended heavily on agriculture. Many FPV legislators, such as ], opposed the bill. Marín argued: "For us, agriculture is the economy".<ref name="block">{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/americas/18argentina.html|title= Argentina Blocks Farm Export Tax|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo|date= 18 July 2008|work= The New York Times|access-date= 23 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031324/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/americas/18argentina.html?_r=0|archive-date= 19 February 2018|df= dmy-all}}</ref> There were two demonstrations the day of the vote: one against the bill, attended by 235,000 people, and the other in support of the bill, attended by 100,000 people.<ref name="block"/> Farmers had announced that they would continue their demonstrations if the bill was approved without amendments.<ref name="battle"/> Senator ] from Santiago del Estero cast the vote that resulted in a 36–36 tie. In the case of a tie, the vice president, who also serves as president of the Senate but without the right to vote, is required to cast the tie-breaking vote. Julio Cobos voted against the bill, which was then rejected, saying that: "My vote is not in favor, my vote is against".<ref name="block"/> Despite the chilly relations between Cobos and Cristina Kirchner since that event, he completed his term as vice president.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-argentina-fernandez-idUKTRE7B90FV20111210|title= Argentine leader vows to fine-tune model in second term|author= Rosalba O'Brien|date= 10 December 2011|work= Reuters|access-date= 26 September 2016|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062325/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-argentina-fernandez-idUKTRE7B90FV20111210|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


=== Other protests ===
The president's proposed enactment of mandatory primary elections for all of Argentina's myriad political parties, and for every elected post, was likewise rejected by opposition figures, who charged that these reforms could stymy minor parties and the formation of new ones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/10/28/um/m-02028876.htm|title=Los principales puntos (28 October 2009) {{es icon}}|publisher=Clarin.com|date=2009-10-28|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/10/28/um/m-02028917.htm|title='&#39;Clarín'&#39;: Fuerte rechazo de la oposición {{es icon}}&#125;|publisher=Clarin.com|date=2009-10-28|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
]'' against Fernández de Kirchner]]
Fernández de Kirchner was reelected in 2011. The Constitution of Argentina allows only one reelection. Many of her supporters proposed an amendment to the Constitution to allow indefinite reelections. She did not publicly support the proposal but did not discourage or reject it either. The proposal was not taken to the Congress, as the FPV still lacked the required ] to approve an amendment bill. It was rejected by many sectors of society. The first big demonstration (a '']'') took place in ]. It was not called by specific politicians or social leaders, but by the public using ]s. The massive turnout was completely unexpected by both the government and the opposition.<ref name="Thousands"/> People also protested the ], the ], rising crime rates, and the tight ]. She dismissed the demonstration and said that she would continue working as before.<ref name="Thousands">{{cite web|url= http://en.mercopress.com/2012/09/14/thousands-across-argentina-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-against-re-re-election|title= Thousands across Argentina take to the streets to protest against re-re-election|date= 14 September 2012|publisher= Merco Press|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161001172954/http://en.mercopress.com/2012/09/14/thousands-across-argentina-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-against-re-re-election|archive-date= 1 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Most of the Fernández de Kirchner loyalists, however, preferred simply to ignore the protest.<ref name="protests">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/09/argentinians-protest-corruption-crime|title= Argentinians protest against their government, corruption and crime|date= 9 November 2012|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062243/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/09/argentinians-protest-corruption-crime|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


A larger demonstration, the ], took place two months later. It was attended by nearly half a million people.<ref name="million">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/09/argentiana-protests-rally-fernandez-kirchner|title= Argentina protests: up to half a million rally against Fernández de Kirchner|author= Uki Goñi|date= 9 November 2012|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160916113102/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/09/argentiana-protests-rally-fernandez-kirchner|archive-date= 16 September 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> They protested a variety of issues such as those of the previous demonstration, as well as the growing rate of inflation and the corruption scandals. She promised to keep her policies unchanged, and Senator ] dismissed the significance of the demonstrations.<ref name="million" /> Journalist ] explained the polarization was because the government and its supporters thought they were engaged in a revolution, and this justified being against freedom of the press and other public rights. Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina said the demonstrators belonged to a class that was against social justice and compared the demonstrations to a ].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/06/fernandez-de-kirchner-reforms-protest|title= Fernández de Kirchner reforms spark Argentina protests|author= Uki Goñi|date= 6 September 2012|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062306/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/06/fernandez-de-kirchner-reforms-protest|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> A similar view was held by Fernández de Kirchner's loyalists.<ref name="protests"/>
Following charges of embezzlement filed by a local attorney, Enrique Piragini, on 29 October, Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide ordered an accounting expert to investigate the origin of the Kirchners' wealth. Public records show that since their arrival to power in 2003, the declared assets of the Kirchners increased by 572%. A preliminary report on the investigation by the Argentine Anti Corruption Office (OA) established that the official figures provided by the Kirchners "don't stack up".<ref>{{cite web|title=Avanza la causa por la fortuna de los Kirchner|publisher=La Nación|date=9 November 2009|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1197064}}</ref> The investigation was suspended by Judge Oyarbide on 30 December, though a week later, Piragini appealed the ruling.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/01/06/elpais/p-02114196.htm|title=Intentan reabrir la investigación {{es icon}}|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


Buenos Aires and ] suffered ] in April, resulting in more than 70 deaths. Mayor ] pointed out that the national government had prevented the city from taking out international loans, which would have been used for infrastructure improvements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/world/americas/record-flooding-kills-dozens-in-Argentina.html|title=Dozens of Argentines Die in Flash Flooding|first=Jonathan|last=Gilbert|date=3 April 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=12 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409035611/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/world/americas/record-flooding-kills-dozens-in-Argentina.html|archive-date=9 April 2013}}</ref> A week later, Fernández de Kirchner announced a proposed amendment of the Argentine judiciary. Three bills were controversial: the first proposed to limit ]s against the state; the second would include people selected in national elections on the body that appoints or removes judges; the third would create a new court that would limit the number of cases heard by the Supreme Court. The opposition considered the bills an attempt to control the judiciary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323335404578443054019637698|title=Kirchner Targets Argentina's Judiciary|author=Mary Anastasia O'Grady|date=28 April 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=8 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223190941/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323335404578443054019637698|archive-date=23 February 2015}}</ref> The 2013 season of the investigative journalism program '']'' revealed an ongoing case of political corruption involving Néstor Kirchner, called "]", which generated a huge political controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2013/05/15/allegations-of-a-network-of-corruption-money-involves-former-president-kirchner|title=Allegations of a network of corruption money involves former president Kirchner|date=15 May 2013|work=Merco Press|access-date=27 March 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072817/http://en.mercopress.com/2013/05/15/allegations-of-a-network-of-corruption-money-involves-former-president-kirchner|archive-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> This led to a new ''cacerolazo'' on 18 April, known as the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323309604578431354119119498|title=Thousands March in Argentina to Protest Kirchner's Judicial Plan|author1=Taos Turner|author2=Ken Parks|date=18 April 2013|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=1 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223184427/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323309604578431354119119498|archive-date=23 February 2015}}</ref>
On 29 October 2009 she launched a universal child benefit plan ({{lang-es|link=no|Asignación Universal por Hijo}}) as a way to fight poverty with the goal to reach approximately five million children and youths. Since its creation, the program has been lauded for having boosted school attendance rates and reduced poverty among families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argentinaindependent.com/socialissues/development/asignacion-universal-por-hijo-one-year-later-|title=Asignación Universal por Hijo, One Year Later &#124; The Argentina Independent|publisher=Argentinaindependent.com|date=2010-10-12|accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref>


Prosecutor ], who worked on the investigation of the 1994 Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association) ], accused Fernández de Kirchner of engaging in a criminal, cover-up conspiracy to cover up the attack. He was found dead in his home the day before he was to explain his denunciation in Congress. Argentine law enforcement concluded that Nisman's death was a homicide.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/argentina-probe-prosecutor-nisman-murdered-50955595 | title=New Argentina probe says prosecutor Nisman was murdered | agency=Associated Press | date=6 November 2017 | publisher=ABC | access-date=5 February 2018 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107035232/https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/argentina-probe-prosecutor-nisman-murdered-50955595 | archive-date=7 November 2017 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The unsolved case was highly controversial. The 18F demonstration took place a month after his death. It was organized as a silent demonstration, as an homage to Alberto Nisman, and was devoid of political flags or banners. The rule was followed, with occasional exceptions, by waves of spontaneous clapping or people singing the Argentine national anthem. The city police estimated that the demonstration was attended by 400,000 people.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/18/buenos-aires-march-alberto-nisman-president-kirchner|title= Buenos Aires marches to honour deceased prosecutor Alberto Nisman|author= Uki Goñi|date= 18 February 2015|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 19 February 2015|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150218215441/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/18/buenos-aires-march-alberto-nisman-president-kirchner|archive-date= 18 February 2015|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
===2010===
] in the ].]]
] in Algiers]]
The year began with controversy surrounding the president's order that a US$6.7 billion escrow account be opened at the ] for the purpose of retiring high-interest bonds, whose principal is tied to inflation. The move met with the opposition of Central Bank President ], who refused to implement it, and following an impasse, he was dismissed by presidential decree on 7 January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/01/07/um/m-02115418.htm|title='&#39;Clarín'&#39; (7 January 2010) {{es}}&#125;|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


=== Allegations of corruption ===
Redrado refused to abide by the initial decree removing him from the presidency of the Central Bank, however, and petitioned for a judicial power to keep him in office. Accordingly, the president enacted another decree for his dismissal, citing "mis-conduct" on Redrado's part. The legitimacy of this new decree was questioned as well, as his dismissal would deny Redrado ]. Congress was in recess period at the time, but most of its opposition members considered returning to override the decrees through an extraordinary session.<ref name=nacion10>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1219375&pid=8049798&toi=6255|title='&#39;La Nación'&#39; (7 January 2010) {{es}}&#125;|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> The session became a source of controversy as well: Kirchner considered that, according to the 63rd article of the Constitution, only the President may call for an extraordinary session while the Congress is in recess. Cobos replied instead that all regulations concerning decrees require the immediate advise and consent of Congress, that the body's by-laws (56 and 57) allow extraordinary sessions called by any member, and that the commission formed for that purpose functions all at all times, even during recess.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/01/11/elpais/p-02117474.htm|title=Autoconvocatoria legislativa {{es}}|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
] hotel was the starting point for ] investigation]]
Several high-profile cases took place during the Fernández de Kirchner administration. The first involved the ] of Venezuelan-American businessman Antonini Wilson in an airport after being found with a suitcase filled with $800,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9803E3D6163DF937A35752C1A96E9C8B63.html|title=Venezuelan Convicted in U.S. Spy Trial Over Suitcase That Rattled South America|last1=Barrionuevo|first1=Alexei|date=4 November 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 February 2018|last2=Aires|first2=CARMEN GENTILE; Alexei Barrionuevo reported from Buenos|issn=0362-4331|last3=Miami|first3=Carmen Gentile from|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142605/https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9803E3D6163DF937A35752C1A96E9C8B63.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This money was illegally provided by Petróleos de Venezuela, the state oil company, to be used for her 2007 general election campaign. Details of the case were explained by businessman Carlos Kauffmann and lawyer Moisés Maiónica, who pleaded guilty.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/world/americas/09suitcase.html|title= Venezuelan Given 15 Months in Suitcase of Cash Scandal|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo|date= 8 December 2008|work= The New York Times|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062136/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/world/americas/09suitcase.html?_r=0|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The FPV financing of the 2007 elections caused another scandal years later. Three pharmaceutical businessmen, Sebastián Forza, Damián Ferrón, and Leopoldo Bina, were found dead in 2008, a case known as the ]. Further investigation of Forza, who contributed $200,000 to the campaign, identified him as a provider of ] to the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://miamiherald.relaymedia.com/amp/news/nation-world/world/americas/article1989599.html|title= Argentine drug probe zeroes in on Presidential Palace|author= Joel Keep|date= 5 September 2014|newspaper= The Miami Herald|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002164059/https://miamiherald.relaymedia.com/amp/news/nation-world/world/americas/article1989599.html|archive-date= 2 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In 2015, Martín Lanatta and José Luis Salerno, convicted for the killings, claimed that Aníbal Fernández was the boss of a mafia ring that ordered those killings to secure the illegal traffic of ephedrine.<ref name="murder"/> Fernández denied the charges, maintaining that it was a set up to undermine his chances in the 2015 general election.<ref name="murder">{{cite web|url= https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/argentina-primary-election-anibal-fernandez-murder-drug-allegations|title= Murder and drug trafficking allegations cast pall over Argentina primary election|author= Uki Goñi|date= 7 August 2015|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160725210208/https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/argentina-primary-election-anibal-fernandez-murder-drug-allegations|archive-date= 25 July 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> General ] grew in Argentina during Kirchnerism, and saw Mexican and Colombian syndicates working with Peruvian and Bolivian smugglers. Conviction rates for money laundering were almost nonexistent. Mariano Federici, head of the Financial Information Unit, said that the "magnitude of the threat is very serious, and this would never have been possible without collaboration from government officials in this country".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.ft.com/content/53a7083a-c133-11e5-846f-79b0e3d20eaf|title= Mauricio Macri steps up fight against Argentina drug traffickers|author= Benedict Mander|date= 25 January 2016|newspaper= Financial Times|access-date= 27 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002181455/https://www.ft.com/content/53a7083a-c133-11e5-846f-79b0e3d20eaf|archive-date= 2 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


Amado Boudou, who served as minister of economy during Fernández de Kirchner's first term and vice president during the second, was suspected of ] in 2012 case.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/11947023/Argentina-elections-Highs-and-lows-of-12-years-of-the-Kirchners.html|title=Argentina elections: Highs and lows of 12 years of the Kirchners|journal=The Daily Telegraph|last=Alexander|first=Harriet|date=10 December 2015|access-date=28 February 2018|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011090738/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/11947023/Argentina-elections-Highs-and-lows-of-12-years-of-the-Kirchners.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Ciccone Calcografica printing company filed for bankruptcy in 2010, but this request was cancelled when businessman Alejandro Vandenbroele bought it. The company received tax breaks to pay its debts, and was selected to print banknotes of the ]. It is suspected that Vandenbroele is actually a frontman for Boudou, and that he employed his clout as minister of economy to benefit a company that actually belonged to him.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28069089|title= Argentine Vice-President Boudou charged in corruption case|date= 28 June 2014|publisher= BBC|access-date= 29 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160824043537/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28069089|archive-date= 24 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
The planned use of ]s through a ] was itself questioned by several opposition figures, who argued that such a decree may not meet a threshold of "necessity" and "urgency" required by the ] for its enactment.<ref name=nacion10/> Judge ] handed down a ruling preventing said use of reserves, and the Government reacted by appealing the ruling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1219741|title=La Casa Rosada confirma que apelará el fallo que frena el uso de reservas {{es}}|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> President Kirchner defended the policy as a cost saving maneuver, whereby ]s paying out 15 percent interest would be retired from the market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/01/08/um/m-02115979.htm|title=Cristina volvió a defender el uso de las reservas {{es}}|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> The move, however, also provided numerous ]s (]s from the 2005 debt restructuring who had resorted to the courts in a bid for higher returns on their defaulted bonds) a legal argument against the central bank's autarky {{Citation}}, thus facilitating a judgment lien on 12 January against a central bank account in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/01/12/um/m-02118566.htm|title=Embargaron fondos del Central en EEUU. {{es}}|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


In 2013, the TV program '']'' launched an investigation in purported political corruption. They named their investigation "]", to imply that former president ] and then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were involved. Businessman ] said in a television interview that he helped businessman ] to divert money from public works, and take it to a financial firm located in the ] luxury hotel. This firm, informally known as "La Rosadita", would have sent the money abroad to tax havens, using shell companies. Given the amounts of money involved, the money was weighed instead of counted to determine the value. Federico Elaskar, owner of the firm, confirmed Fariña's claims in another televised interview. Both of them retracted their statements after the program was aired, but prosecutor ] confirmed their links with Báez. Báez denied any wrongdoing. Campagnoli was suspended as a prosecutor, accused of leaking information, and abusing his authority.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-argentina-mix-of-money-and-politics-stirs-intrigue-around-kirchner-1406601002|title= In Argentina, Mix of Money and Politics Stirs Intrigue Around Kirchner|author= Taos Turner|date= 28 July 2014|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 28 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161022205024/http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-argentina-mix-of-money-and-politics-stirs-intrigue-around-kirchner-1406601002|archive-date= 22 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Báez is also linked with the Kirchners to the ], a suspected case of money laundering. According to a criminal complaint by opposition deputy ], his company Valle Mitre S.A. has rented 1,100 rooms per month, for years, at the Hotesur and Alto Calafate hotels, but without occupying them. These hotels, located in the city of ], belong to the Kirchners.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/argentine-probe-sparks-dispute-between-government-judiciary-1417130837|title= Argentine Probe Sparks Dispute Between Government, Judiciary|author= Taos Turner|date= 27 November 2014|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 28 September 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160818190648/http://www.wsj.com/articles/argentine-probe-sparks-dispute-between-government-judiciary-1417130837|archive-date= 18 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> An official investigation into the events related by the "route of the K-Money" case was launched in 2013. In June 2023, the judicial case looking into possible wrongdoing by Fernández de Kirchner was dismissed after the prosecution failed to produce evidence that she had been involved with any embezzled funds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suspenden proceso contra Cristina Kirchner, acusada de lavado de dinero en Argentina |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/suspenden-proceso-contra-cristina-kirchner-acusada-de-lavado-de-dinero-en-argentina/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=El Universal |language=es |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607043904/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/suspenden-proceso-contra-cristina-kirchner-acusada-de-lavado-de-dinero-en-argentina/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Página{{!}}12 |date=2023-06-05 |title=Cristina Kirchner fue sobreseída en la causa de la "ruta del dinero" {{!}} Un freno al lawfare |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/555497-cristina-kirchner-fue-sobreseida-en-la-causa-de-la-ruta-del- |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=PAGINA12 |language=es |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607043904/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/555497-cristina-kirchner-fue-sobreseida-en-la-causa-de-la-ruta-del- |url-status=live }}</ref>
Judge Sarmiento also annulled the decree that removed Redrado and reinstated him as President of the Central Bank the following day. The ruling refuted claims of misconduct cited by President Cristina Kirchner to justify his removal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1219722|title=Redrado volvió al Banco Central {{es}}|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> International media described the attempted removal of Redrado as authoritarian, while criticizing the planned use of reserves for debt retirement, as well as accelerating spending growth, as fiscally irresponsible. Opposition Congresswoman ], a candidate in the 2011 presidential campaign, has raised the possibility of ] procedures against Christina Kirchner.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2010/01/09/l-argentine-plonge-dans-une-crise-institutionnelle_1289587_3222.html|title=L'Argentine plonge dans une crise institutionnelle {{fr}}|work=Le Monde|language=French|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> At the start of February 2010, one of Fernández de Kirchner's private asessors resigned his post due to the claims of "illicit gain". Just two weeks afterwards, another of her private asessors, Julio Daniel Álvarez, resigned for the same reason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/america/2010/02/16/argentina/1266342290.html|title=Dimite otro secretario de Cristina Kirchner investigado por corrupción en Argentina|publisher=elmundo.es|date=2010-02-16|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


=== Human rights policy ===
On 22 February 2010, British oil explorer ], started drilling exploration wells some {{convert|60|mi|km}} north of the disputed Falkland/Malvinas Islands, despite strong opposition from Argentina which took the issue to the Latin America and Caribbean Presidents summit where it received unanimous support.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8531052.stm|title=Summit backs Argentine claim to Falkland Islands|publisher=BBC News|date=2010-02-24|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> According to geological surveys carried out in 1998, there could be {{convert|60|Goilbbl}} of oil in the area around the islands but the 2010 drill carried out poor results.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/news/oil-exploration-off-falklands-turns-up-poor-quality-crude-news-international-kd4okhegihg.html|title=Oil exploration off Falklands turns up poor quality crude|publisher=Sify.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> As a result Desire's share price plummeted and the company announced further work could begin later this year (2010).<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.thefuelcardpeople.co.uk/fuelnews/19733230/Business%20fuel%20card/Fuel%20card%20news:%20Falklands%20set%20for%20further%20oil%20drilling|title=Fuel card news: Falklands set for further oil drilling|publisher=Thefuelcardpeople.co.uk|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
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The Fernández de Kirchner presidency continued the trials of military personnel involved in the ] started by her husband.<ref name="Profile: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner" /> There have been more than 500 people sentenced, and 1,000 convicted, in a process that was unprecedented in Latin America.<ref name="highlow">{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/11947023/Argentina-elections-Highs-and-lows-of-12-years-of-the-Kirchners.html|title= Argentina elections: Highs and lows of 12 years of the Kirchners|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|date= 10 December 2015|newspaper= The Telegraph|access-date= 6 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161011090738/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/11947023/Argentina-elections-Highs-and-lows-of-12-years-of-the-Kirchners.html|archive-date= 11 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> De facto president ], who was convicted and given a life sentence in 1985 and pardoned years later, received a new life sentence in 2010. General ], who waged war against the leftist guerrillas in the northern Argentine provinces, received a life sentence as well.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/23/argentina-dictator-jorge-videla-life|title= Argentina's former dictator Jorge Videla given life sentence|date= 23 December 2010|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 11 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161012083408/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/23/argentina-dictator-jorge-videla-life|archive-date= 12 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


Another related investigation involved the fate of the children of captured pregnant guerrillas, who were given up for adoption by the military junta. An estimated 500 children were involved.<ref name="dna">{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/30/argentina-dna-tests-babies-disappeared|title= Argentina's authorities order DNA tests in search for stolen babies of dirty war|first=Rory|last=Carroll|date= 30 December 2009|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 6 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161010172043/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/30/argentina-dna-tests-babies-disappeared|archive-date= 10 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The investigation became controversial during the Fernández de Kirchner administration, as those involved had become adults and some of them refused to participate in ]. One of those cases was the ], involving the adopted sons of ], owner of the ''Clarín'' newspaper. The Kirchners advanced a bill in Congress to make the genetic testing of suspected victims mandatory. Although the measure had popular support, critics considered it a breach of the ], and politically motivated because of a dispute between her and the ''Clarín'' newspaper.<ref name="dna" /> The Noble siblings tests in 2011 were negative,<ref name="highlow" /> and the case was closed in January 2016, after Fernández de Kirchner left the presidency.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1859283-la-jueza-sandra-arroyo-salgado-sobreseyo-a-ernestina-herrera-de-noble-en-la-causa-por-apropiacion-de-ninos-durante-la-dictadura|title= La jueza Sandra Arroyo Salgado sobreseyó a Ernestina Herrera de Noble en la causa por apropiación de niños durante la dictadura|trans-title= Judge Arroyo Salgado declared Ernestina Herrera de Noble innocent in the case of baby theft during the dictatorship|language= es|author= Hernán Cappiello|date= 4 January 2016|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 6 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062309/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1859283-la-jueza-sandra-arroyo-salgado-sobreseyo-a-ernestina-herrera-de-noble-en-la-causa-por-apropiacion-de-ninos-durante-la-dictadura|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Hilario Bacca, a confirmed son of disappeared guerrillas, appealed a judicial ruling that sought to change his name, asking to keep the name he had been using.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/23/child-argentina-disappeared-adoptive-name|title= Child of Argentina's 'disappeared' fights for right to keep adoptive name|author= Uki Goni|date= 23 September 2011|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 11 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161012000641/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/23/child-argentina-disappeared-adoptive-name|archive-date= 12 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
In March 2010, Fernández de Kirchner made an historic amends trip to ], a country with whom relations had been adversely affected following the ] administration's illegal sale of weapons to ] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|author=&ldquo;&rdquo;|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FahZBMZqlCo|title=Cristina condecorated in Peru|work=Youtube|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> In the same month Fernández received a visit of US Secretary of State ] in Buenos Aires, where she received great support for the way her administration was managing its foreign debt <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/03/137539.htm|title=Argentina's debt-to-GDP ratio is a lower percentage now than the United States debt-to-GDP ratio. So however Argentina is doing, it's working|publisher=State.gov|date=2010-03-01|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> and emphasized the positive relationship between the two countries<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/03/137539.htm|title=Where we agree is so much greater than where we disagree|publisher=State.gov|date=2010-03-01|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> something which was not reported by local major news media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSqw-QKAwQ|title=Carlos Escude about Cristina's Foreign Policy|work=Youtube|date=2010-04-16|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


=== Relationship with the media ===
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{{see also|Relation of Kirchnerism with the press}}
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] broadcasting was nationalized on the program '']'' and then filled with pro-government advertisements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303382004579131063662086126|title=Kirchner Moves Against Argentina's Free Press|author=Mary Anastasia O'Grady|date=13 October 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=1 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226160125/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303382004579131063662086126|archive-date=26 December 2015}}&nbsp;{{subscription required}}</ref> On the other hand, the country's largest selling newspaper '']'', published by the ], is not aligned with the government.<ref name=gen>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/10/press-freedom-argentina|title=Global editors group raises alarm over Argentina press freedom threat|first=Roy|last=Greenslade|date=10 October 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=1 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903154307/http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/10/press-freedom-argentina|archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref>


The Fernández de Kirchner government launched an illegal campaign against Clarín Group, which included over 450 legal and administrative acts of harassment, as reported by the ]. One of those actions was a selective use of state advertising, to benefit the media aligned with the government.<ref name=gen/> The government tried to enforce a controversial media law that would see Clarín Group lose licenses and be forced to sell most of its assets. The law was initially sanctioned as a ] for the media, but critics pointed out that it was only being used to further the campaign against Clarín Group.<ref name=gen/> The government had little interest in enforcing measures of the law that were not related to Clarín Group.<ref name=stumbles>{{cite news|url=http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/kirchner-on-the-offensive-against-media-giant/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=Kirchner Stumbles Again|first=Daniel|last=Politi|date=14 December 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=1 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175214/http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/kirchner-on-the-offensive-against-media-giant/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> Clarín Group launched a constitutional challenge against some articles of the law with the judiciary. The government released an anti-Clarín advertisement claiming it refused to obey the law and may be subverting democracy.<ref name=ipi/> The conflict led to disputes with the judiciary. Minister Julio Alak said that extending an injunction that allowed Clarín Group to keep its assets during the trial would be an insurrection, and it was rumored that judges who did not rule as the government wished might face impeachment. The court extended the injunction.<ref name=stumbles/>
In April 2010, Chile's new president ] was received in Buenos Aires on his first foreign tour abroad and reaffirmed the current strong ties between the two countries, after which Cristina Fernández attended the ] in Washington D.C., after which President ] thanked Argentina for its role in international stabilization and ] in Haiti.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obamas-bilateral-meeting-with-president-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-ar|title=President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina|publisher=Whitehouse.gov|date=2010-04-13|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> Back in Buenos Aires, she received the President of Russia ] the first such visit in Argentina's history. Two days later, the Prime Minister of Vietnam ] arrived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infobae.com/politica/511524-0-0-La-Presidente-firmo-acuerdo-energetico-primer-ministro-Vietnam|title=La Presidente firmó acuerdo energético con primer ministro de Vietnam|publisher=Infobae.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


She claims that ] does not exist, and that all journalists act on behalf of certain interests.<ref name=ipi>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemedia.at/home/singleview/article/ipi-condemns-argentine-governments-attacks-on-grupo-clarin.html|title=IPI condemns Argentine government's attacks on Grupo Clarín|first= Scott|last= Griffen|date=27 September 2012|publisher=International Press Institute|access-date=1 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310081610/http://www.freemedia.at/home/singleview/article/ipi-condemns-argentine-governments-attacks-on-grupo-clarin.html|archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> She also justified the lack of ]s, arguing that it is not important for her administration.<ref name=ipi/>
On 19 April, she was invited to the bicentennary of the independence celebrations in Venezuela, where she was the main speaker in front of the National Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2010/abril/mar20/Venezuela.html|title=Venezuela commemorates bicentenary of the independence struggle with patriotic event|publisher=granma.cu|date=1961-04-19|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> She signed 25 trade agreements with Venezuela relating to food, technology and energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poder360.com/dailynews_detail.php?blurbid=6939|title=Poder 360°: Venezuela and Argentina Deepen Trade Relations|publisher=Poder360.com|date=2010-04-20|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


Anthony Mills, deputy director of the ], compared the harassment against the press in Argentina with cases in Venezuela and Ecuador. He considered it unfortunate that the president disparaged journalism, and pointed that the ] may be declining in Argentina.<ref name=ipi/>
In May 2010, the President traveled to Spain for the ]-] summit, where she was asked to compare the ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://momento24.com/en/2010/05/20/cristina-returned-to-the-country-and-the-government-calls-the-trip-to-spain-as-highly-positive|title=Cristina returned to the country and the government calls the trip to Spain as "highly positive"|publisher=Momento 24|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> Back in Buenos Aires, during the ] celebrations, Cristina Fernández did not participate in the ] of 5,000 troops (which included delegations of Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, etc.) on the ], which was considered a gest of contempt towards the ].<ref>{{dead link|date=November 2010}}</ref>


=== Midterm elections ===
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The ] took place a year after the crisis with the farmers. The Kirchners were highly unpopular at the time, and people rejected their policies and governing style. The growing rates of inflation and crime also eroded their public support. Seeking to reverse their declining popularity, Néstor Kirchner led the list for deputy candidates at the Buenos Aires province. He was narrowly defeated by ], who led a Peronist faction opposed to the Kirchners. The Kirchners lost the majority of Congress as a result of the election.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/29/argentina-cristina-nestor-kirchner|title= Argentina's Kirchners lose political ground in mid-term elections|first=Rory|last=Carroll|date= 30 June 2009|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 12 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160817064852/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/29/argentina-cristina-nestor-kirchner|archive-date= 17 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


The Front for Victory recovered the majority in both chambers of the Congress during the 2011 presidential elections, when she was re-elected for a second term. The party had projects to amend the constitution and allow indefinite reelections, but lacked the supermajority required for it. A victory at the ] would have given such majority, but the party was defeated in most provinces. ], a former cabinet minister of the Kirchners, won in the Buenos Aires Province by nearly 10 points with his new party, the ]. Argentina lacked a big opposition party since the collapse of the ] in 2001. Instead, Massa created an alternative party that also stood for Peronism.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324328204578576053901784268|title=Argentine President Stumps for Congressional Candidates|first=Ben|last=Parks|date=29 June 2013|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=19 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225142014/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324328204578576053901784268|archive-date=25 December 2015}}</ref> However, the party still retained a simple majority in Congress. This election was the first one where teenagers from 16 to 18 could vote. President Fernández de Kirchner, who had undergone brain surgery some weeks before, was hospitalized during the election and unable to join the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/27/kirchner-loser-in-argentina-elections|title= Cristina Fernández's party loses ground to former ally in Argentina's election|author= Jonathan Watts and Uki Goñi|date= 27 October 2013|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 12 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161013001444/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/27/kirchner-loser-in-argentina-elections|archive-date= 13 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-12284208|title=Profile: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner|date=8 October 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426231017/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-12284208|url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2010, her administration completed the debt swap (which was started by former president ] in 2005) clearing 92% of the bad debt left from its ] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10398999.stm|title=Argentina achieves new debt swap|publisher=BBC News|date=2010-06-24|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>Argentina's external debt now represents 30% of the country's GDP,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elargentino.com/nota-96104-El-nivel-de-deuda-alcanza-el-30-del-PBI.html|title=ElArgentino.com|publisher=ElArgentino.com|date=
24 June 2010|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> whilst the Central Bank foreign reserves reached $49 billion {USD},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infobae.com/econom%C3%ADa/517522-100895-0-Las-reservas-del-Banco-Central-superaron-u$s49.000-millones|title=Las reservas del BCRA superaron u$s49.000 millones|publisher=Infobae.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> more than the amount that was available when the decision to pay foreign debt earlier in the year was taken. Also in June 2010, she gave a speech at the ] (CSI) Global Summit, being held in ], Canada, where she asserted that "many Euro-zone countries today have applied the same policies that led Argentina to disaster (in 2001)", stating "it's an inescapable responsibility of the government to intervene in the financial system". {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


===Foreign policy===
Later, she traveled to Toronto to attend the ] and spoke against the EU fiscal austerity plans fearing this would lead to a slow down in the global economy. French President ] responded by saying that the Latin American representatives who reject the Eurozone adjustments do not know the "harrassment" to the Euro, to which Cristina Fernández responded that he shouldn't "question somebody" just because he doesn't "agree" with what they say and also clarified that Argentina is interested in the euro because parts of its reserves are held in euros and that she's "sure that Sarkozy does not have even one cent in Argentine pesos in his Central Bank". Later, while addressing the press, she added, "In Latin America we can give cathedra {{Clarify|date=December 2011}} about harassment and seizure."<ref>{{cite web|author=Nombre|url=http://www.minutouno.com.ar/minutouno/nota/131392-Duro-cruce-entre-Cristina-y-Sarkozy-en-el-G-20|title=Duro cruce entre Cristina y Sarkozy en el G-20|publisher=Minutouno.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> She also had ] new ] ].
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In July 2010, she traveled to the ] with the goal of strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries<ref>{{cite web|author=09:08|url=http://www.clarin.com/politica/gobierno/Cristina_Kichner-viaje_a_China-acuerdos_comerciales_0_296370602.html|title=Cristina llegó a China para cerrar varios acuerdos comerciales|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> On her return, she signed a bill legalizing ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/39943/cfk-enacts-samesex-marriage-law-says-we-live-in-a-more-equal-society|title=CFK enacts same-sex marriage law, says 'we live in a more equal society'|publisher=Buenosairesherald.com|date=21 July 2010|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=andre|url=http://momento24.com/en/2010/07/21/cristina-formalized-the-gay-marriage-law/|title=Cristina formalized the gay marriage law|publisher=Momento24.com|date=22 July 2010|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref>
Fernández de Kirchner was part of the "]", a group of populist, left-wing presidents who ruled several Latin American countries in the 2000s. This group included, among others, ] and Cristina Kirchner in Argentina, ] and ] in Venezuela, ] and ] in Brazil, ] in Bolivia and ] in Ecuador.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35060390|title= Latin America: The 'pink tide' turns|author= Nick Caistor|date= 11 December 2015|publisher= BBC|access-date= 13 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160827005800/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35060390|archive-date= 27 August 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She has been an unconditional supporter of Chávez and Maduro. As Paraguay rejected the incorporation of Venezuela into the ] trade bloc, she took advantage of the ] to claim that Paraguay had suffered a coup d'état and proposed to temporarily remove the country from the bloc. With the support of the other presidents, Paraguay was removed for a time, and Venezuela was incorporated into the Mercosur.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18636201|title= Mercosur suspends Paraguay over Lugo impeachment|date= 29 June 2012|publisher= BBC|access-date= 13 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161014062628/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18636201|archive-date= 14 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She maintained her support of Venezuela even during the large ] and the imprisonment of its leader, ].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-populist-pink-tide-is-ebbing-in-south-america-argentine-vote-suggests-1448326259|title= A Populist 'Pink Tide' Is Ebbing in South America, Argentine Vote Suggests|author= Juan Forero|date= 23 November 2015|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 13 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062115/http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-populist-pink-tide-is-ebbing-in-south-america-argentine-vote-suggests-1448326259|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


She had a rocky relationship with the United States. Several items from a US Air Force plane, such as drugs and GPS devices, were seized by Argentine officials, which caused a ]. US State Department spokesman ] said that they were standard tools used in ] tactics which were being taught to the Argentine police during the joint operation, and asked for the return of the seized materials.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://elpais.com/elpais/2011/02/16/inenglish/1297837242_850210.html|title= Argentina accuses US of trying to sneak in illegal drugs and arms|date= 16 February 2011|newspaper= El País|access-date= 13 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231061922/http://elpais.com/elpais/2011/02/16/inenglish/1297837242_850210.html|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all|last1= Gallego-Diaz|first1= S.}}</ref> She blamed the whole country for the 2014 default, ruled by US judge ]. She said in a '']'' ("national network") address that the US may be trying to oust her from power, or even assassinate her. She said this a few days after accusing the ] of similar assassination plans against her. The idea was rejected by opposition leader ] as a mere ].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/argentina-president-claims-us-plot|title= Argentina president claims US plotting to oust her|author= Uki Goñi|date= 1 October 2014|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 13 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161014063331/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/argentina-president-claims-us-plot|archive-date= 14 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
She reaffirmed her policy of ] in announcing to continue to pay foreign debt with Central Bank ] which reached a country historic record of $51 billion USD in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/390772/Economia/Se_continuara_pagando_deuda_con_reservas.html|title=Se continuará pagando deuda con reservas|publisher=Lagaceta.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Post a Job|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-27/argentine-record-reserves-spur-search-for-debt-buyers.html|title=pushed international reserves to a record $51 billion|work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek|date=2010-07-27|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> In August 2010, Fernández de Kirchner began her Twitter account.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/CFKArgentina/status/22203204077|title=Her Twitter first post|work=Twitter|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> She preceded the 39th ] summit at ] where the trade bloc agrees to reduce customs fees and signed a free-trade deal with ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE67201320100803|title=Mercosur bloc signs free-trade deal with Egypt|publisher=Af.reuters.com|date=2010-08-03|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
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In September 2010, it was announced that Argentina was elected president of the ]+China and prepared to act as a ‘bridge” with ] to which it also belongs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2010/09/15/argentina-elected-president-of-g77-and-prepared-to-act-as-bridge-with-g-20|title=Argentina elected president of G77 and prepared to act as ‘bridge" with G 20|publisher=En.mercopress.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> Fernández de Kirchner visited Chile during their Bicentenary celebrations where she also assisted at the baptism of a Chilean baby, Anaís Escobar Maldonado, born in the ] deployed at ] after the earthquake. The visit had a high profile in the media mainly because of the possible extradition to Chile of ]. She met with president ] and participated in the festivities at the national stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=436847|title=Sebastián Piñera y Cristina Fernández se reúnen en La Moneda por caso Apablaza|publisher=Emol.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> She also confirmed the celebration of the III bi-national cabinet meeting for next October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1306260|title=No hubo acuerdo con Chile para extraditar a Apablaza|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=430395|title=Confirman asistencia de Presidenta argentina a celebraciones por el Bicentenario|publisher=Emol.com|date=2010-08-13|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> Fernández then departed for New York to give her ] speech where she once again criticized Britain over the Falklands (Malvinas) issue, and Iran for the ] while giving her support for an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue and an eventual Palestinian state. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


The 30th anniversary of the ] was in 2012, and Fernández de Kirchner was increasingly critical of the UK, reiterating the Argentine claims in the ].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/02/falklands-argentina-attacks-britain-refusal-negotiate|title= Argentinian president attacks UK refusal to negotiate on Falklands|author= Uki Goñi|date= 2 April 2012|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019020601/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/02/falklands-argentina-attacks-britain-refusal-negotiate|archive-date= 19 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> British Prime minister ] rejected her comments.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jun/14/falklands-anniversary-david-cameron|title= Falklands anniversary: David Cameron defiant over Argentinian 'threats'|author= Hélène Mulholland|date= 14 June 2012|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019030915/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jun/14/falklands-anniversary-david-cameron|archive-date= 19 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Relations were also strained by recent oil explorations in the area, and she threatened to sue ] for it.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/11635627/New-Falklands-oil-discovery-could-stir-trouble-with-Argentina.html|title= New Falklands oil discovery could stir trouble with Argentina|author= Andrew Critchlow|date= 28 May 2015|newspaper= The Telegraph|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220858/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/11635627/New-Falklands-oil-discovery-could-stir-trouble-with-Argentina.html|archive-date= 18 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
On 30 September, she hosted the ] presidents' emergency summit at Buenos Aires due the ] and started an official visit to Germany the following day in order to participate as a Guest of Honour at the ] and meet with Chancellor ]. In October she inaugurates the III News Agencies World Congress to be held in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWwHT0gPMo4|title=III News Agencies World Congress inauguration|work=Youtube|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> This same month, and as part of the ], Fernández de Kirchnerreopened the Pilcaniyeu ] plant, put on ice in the 1990s, amid worsening shortages of natural gas. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


] in 2015]]
====Death of Nestor Kirchner====
When Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was elected as ], the initial reactions were mixed. Most of Argentine society cheered it, but the pro-government newspaper '']'' published renewed allegations about the Dirty War, and the president of the ] described a global conspiracy theory. The president took more than an hour to congratulate him, and only did so in a passing reference within a routine speech. However, due to the Pope's popularity in Argentina, Fernández de Kirchner made what the political analyst Claudio Fantini called a "]" in her relations with him and fully embraced the Francis phenomenon.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/27/christina-fernandez-de-kirchner-pope-francis|title= Cristina Fernández de Kirchner turns Pope Francis from foe to friend|author= Associated Press in Buenos Aires|date= 27 March 2013|newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 15 March 2014|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140317010556/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/27/christina-fernandez-de-kirchner-pope-francis|archive-date= 17 March 2014|df= dmy-all}}</ref> On the day before his inauguration as pope, Bergoglio, now Francis, had a private meeting with Fernández de Kirchner. They exchanged gifts and lunched together. This was the new pope's first meeting with a head of state, and there was speculation that the two were mending their relations.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.cp24.com/world/pope-s-diplomacy-put-to-test-as-leaders-flock-to-rome-1.1200040|title= Pope's diplomacy put to test as leaders flock to Rome|agency= Associated Press|date= 18 March 2013|publisher= CP24|access-date= 15 May 2015|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150620125831/http://www.cp24.com/world/pope-s-diplomacy-put-to-test-as-leaders-flock-to-rome-1.1200040|archive-date= 20 June 2015|df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0318/Making-nice-Argentina-s-Kirchner-and-Pope-Francis-meet-in-Rome-video |title=Making nice? Argentina's Kirchner and Pope Francis meet in Rome |first=Jonathan |last=Gilbert |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=26 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325221658/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0318/Making-nice-Argentina-s-Kirchner-and-Pope-Francis-meet-in-Rome-video |archive-date=25 March 2013 }}</ref> ''Página/12'' ] their controversial articles about Bergoglio, written by ], from their web page, as a result of this change.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://tn.com.ar/tnylagente/noticias/la-nota-completa-que-pagina12-intento-borrar_545658|title= La nota completa que Página/12 intento borrar|trans-title= The complete article that Página 12 attempted to delete|language= es|author= Daniel García|date= 19 November 2014|publisher= ]|access-date= 16 April 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170418084716/http://tn.com.ar/tnylagente/noticias/la-nota-completa-que-pagina12-intento-borrar_545658|archive-date= 18 April 2017|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
On the morning of 27 October 2010, Nestor Kirchner died from heart failure at the Hospital Jose Formenti in ], ]. He had required two coronary interventions earlier that year. On 7 February 2010, he developed problems with the common carotid artery and needed surgery. On 11 September, he was intervened because of coronary artery blockage and needed an angioplasty. Néstor Kirchner had a massive ] at the Casa Rosada. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


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Following the death of her husband, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner resumed activities and flew to Asia for the ]. After her return she announces that the ] agrees to debt talks without the ] intervention as proposed by Argentina since 2008. These negotiations will result in the settlement of the last portion of the sovereign debt defaulted in the ] after the successful restructuring debts of 2005 and 2009.<ref></ref> In November she also participated on the ] at ] after which will host the XX ] at ].
Argentina suffered a terrorist attack in 1994, the AMIA bombing targeting a Buenos Aires Jewish center, that killed 85 people and wounded 300. The investigation remained open for years, and prosecutor ] was appointed to the case. He accused Iran of organizing the attack, and the ] group of carrying it out. He intended to prosecute five Iranian officials, including former Iranian president ], but Argentina signed a ] with Iran for a joint investigation. Nisman accused the president of signing that memorandum for oil and trade benefits, according to hundreds of hours of wiretaps. On 19 January 2015, he was ] at his home, a day before a congressional hearing to explain his accusation, which caused a great controversy. As of 2016, both the cases of the AMIA bombing and the death of Nisman remain unresolved, and the courts declined at the time to investigate his denunciation of Fernández de Kirchner.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.timesofisrael.com/one-year-on-nisman-death-still-roils-argentinas-jews/|title= One year on, Nisman death still roils Argentina's Jews|date= 18 January 2016|newspaper= The Times of Israel|access-date= 13 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062248/http://www.timesofisrael.com/one-year-on-nisman-death-still-roils-argentinas-jews/|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


Fernández de Kirchner maintained her positions during several speeches at the ] (UNGA) during its yearly meetings of September and had a rocky relationship with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. In 2009, Fernández de Kirchner personally asked Iranian President ] to cooperate with the Argentine justice to help bring closure to the AMIA bombing. She pointed the belief of both mandataries in God and condemned Ahmadinejad's ] as well as other "Western tragedies"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vittori |first1=Gustavo J. |title=¿Con cuál Cristina me quedo? |trans-title=Which Cristina do I prefer? |url=https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/110740 |work=El Litoral |date=9 March 2015 |language=Spanish |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503141627/https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/110740 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the September 2009 UNGA, she clashed with Ahmadinejad and ordered the Argentine delegation to walk out on Ahmadinejad's speech, denouncing his rhetoric.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosales |first1=Jorge |title=El viaje presidencial / Reuniones en las Naciones Unidas. Cristina Kirchner denunció a Irán en su discurso ante la ONU |trans-title=The presidential trip / Meetings at the United Nations. Cristina Kirchner denounced Iran in her speech to the UN |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/cristina-kirchner-denuncio-a-iran-en-su-discurso-ante-la-onu-nid1178321/ |work=] |date=24 September 2009 |language=Spanish |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503132515/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/cristina-kirchner-denuncio-a-iran-en-su-discurso-ante-la-onu-nid1178321/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In return, Iran responded that Argentina's accusations were "unfounded and irresponsible" and denounced the "inept Argentine judicial system and its vulnerabiities to internal and foreign pressures."<ref>{{cite news |title=Irán responde con fuerza a Argentina por atentado contra la AMIA |trans-title=Iran responds strongly to Argentina for attack against AMIA |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/iran-responde-con-fuerza-a-argentina-por-atentado-contra-la-amia/ |work=La Tercera |date=3 October 2009 |language=Spanish |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503132515/https://www.latercera.com/noticia/iran-responde-con-fuerza-a-argentina-por-atentado-contra-la-amia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===2011===
The 2011 year was influenced by the ] that took place in October. The youth organization ] increased its influence within the government, disputing offices and candidacies with the traditional hierarchies of the ] and of the ]. Cristina Fernández chose ] as her candidate for the office of mayor of Buenos Aires. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} On 21 June 2011, she announced that she would run for a second term as president. A few days later, she announced that ] would run for the vice-presidency on her ticket. She personally chose most candidates for deputy in the Congress, favoring members of the Cámpora. She had highly publicized disagreements with Brazil, particularly regarding the trade quotas between the two countries. She also had a major dispute with the United States after seizing an American military airplane. {{Why?|date=December 2011}} {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


==Post-presidency==
On 22 September, she addressed the United Nations. She supported the ] request to be seated in the General Assembly of United Nations, blamed Iran for the ], and threatened to cancel flights from Chile to the Falkland Islands in order to advance Argentine claims of sovereignty over the Islands.<ref>, 22 September 2011</ref> The 2011 election took place in October, and she won with 54.1% of the vote.
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], mayor of Buenos Aires, was elected president in the ], defeating the Kirchnerist candidate ] in a ]. During the transition period, Macri reported that Fernández de Kirchner was creating obstacles and problems in an attempt to undermine his government. She changed the 2016 budget, increasing spending in several areas (even the broadcasting of soccer matches), despite the huge fiscal deficit. A number of Kirchnerist officials refused to resign their offices to allow Macri to appoint his own people.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/12037587/Cristina-Kirchner-creating-as-many-problems-as-possible-for-the-new-government.html|title= Cristina Kirchner 'creating as many problems as possible for the new government'|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|date= 7 December 2015|newspaper= The Telegraph|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170501061223/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/12037587/Cristina-Kirchner-creating-as-many-problems-as-possible-for-the-new-government.html|archive-date= 1 May 2017|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Even the ] became controversial, as she refused to attend it. It was the first time since the end of military rule in 1983 that the outgoing president did not hand over power to the incoming one.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/12041813/Cristina-Kirchner-refuses-to-attend-Mauricio-Macris-inauguration.html|title= Cristina Kirchner refuses to attend Mauricio Macri's inauguration|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|date= 9 December 2015|newspaper= The Telegraph|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161111111349/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/12041813/Cristina-Kirchner-refuses-to-attend-Mauricio-Macris-inauguration.html|archive-date= 11 November 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
==Cabinet==
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On 14 November 2007, the president-elect publicly announced the names of her new cabinet, which was sworn in on 10 December. Of the 12 ministers appointed, seven were already ministers in ]'s government, while the other five took office for the first time.<ref name="clarin.com"/> Three other ministries were created afterwards.


In 2016, she founded a ] under the name of ], intended to centralize her post-presidency activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/cristina-lanzo-instituto-patria-redes-sociales_0_VyZ_TIDyW.html|title=Cristina lanzó el Instituto Patria pero desde las redes sociales|work=Clarín|date=13 April 2016|access-date=7 December 2022|language=es|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207024626/https://www.clarin.com/politica/cristina-lanzo-instituto-patria-redes-sociales_0_VyZ_TIDyW.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She also wrote a book called '']'', which was published in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eltucumano.com/noticia/actualidad/255371/furor-libro-cristina-kirchner-llego-tucuman|language=es|title=El furor por el libro de Cristina Kirchner llegó a Tucumán|date=28 April 2019|accessdate=7 December 2022|work=el tucumano|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207024633/https://www.eltucumano.com/noticia/actualidad/255371/furor-libro-cristina-kirchner-llego-tucuman|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Senatorial run ===
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Both Fernández de Kirchner and her former interior minister ] wanted to run for senator for the Buenos Aires Province at the ]. Refusing to run in ], she asked for a shared ticket as a condition to run for senator. Randazzo did not accept the proposal. As both candidates enlisted to run in the general election, the FPV broke apart with the Justicialist Party of Buenos Aires Province backing Randazzo and the rest of the FPV parties backing Fernández de Kirchner; the remaining parties formed the ] (''Unidad Ciudadana'') coalition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/argentina-new-political-party-further-divides-opposition|title=Argentina: A New Political Party Further Divides the Opposition|date=15 June 2017|publisher=Stratfor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908085030/https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/argentina-new-political-party-further-divides-opposition|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|access-date=16 June 2017}}</ref> ] was the candidate of '']''.
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Fernández de Kirchner won the mandatory primary elections by a slim margin of 0,08%,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-election/macri-ally-gains-ground-in-argentina-senate-election-against-fernandez-idUSKCN1BO1NV|title=Macri ally gains ground in Argentina Senate election against Fernandez|author=Nicolás Misculin|date=13 September 2017|work=Reuters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223043614/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-election/macri-ally-gains-ground-in-argentina-senate-election-against-fernandez-idUSKCN1BO1NV|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> but lost in the general election 36% to 42%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-22/argentine-poll-shows-macri-ally-with-slim-lead-in-buenos-aires|title=Argentina's Macri Wins Big Endorsement in Midterm Elections|author=Charlie Devereux|date=22 October 2017|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102021/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-22/argentine-poll-shows-macri-ally-with-slim-lead-in-buenos-aires|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> However, she still took office according to ] election procedure where the balloting results in two of the three senate seats being claimed by the party winning the largest vote share, with the second-place finisher claiming the third senate seat.
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=== Vice presidency ===
] (left) in 2021.]]
On 27 October 2019, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ] ], making her the first former head of state to assume the Argentine vice presidency. She was the running mate of ] (no relation), who was elected ]. She resigned from the Senate on 27 November 2019 after assuming the vice presidency, and was replaced by her former foreign minister ].<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Prensa Latina |title=Argentine Congress welcomes 24 new senators this Wednesday |date=27 November 2019 |access-date=27 November 2019 |url=https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=49364&SEO=argentine-congress-welcomes-24-new-senators-this-wednesday |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729002432/https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=49364&SEO=argentine-congress-welcomes-24-new-senators-this-wednesday |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Senado de Argentina |language=es |title=NÚMERO DE EXPEDIENTE 3320/19 |date=27 November 2019 |access-date=28 November 2019 |url=http://www.senado.gov.ar/parlamentario/comisiones/verExp/3320.19/S/CO |archive-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128064703/http://www.senado.gov.ar/parlamentario/comisiones/verExp/3320.19/S/CO |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Legal charges ===
{{Update|section|date=December 2022}}

Fernández de Kirchner has faced several charges in court after leaving office in 2015. One of those concerned the sale of ] at very low prices near the end of her term. This became a problem during Macri's presidency. The operation was carried out by the Central Bank, but judge ] believes Fernández de Kirchner was the instigator. She is also being investigated for her role in "The Route of the K-Money" scandal.{{explain|date=November 2024}} About US$1 million of her assets was ] while Bonadio investigated the case. She took advantage of the hearing to organize her first political rally since leaving office.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/14/former-argentinian-president-cristina-kirchner-indicted-over-cur/|title= Former Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner indicted over currency trade that lost billions|date= 14 May 2016|newspaper= The Telegraph|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212714/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/14/former-argentinian-president-cristina-kirchner-indicted-over-cur/|archive-date= 18 October 2016|df= dmy-all|last1= Staff|first1= Our Foreign}}</ref> ], a businessman who had close ties with the Kirchners, was detained in April 2016 as it was suspected that he might flee escape.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.mercopress.com/2016/04/06/kirchnerite-businessman-arrested-faces-charges-of-money-laundering-and-fiscal-fraud|title= Kirchnerite businessman arrested; faces charges of money laundering and fiscal fraud|date= 6 April 2016|publisher= Merco Press|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161018211133/http://en.mercopress.com/2016/04/06/kirchnerite-businessman-arrested-faces-charges-of-money-laundering-and-fiscal-fraud|archive-date= 18 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> José López, an official from the ministry of public works, ] while trying to hide bags filled with millions in cash at a monastery.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36535048|title= Argentina ex-minister arrested over cash bags at monastery|date= 15 June 2016|publisher= BBC|access-date= 14 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019051447/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36535048|archive-date= 19 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In December 2016, Federal Judge ] ordered the freezing of US$633 million of Fernández de Kirchner's assets and approved charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration against her.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Argentina ex-leader Cristina Fernandez charged in corruption case |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38443546 |newspaper=BBC News |location=London |date=27 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227174827/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38443546 |archive-date=27 December 2016 }}</ref>

The case presented by Nisman was finally opened for investigation in December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/argentina-reopens-probe-of-kirchner-related-to-1994-bombing-1483053411|title= Argentina Reopens Probe of Kirchner Related to 1994 Bombing|author= Ryan Dube|date= 29 December 2016|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|access-date= 31 December 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161230224304/http://www.wsj.com/articles/argentina-reopens-probe-of-kirchner-related-to-1994-bombing-1483053411|archive-date= 30 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In December 2017, Judge Bonadio indicted her and charged her with ]. However, as a sitting senator, she enjoyed ] from prosecution.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/argentine-ex-president-cristina-fernandez-charged-with-treason/2017/12/07/e3e326e0-db80-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html|title= Argentine ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner charged with treason|author= Max Radwin and Anthony Faiola|date= 7 December 2017|newspaper= The Washington Post|access-date= 22 December 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171229044409/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/argentine-ex-president-cristina-fernandez-charged-with-treason/2017/12/07/e3e326e0-db80-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html|archive-date= 29 December 2017|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In March 2018, Fernández de Kirchner was indicted for obstructing investigation into the ], which killed 85 people, with her allegedly making a deal with the ] to stop investigating Iranian officials who may have been involved in the attack in exchange for better prices on Iranian oil and other products.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/argentina-leader-trial-alleged-cover-bombing-53537541|title=Argentina ex-leader on trial for alleged cover-up in bombing|work=]|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307214329/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/argentina-leader-trial-alleged-cover-bombing-53537541|archive-date=7 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> She can still face trial despite her immunity, while legislators also have the choice to strip her of immunity.<ref name=":1" />{{needs update|?=yes|date=November 2024}} ] claims, based mainly on reports and testimonies made by former secretary-general of ] ], that these charges have no grounds.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-19|title=Argentina: Far-Fetched 'Treason' Charges Against Ex-Officials|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/12/19/argentina-far-fetched-treason-charges-against-ex-officials|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030023/https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/12/19/argentina-far-fetched-treason-charges-against-ex-officials|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kollmann|first=Raúl|date=2020-06-26|title=Interpol enterró el corazón de la causa por el Memorándum con Irán: punto final a la historia de las alertas rojas Nuevo informe que demuestra que CFK y Timerman nunca intentaron beneficiar a los iraníes|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/274695-interpol-enterro-el-corazon-de-la-causa-por-el-memorandum-co|access-date=2020-11-10|website=PAGINA12|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031045628/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/274695-interpol-enterro-el-corazon-de-la-causa-por-el-memorandum-co|url-status=live}}</ref> Noble refuted the claim of ] made by Judge Bonadio, calling the judge's report "false, misleading and incomplete".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Politi|first=Daniel|date=2017-12-15|title=Former Interpol Chief Says Argentina Bungled Investigation of '94 Attack (Published 2017)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/world/americas/argentina-iran-terrorist-attack-interpol.html|access-date=2020-11-10|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035544/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/world/americas/argentina-iran-terrorist-attack-interpol.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2021, Fernández de Kirchner's lawyers anticipated that they will ask for the cause against her regarding the ] to be nullified, alleging that it was tampered by the visits of two different judges to former President Macri, which coincided with the time of indictments on the cause against her.<ref>{{cite news |title=Visitas de jueces a Olivos: el abogado de Cristina Kirchner anunció que pedirá la nulidad del caso del memorándum |trans-title=Visits of judges to Olivos: Cristina Kirchner's lawyer announced that he will request the annulment of the memorandum case |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/visitas-de-jueces-a-olivos-cristina-kirchner-pedira-la-nulidad-del-caso-del-memorandum-nid05042021/ |access-date=5 April 2021 |work=] |date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=5 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405175201/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/visitas-de-jueces-a-olivos-cristina-kirchner-pedira-la-nulidad-del-caso-del-memorandum-nid05042021/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{clarify|reason=What does this mean?|date=November 2021}}

In December 2022, the ] found Fernández de Kirchner guilty of "fraudulent administration" over the awarding of a public works contract to Báez.<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news |date=2022-12-06 |title=Fernández de Kirchner: Argentina vice-president found guilty of corruption |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63872953 |access-date=2022-12-08 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206232241/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63872953 |url-status=live }}</ref> The court sentenced Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for corruption.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Court sentences Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison for corruption |url=https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/argentina-vice-president-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-court-trial-vialidad-verdict.phtml |website=batimes.com.ar |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207084547/https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/argentina-vice-president-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-court-trial-vialidad-verdict.phtml |url-status=live }}</ref> She had temporary immunity and was able to remain free due to her role as a vice president and could appeal the verdict. She denied the allegations against her and stated that she would not run for reelection in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Delfino |first1=Sahar Akbarzai, Emilia |title=Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sentenced to six years in prison for corruption |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/07/americas/argentina-vice-president-fernndez-de-kirchner-sentenced-intl-hnk/index.html |work=CNN |date=7 December 2022 |language=en |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208125832/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/07/americas/argentina-vice-president-fernndez-de-kirchner-sentenced-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC News"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Molina |first=Federico Rivas |date=2022-12-07 |title=Cristina Fernández de Kirchner redraws political map of Argentina after being handed six-year jail term for corruption |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-12-07/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-redraws-political-map-of-argentina-after-being-handed-six-year-jail-term-for-corruption.html |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=EL PAÍS English Edition |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210123857/https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-12-07/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-redraws-political-map-of-argentina-after-being-handed-six-year-jail-term-for-corruption.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2024, a federal ] in Buenos Aires upheld the guilty verdict and sentence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-appeals-court-confirms-guilty-verdict-former-president-cristina-2024-11-13/|title=Argentina appeals court confirms guilty verdict for former President Cristina Kirchner|date=13 November 2024|work=]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113142949/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-appeals-court-confirms-guilty-verdict-former-president-cristina-2024-11-13/|archive-date=13 November 2024|url-status=live|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref> However, the ruling is not final as she can still appeal to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web |last=Angulo |first=Martín |date=13 November 2024 |title=Por qué Cristina Kirchner no irá a prisión y el año que viene podría ser candidata pese a la condena |url=https://www.infobae.com/judiciales/2024/11/13/por-que-cristina-kirchner-no-ira-a-prision-y-el-ano-que-viene-podria-ser-candidata-pese-a-la-condena |work=] |access-date=14 November 2024|language=es}}</ref>

In December 2024, the Supreme Court rejected the defense's request and confirmed that Fernández de Kirchner will have a trial for the case of the memorandum with Iran.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jofre |first=Federico |date=6 December 2024 |title=La Corte Suprema confirmó que Cristina Kirchner irá a juicio oral por la causa del memorándum con Irán |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/12/06/argentina/cristina-kirchner-juicio-memorandum-iran-orix |work=CNN en espanol|access-date=6 December 2024|language=es}}</ref>

==Image==
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Cristina Kirchner is considered to be a ] leader.<ref>Kaiser, p. 17</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/23/populism-is-coming-for-latin-america-in-2018/|title= Is Populism Making a Comeback in Latin America?|author= Robert Muggah|date= October 23, 2017|publisher= Foreign Policy|access-date= November 27, 2020|archive-date= 22 November 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201122080156/https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/23/populism-is-coming-for-latin-america-in-2018/|url-status= live}}</ref>

She had been accused of building a system of propaganda, referred to by critics as the '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://vox.lacea.org/files/Working_Papers/lacea_wps_0034_tella_galiani_schargrodsky.pdf|title= Persuasive propaganda during the 2015 Argentine ballotage |author1=Rafael Di Tella |author2=Sebastian Galiani |author3=Ernesto Schargrodsky |date= October 2019 |publisher= LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION|access-date= November 27, 2020|archive-date= 2 July 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200702151338/http://vox.lacea.org/files/Working_Papers/lacea_wps_0034_tella_galiani_schargrodsky.pdf|url-status= live}}</ref>

], a follower of the ], claims that this propaganda glorifies the state to the detriment of individual rights, uses conspiracy theories to explain the government's mistakes, blames ] for poverty, and glorifies democracy while only maintaining the appearance of it,<ref>Kaiser, pp. 21–22</ref> justifies ] by describing economic activity as a ] (where any wealth is the result of exploitation),<ref>Kaiser, p. 31</ref> and blames ] and ] for problems such as inflation.<ref>Kaiser, p. 30</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Linette Lopez |author-link=Linette Lopez |date=1 August 2014 |title=The President Of Argentina Compared Her Country's Default To Violence In Gaza |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/kirchner-compares-default-to-gaza-2014-8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104004612/http://www.businessinsider.com/kirchner-compares-default-to-gaza-2014-8 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=2 November 2016 |publisher=Business Insider}}</ref>

To Kaiser, this system divides the political world into two halves: the people and those against the people, with the Kirchners described as the saviors of the people, interpreting their collective will beyond the boundaries of parliaments and parties. This division is used to justify the rejection of those described as being against the people, and to polarize the population.<ref>Kaiser, p. 22</ref> He claims that Fernández de Kirchner's election in 2011 was used to justify ] in the name of the ], criticism being described as ] or as the plotting of a coup.<ref>Kaiser, p. 55</ref>

According to ], political theorist and Kirchner supporter ] considered this the perfect form of democracy,<ref>Bourke, p. 354</ref> a vision of that has been criticized by other writers as leaving little room for opposition, reducing the citizen to a spectator unable to contest government policies.<ref>Bourke, p. 355</ref>

==Personal life==
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In 1973, during her studies at the ], she met her future spouse, ]. They were married on 9 May 1975 and had two children: ] (born 1977, currently serving as ] for ] and the leader for ] in the chamber) and Florencia (born 1990).<ref name="presidenta"/>

Néstor Kirchner died on 27 October 2010 after suffering a heart attack.<ref name="nestor-nytimes">{{cite news|title=Argentine Ex-Leader Dies; Political Impact Is Murky|last=Barrionuevo|first=Alexei|location=]|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 October 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/world/americas/28argentina.html|access-date=22 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401044007/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/world/americas/28argentina.html|archive-date=1 April 2013}}</ref> Following the death of her husband, she dressed in black for over three years.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://tn.com.ar/politica/definitivo-el-paso-a-paso-de-como-cristina-abandono-el-luto_423689|title= Definitivo: el paso a paso de cómo Cristina abandonó el luto|trans-title= Definitive: the step by step of how did Cristina left her widowness|language= es|date= 26 November 2013|publisher= ]|access-date= 31 October 2014|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141110072506/http://tn.com.ar/politica/definitivo-el-paso-a-paso-de-como-cristina-abandono-el-luto_423689|archive-date= 10 November 2014|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

===Health===
Fernández de Kirchner's health first became a topic of public concern in 2005 when '']'' magazine reported that she might suffer from ]. Journalist Franco Lindner interviewed the psychiatrist who treated her without revealing his name. Journalist ] investigated further and discovered that the psychiatrist was Alejandro Lagomarsino, who died in 2011.<ref>Castro, p. 25</ref> Lagomarsino was the leading specialist in the treatment of bipolar disorder in Argentina.<ref>Castro, p. 48</ref>

Castro's investigation revealed that Fernández de Kirchner was treated by Lagomarsino for a short period. He could not determine the length of her treatment or the medicine she received, or whether another psychiatrist continued treating her or not.<ref>Castro, p. 29</ref> Castro considers that some of her outlandish phrases or projects, and her frequent periods of hiding from public view, may be explained by the disorder's periods of mania and depression, as well as being a regular political strategy.<ref>Castro, pp. 30–36</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.mercopress.com/2011/05/10/president-cristina-kirchner-expected-to-resume-activities-tuesday|title= President Cristina Kirchner expected to resume activities Tuesday|date= 10 May 2011|publisher= Merco Press|access-date= 17 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161018203731/http://en.mercopress.com/2011/05/10/president-cristina-kirchner-expected-to-resume-activities-tuesday|archive-date= 18 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> ] said that Néstor Kirchner once confided in him that she had a bipolar disorder, while she was having a violent outburst.<ref>Castro, p. 40</ref>

During the ] it was revealed that ] questioned Fernández de Kirchner's mental health and asked the US embassy whether she was receiving treatment or not;<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8169552/WikiLeaks-Hillary-Clinton-questions-the-mental-health-of-Cristina-Kirchner.html|title= WikiLeaks: Hillary Clinton questions the mental health of Cristina Kirchner|first=Toby|last=Harnden|date= 30 November 2010|newspaper= The Telegraph|access-date= 17 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161018210903/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8169552/WikiLeaks-Hillary-Clinton-questions-the-mental-health-of-Cristina-Kirchner.html|archive-date= 18 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> she later apologized to Fernández de Kirchner for those leaks.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.mercopress.com/2010/12/03/hillary-clinton-rings-cristina-fernandez-and-apologizes-for-the-cables|title= Hillary Clinton rings Cristina Fernandez and apologizes for the cables|date= 3 December 2010|publisher= Merco Press|access-date= 17 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161018210052/http://en.mercopress.com/2010/12/03/hillary-clinton-rings-cristina-fernandez-and-apologizes-for-the-cables|archive-date= 18 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> She said in her book '']'' that it was all a misunderstanding; it is her sister who suffers from bipolar disorder.<ref>Castro, p. 39</ref>

On 27 December 2011, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimaro announced that Fernández de Kirchner had been diagnosed with ] on 22 December and that she would undergo surgery on 4 January 2012. The standard procedure in these operations is to expose the ] gland so that a pathologist can take a sample, analyze it looking for carcinogenic cells, and then decide whether it needs to be removed. In her case, this step was omitted and the gland was removed directly.<ref>Castro, p. 61</ref> After the operation, it was revealed that she had been misdiagnosed and did not have cancer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Argentina's Fernandez sent home, never had cancer |first1=Hugh |last1=Bronstein |first2=Maximiliano |last2=Rizzi |work=Reuters |date=7 January 2012 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-fernandez-idustre8060CB20120107 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315081535/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/07/us-argentina-fernandez-idUSTRE8060CB20120107 |archive-date=15 March 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=22 December 2012 }}</ref> On 5 October 2013, doctors ordered Fernández de Kirchner to rest for a month after they found blood on her brain caused by a head injury she received on 8 August 2012.<ref name="Blood on brain, rest ordered for Argentine leader"/> She was re-admitted to hospital and had successful surgery on 8 October 2013 to remove blood from ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to have surgery following head injury|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/07/cristina-fernndez-de-kirchner-re-admitted-hospital|date=7 October 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725184116/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/07/cristina-fernndez-de-kirchner-re-admitted-hospital|archive-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>

On 4 November 2021, Fernández de Kirchner was admitted at the Santorio Otamendi after doctors found out that she had a uterine polyp and had to undergo ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cristina Kirchner será operada este jueves en el Otamendi: le harán una histerectomía|url=https://tn.com.ar/politica/2021/11/03/cristina-kirchner-sera-operada-este-jueves-en-el-otamendi-le-haran-una-histerectomia/?outputType=amp|date=3 November 2021|publisher=Todo Noticias|access-date=23 August 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107101942/https://tn.com.ar/politica/2021/11/03/cristina-kirchner-sera-operada-este-jueves-en-el-otamendi-le-haran-una-histerectomia/?outputType=amp}}</ref> On 6 November 2021, she was later discharged after a successful surgery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tras ser sometida a una histerectomía, Cristina Kirchner fue dada de alta|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/sometida-histerectomia-cristina-kirchner-dada-alta_0_ZxygXWzp6.amp.html|date=6 November 2021|publisher=Clarín|access-date=23 August 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=23 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823131336/https://www.clarin.com/politica/sometida-histerectomia-cristina-kirchner-dada-alta_0_ZxygXWzp6.amp.html}}</ref>

=== Assassination attempt ===
{{Excerpt|Attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|only=paragraphs}}

==Electoral history==
===Executive===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner}}
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Election
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | List
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=Reference|Ref}}.
|- |-
! style="background:#000;" colspan="3"| ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | %
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|2=Position|P}}.
|- |-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | ]
| ]
| rowspan="2" | ]
| ]<br>]<br>]<br>''']'''
| style="background-color:{{party color|Front for Victory}};"|
| 10 Dec. 2007 – 23 Jul. 2008<br>24 Jul. 2008 – 7 Jul. 2009<br>8 Jul. 2009 – 10 Dec. 2011<br>10 Dec. 2011 - ''incumbent''
| ]
| 8,652,293
| 45.28%
| 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2007|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2007|website=argentina.gob.ar|date=14 February 2019|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205032756/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
!style="background:#DCDCDC;" colspan="3"| | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | ]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Front for Victory}};"|
| ]
| 11,865,055
| 54.11%
| 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2011|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2011|website=argentina.gob.ar|date=29 August 2017|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119191808/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | ]
| Ministry of Interior
| ]
| ''']'''
| style="background-color:{{party color|Frente de Todos}};"|
| 10 Dec. 2007 – ''incumbent''
| ]
| 12,946,037
| 48.24%
| 1st
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2019|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2019|website=argentina.gob.ar|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|- |-
|}
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|

===Legislative===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner}}
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Election
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | List
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=List number|#}}
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | District
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=Reference|Ref}}.
|- |-
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total
| ] (])
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | %
| ]<br />''']'''
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|2=Position|P}}.
| 10 Dec. 2007 – 18 Jun. 2010<br />18 Jun. 2010 – ''incumbent''
|- |-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"| | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1989
| rowspan="2" | ]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};" |
| ]
| 1
| ]
| 11.969
| 36.81%
| 1st{{efn|name=fn1|Presented on an ]. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}}
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Escrutinio Definitivo|url=http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1989.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330143640/http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1989.pdf|archive-date=30 March 2018|website=mininterior.gov.ar|publisher=Subsecretaría de Asuntos Institucionales|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es}}</ref>
|- |-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1993
| ]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};" |
| ]<br />''']'''
| ]
| 10 Dec. 2007 – 15 Dec. 2010<br />15 Dec. 2010 – ''incumbent''
| 1
| ]
| 26,877
| 69.32%
| 1st{{efn|name=fn1}}
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Escrutinio Definitivo|url=http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1993.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818144955/http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1993.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2013|website=mininterior.gov.ar|publisher=Subsecretaría de Asuntos Institucionales|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es}}</ref>
|- |-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"| | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | ]
| ]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|
| ]
| 1
| ]
| 46,885
| 59.69%
| 1st{{efn|name=fn1}}
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 1997|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/1997|website=argentina.gob.ar|date=6 February 2019|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205032807/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/1997|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | ]
| ]
| rowspan="3" | ]
| ]<br />]<br>]<br>''']'''
| style="background-color:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|
| 10 Dec. 2007 – 24 Apr. 2008<br />25 Apr. 2008 – 7 Jul. 2009<br>8 Jul. 2009 – 10 Dec. 2011<br>10 Dec. 2011 - ''incumbent''
| ]
| 1
| ]
| 52,499
| 61.91%
| 1st{{efn|name=fn1}}
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2001|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2001|website=argentina.gob.ar|date=7 February 2019|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205024504/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2001|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"| | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | ]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|
| ]
| 1
| ]
| 3,056,572
| 45.77%
| 1st{{efn|name=fn1}}
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2005|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2005|website=argentina.gob.ar|date=8 February 2019|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204225434/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2005|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | ]
| Ministry of Federal Planning, <br>Public Investment and Services
| style="background-color:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|
| ''']'''
| ]
| 10 Dec. 2007 – ''incumbent''
| 1
| ]
| 3,529,900
| 37.31%
| 2nd{{efn|name=fn1}}
| {{yes2|Elected}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2017|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2017|website=argentina.gob.ar|date=27 September 2017|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204214527/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
| Ministry of Justice, <br>(Security) and Human Rights
| ]<br>''']'''
| 10 Dec. 2007 – 7 Jul. 2009<br>8 Jul. 2009 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
|Ministry of Security
|''']'''
|15 Dec. 2010 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
| Ministry of Work,<br>Labour and Social Security
| ''']'''
| 10 Dec. 2007 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
| Ministry of Health and Environment
| ]<br>''']'''
| 10 Dec. 2007 – 30 Jun. 2009<br>1 Jul. 2009 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
| Ministry of Social Development
|''' ]'''
| 10 Dec. 2007 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
| Ministry of Education
| ]<br>''']'''
| 10 Dec. 2007 – 20 Jul. 2009<br>20 Jul. 2009 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
| Ministry of Science, <br>Technology and Productive Innovation
| ''']'''
| 10 Dec. 2007 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
| Ministry of Industry
| ''']'''
| 26 Nov. 2008 – ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
|Ministry of Agriculture
| ]<br>''']'''
| 1 Oct. 2009 – 10 Dec. 2011<br>10 Dec. 2011 - ''incumbent''
|-
!style="background:#D3D3D3;" colspan="3"|
|-
|Ministry of Tourism
| ''']'''
| 28 Jun 2010<ref> http://en.mercopress.com Retrieved 17 July 2010</ref> – ''incumbent''
|} |}


==Ancestry==
==Relationship with the media==
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{{See also|Controversies between Clarín and Kirchnerism}}
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In April 2008, Kirchner received a stern public rebuke from the Argentine media owners association for having publicly accused the popular cartoonist ] of behaving like a "quasi mafioso".<ref>{{cite web|title=Libertad de prensa y democracia|publisher=Clarin|date=4 April 2006|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/04/04/opinion/o-01643113.htm}}</ref> In addition, a government proposal to create a watchdog to monitor racism and discrimination was received with suspicion by ADEPA, who called it a "covert attempt to control the media".<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuestionamiento de las entidades periodísticas|publisher=La Nacion|date=8 April 2008|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=1002431}}</ref> Néstor Kirchner had received a similar rebuke for publicly and falsely denouncing ], a journalist critical of the government, for having produced an inflammatory text published in 1978.
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On 11 September 2009, she advanced the decriminalization of injurious calumny against public officials, a charge which had, in 2000, resulted in a prison term of one year for Eduardo Kimel, a journalist investigating the ] of 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/09/12/elpais/p-01997100.htm|title=Cristina envió un proyecto para despenalizar calumnias e injurias {{es icon}}&#125;|publisher=Clarin.com|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> She drew fire from a highly controversial Audiovisual Media Law proposed shortly afterwards, however. Defended by the government as a reform intended to fragment ownership of media companies as to encourage plurality of opinion, the bill was criticised by part of the opposition as a means to silence voices critical of the government, especially those in the Clarín media group (the country's largest).<ref name=bbc0917>{{cite web|title=Argentina: avanza polémica ley de medios|publisher=BBC Mundo|date=17 September 2009|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2009/09/090917_0506_argentina_aprueban_ley_medios_irm.shtml}}</ref> The law aroused further controversy, given that in its passing through the chambers of the legislature, the mandatory seven (7) day period between debate and assent of the new legislation was ignored. The view among the part of the opposition that opposed the bill is that Kirchner's government tried to rush the law through parliament before December 2009, when the government could have lost its absolute majorities in Congress.<ref name=bbc0917/>
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|15= 15. {{flagicon|ESP}} Clementina Plaza<br />{{small|b. Spain}}
|14= 14. {{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco Pulido Bernal<br />{{small|b. Spain}}
|13= 13. {{flagicon|ARG}} Carlota Eloísa Gutiérrez<br />{{small|b. 4 November 1860 ], Argentina}}
|12= 12. {{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Paz Wilhelm<br />{{small|b. 1860 Argentina}}
|11= 11. {{flagicon|ESP}} Manuela Saavedra<br />{{small|b. Spain}}
|10= 10. {{flagicon|ESP}} José Antonio Fernández Murias<br />{{small|b. Spain}}
|9= 9. {{flagicon|ESP}} Isabel Gómez Díaz<ref name="El origen gallego de C.F.K"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126070230/http://www.cadena3.com/contenido/2012/04/26/96082.asp |date=26 November 2015 }} The Galician origin of C.F.K.</ref><br />{{small|b. Spain}}
|8= 8. {{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco Fernández de O Campo<ref name="El origen gallego de C.F.K"/><br />{{small|b. Spain}}
|7= 7. {{flagicon|ARG}} María Vicenta Pulido<br />{{small|b. ], Argentina}}
|6= 6. {{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Nemesio Wilhelm<br />{{small|b. 31 October 1898 ], Argentina}}
|5= 5. {{flagicon|ESP}} Amparo Fernández<br />{{small|b. ], Spain}}
|4= 4. {{flagicon|ESP}} Pascasio Fernández Gómez<ref name="El origen gallego de C.F.K"/> <br />{{small|b. 27 February 1862 ], ]}}
|3= 3. {{flagicon|ARG}} Ofelia Esther Wilhelm<br />{{small|b. ''circa'' 1930<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perfil.com/politica/Ofelia-Wilhelm-la-madre-de-Cristina-de-empleada-estatal-a-jubilada-VIP-20141121-0063.html|title=Ofelia Wilhelm, la madre de Cristina, de empleada estatal a jubilada VIP|work=Perfil.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125231056/http://www.perfil.com/politica/Ofelia-Wilhelm-la-madre-de-Cristina-de-empleada-estatal-a-jubilada-VIP-20141121-0063.html|archive-date=25 November 2015|date=14 March 2019}}</ref> ]}}
|2= 2. {{flagicon|ARG}} Eduardo Fernández<br />{{small|b. 1921 ]}}
|1= 1. {{flagicon|ARG}} '''Cristina Fernández de Kirchner'''<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150304/http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/internacional/noticias/2010/09/06/cristina-kirchner-dijo-sentir-envidia-de-la-furia-roja |date=22 December 2015 }} "España no es un país cualquiera: '''tres de mis cuatro abuelos son españoles''' y para todos los argentinos hay un lazo especial". '''Three of my grandparents are Spanish'''</ref><br />{{small|b. 19 February 1953 ], ]}}
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==Honours==
Dr. Lauro Laíño, the president of ADEPA (media owners), in a speech given on 24 September 2009, opposed the proposed law, and added that in Latin America, especially in Venezuela and Argentina, “press freedom was being undermined under the suspicious pretext of plurality”.<ref>{{cite web|title=El incierto futuro de los medios masivos de comunicación del país|publisher=Clarín|date=24 September 2009|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2009/09/090917_0506_argentina_aprueban_ley_medios_irm.shtml}}</ref> Others, notably press freedom advocacy group ], have expressed some support for the measure, citing the need to repeal the Radio Broadcast Law of 1980 enacted by the ], Argentina's last military government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsf.org/Radio-station-s-closure-highlights.html|title=Radio station's closure highlights need to replace radio broadcast law|publisher=RSF|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
]


===Foreign honours===
The acrimony between Cristina Kirchner's government and the national media was exacerbated by a series of lock-ins carried out by the truck drivers' union led by Pablo Moyano, son of ], a close ally of the Kirchner government. During the lock in, the country's most widely circulated newspapers (''Clarín'' and ''La Nación'') were prevented by force and threats of violence from distributing papers to newsstands.<ref> {{cite web|title=Moyano volvió a bloquear anoche la salida de diarios|publisher=La Nación|date=7 November 2009|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1196122&pid=7671715&toi=6258}}</ref> On 7 November 2009, the Association of Newspaper Editors of Buenos Aires (AEDBA) issued a statement in which it claimed that the truck drivers' unions' actions had been the fiercest attack on the free circulation of newspapers the country had seen since its return to democratic rule in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=Duro pronunciamiento de AEDBA|publisher=La Nación|date=7 November 2009|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1196123}}</ref>
* {{flag|Brazil}}: Grand Cross with Collar of the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/dilma-rousseff-se-emociono-al-condecorar-a-cristina-con-la-orden-del-sur-de-brasil|title= Dilma Rousseff se emocionó al condecorar a Cristina con la "Orden del Sur de Brasil"|trans-title= Dilma Rousseff became emotional when she condecorated Cristina with the Brazilian "Order of the Southern Cross"|language= es|date= 17 July 2015|newspaper= Los Andes|access-date= 20 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231061946/http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/dilma-rousseff-se-emociono-al-condecorar-a-cristina-con-la-orden-del-sur-de-brasil|archive-date= 31 December 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> (2015)
* {{flag|Ecuador}}: Manuela Sánchez Award from the National Assembly of Ecuador.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1942461-cristina-kirchner-en-ecuador|title= Condecoraron a Cristina Kirchner en Ecuador|trans-title= Cristina Kirchner was condecorated in Ecuador|language= es|date= 29 September 2016|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 20 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161021065018/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1942461-cristina-kirchner-en-ecuador|archive-date= 21 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
* {{flag|Palestine}}: ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.minutouno.com/notas/1283877-cristina-encabezara-un-acto-el-que-recibira-la-condecoracion-palestina|title= Cristina encabezará un acto en el que recibirá la condecoración de Palestina|trans-title= Cristina led an event where she will receive the Star of Palestine|language= es|date= 12 August 2015|publisher= Minuto Uno|access-date= 20 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161024150558/http://www.minutouno.com/notas/1283877-cristina-encabezara-un-acto-el-que-recibira-la-condecoracion-palestina|archive-date= 24 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> (12 August 2015)
* {{flag|Peru}}: Grand Cross with Diamonds of the ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.peruviantimes.com/22/president-garcia-awards-the-order-of-the-sun-to-argentinean-head-of-state/5387/ | title=President García awards the Order of the Sun to Argentinean head of state | date=22 March 2010 | newspaper=Peruvian Times | access-date=26 September 2016 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231062226/http://www.peruviantimes.com/22/president-garcia-awards-the-order-of-the-sun-to-argentinean-head-of-state/5387/ | archive-date=31 December 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> (22 March 2010)
* {{flag|Spain}}: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1098463-las-gaffes-protocolares-de-la-gira|title= Las gaffes protocolares de la gira|trans-title= The diplomatic mistakes of the tour|language= es|author= Edith Pardo San Martín|date= 11 February 2009|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 20 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161021003207/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1098463-las-gaffes-protocolares-de-la-gira|archive-date= 21 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref> (11 February 2009)


===Honorary degrees===
On 2010 the ] ruled that the judicial movement made by an opposition deputy who tried to suspend the new Media Law, which was approved by the ], was illegal.<ref>{{cite web|author=16 June 2010|url=http://www.elargentino.com/nota-95182-La-ley-de-medios-esta-en-vigencia.html|title=Da Rocha: "La ley de medios está en vigencia"|publisher=ElArgentino.com|date=2010-06-16|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate from the ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.perfil.com/politica/nestor-kirchner-fue-distinguido-post-mortem-como-doctor-honoris-causa-0409-0036.phtml|title= Néstor Kirchner fue distinguido post mortem como Doctor "Honoris Causa"|trans-title= Néstor Kirchner was distinguished post-mortem as "Honoris Causa"|language= es|publisher= Perfil|access-date= 20 October 2016|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161021072128/http://www.perfil.com/politica/nestor-kirchner-fue-distinguido-post-mortem-como-doctor-honoris-causa-0409-0036.phtml|archive-date= 21 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate from the ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.unq.edu.ar/noticias/2326-cristina-fern%C3%A1ndez-de-kirchner-recibir%C3%A1-el-doctorado-honoris-causa.php|title= Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recibirá el Doctorado Honoris Causa|trans-title= Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will receive the "Honoris Causa"|language= es|date= 12 October 2016|publisher= University of Quilmes|access-date= 20 October 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161021003312/http://www.unq.edu.ar/noticias/2326-cristina-fern%C3%A1ndez-de-kirchner-recibir%C3%A1-el-doctorado-honoris-causa.php|archive-date= 21 October 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>


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In 2008, she was ranked by the magazine '']'' as thirteenth in the list of the ], being the second female head of government in the list below ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1044015|title=Cristina figura entre las más poderosas|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> In 2009 she rose to eleventh,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1164485|title=Cristina, entre las 100 mujeres más poderosas|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|date=2009-08-18|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> but in 2010 she fell to sixty-eighth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1312516|title=La Presidenta quedó en el puesto 68 del listado de mujeres más poderosas del mundo|publisher=Lanacion.com.ar|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> In 2010, she was ranked by the magazine ''Time'' as second in the list of the Top 10 Female Leaders of the World.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2005455,00.html|title=Top 10 Female Leaders|work=Time|accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>


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Her makes frequent ] by mentioning her late husband. The achievements of both Néstor Kirchner's administration and her own are often compared in a positive light with the ].<ref> {{es}}</ref>
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<ref name="CFK to Harvard students: there is no 'dollar clamp'; don't repeat monochord questions">{{cite news|title=CFK to Harvard students: there is no 'dollar clamp'; don't repeat monochord questions|work=MercoPress|date=28 September 2012|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2012/09/28/cfk-to-harvard-students-there-is-no-dollar-clamp-don-t-repeat-monochord-questions|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105706/http://en.mercopress.com/2012/09/28/cfk-to-harvard-students-there-is-no-dollar-clamp-don-t-repeat-monochord-questions|archive-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
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* {{cite book |last= Majul|first= Luis|date= 2009|title= El Dueño|url= http://www.hacer.org/pdf/Majul00.pdf|location= Argentina|publisher= Planeta|language= es|isbn=978-950-49-2157-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Mendelevich|first=Pablo|year=2013|title=El Relato Kirchnerista en 200 expresiones|trans-title=The Kirchnerist speech in 200 words|language=es|location=Argentina|publisher= Ediciones B|isbn= 978-987-627-412-8}}
* {{cite book|last=McCloskey|first= Erin|date=September 2011|title=Argentina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LMlE62g1hWAC|location=England|publisher=The Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-1-84162-351-1}}
* {{cite book |last= Panizza|first= Francisco|date= 2014|title= Moments of Truth: The Politics of Financial Crises in Comparative Perspective|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Tf0JAgAAQBAJ|location= United States|publisher= Routledge|isbn= 978-0-415-83411-7}}
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Fernández de Kirchner is often criticized by observers—in both the media and the world of politics—for her excessive spending on clothes, jewelry and shoes. She rarely wears the same attire twice,<ref name="Peru.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.peru.com/noticias/sgc/portada/2009/01/02/detalle18165.aspx|title=Critican a presidenta Fernández por excesivo gasto en ropa|publisher=Peru.com|date=2007-12-11 |accessdate=2011-04-15}}</ref> and in many cases has been criticized for arriving late to meetings with international leaders because she was getting dressed.<ref name="Peru.com"/>
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Latest revision as of 04:50, 20 December 2024

President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015 "Cristina Fernández" and "Christina Fernandez" redirect here. For the Spanish sport shooter, see Cristina Fernández (sport shooter). For the American photographer, see Christina Fernandez (photographer). In this Argentine name, the surname is Fernández and the marital name is Kirchner.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Fernández de Kirchner in 2024
President of the Justicialist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 November 2024
Preceded byAlberto Fernández
56th President of Argentina
In office
10 December 2007 – 10 December 2015
Vice President
Preceded byNéstor Kirchner
Succeeded byMauricio Macri
Vice President of Argentina
In office
10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byGabriela Michetti
Succeeded byVictoria Villarruel
Ceremonial roles
First Lady of Argentina
In role
25 May 2003 – 10 December 2007
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byHilda González de Duhalde
Succeeded byNéstor Kirchner
(as First Gentleman)
First Lady of Santa Cruz
In role
10 December 1991 – 25 May 2003
GovernorNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byMarta Arana de García
Succeeded byMaría Gloria Ros de Icazuriaga
First Lady of Río Gallegos
In role
10 December 1987 – 10 December 1991
IntendantNéstor Kirchner
Preceded bySofía Vicic de Ceperníc
Succeeded byEva María Henríquez de Martínez
Parliamentary offices
National Senator
In office
10 December 2017 – 10 December 2019
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
In office
10 December 2005 – 28 November 2007
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
In office
10 December 2001 – 10 December 2005
ConstituencySanta Cruz
In office
10 December 1995 – 3 December 1997
ConstituencySanta Cruz
National Deputy
In office
10 December 1997 – 10 December 2001
ConstituencySanta Cruz
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
1 May 1994 – 22 August 1994
ConstituencySanta Cruz
Provincial Deputy of Santa Cruz
In office
10 December 1989 – 10 December 1995
ConstituencyRío Gallegos
Personal details
BornCristina Elisabet Fernández
(1953-02-19) 19 February 1953 (age 71)
La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist
Other political
affiliations
Spouse Néstor Kirchner ​ ​(m. 1975; died 2010)
Children2, including Máximo
Alma materNational University of La Plata
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
Signature
Websitecfkargentina.com

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (Spanish: [kɾisˈtina eˈlisaβet feɾˈnandes ðe ˈkiɾʃneɾ] ; née Fernández; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015 and later as Vice President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023 under President Alberto Fernández, as well as the first lady of Argentina during the tenure of her husband, Néstor Kirchner, from 2003 to 2007. She was the second female president of Argentina (after Isabel Perón) and the first elected female president of Argentina. Ideologically, she identifies herself as a Peronist and a progressive, with her political approach called Kirchnerism. Since 2024, she has been the president of the Justicialist Party, the main opposition party to the government of Javier Milei.

Born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, she studied law at the University of La Plata, and moved to Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, with her husband Néstor Kirchner upon graduation. She was elected to the provincial legislature, while her husband was elected mayor of Río Gallegos. She was elected national senator in 1995, and had a controversial tenure, while her husband was elected governor of Santa Cruz. In 1994, she was also elected to the constituent assembly that amended the Constitution of Argentina. She was the first lady from 2003 to 2007 after her husband was elected president.

Néstor Kirchner did not run for re-election. Instead, his wife was the candidate for the Front for Victory alliance, becoming president in the 2007 presidential election. Her first term of office started with a conflict with the agricultural sector, and her proposed taxation system was rejected. After this she nationalised private pension funds, and fired the president of the Central Bank. The price of public services remained subsidised and she renationalised energy firm YPF as a result. The country had good relations with other South American nations, and strained relations with the western bloc as part of the regional political movement known as pink tide. She also continued her husband's human rights policies, and had a rocky relationship with the press. Néstor Kirchner died in 2010, and she was re-elected for a second term in 2011. She won the 2011 general election with 54.11% of the votes, the highest percentage obtained by any presidential candidate since 1983. The 37.3% difference between votes for hers and the runner-up ticket Binner-Morandini was the second largest in the history of Argentine general elections. She established currency controls during her second term, and the country fell into sovereign default in 2014. She left office in 2015 with her approval ratings above 50%.

During her two terms as president, several corruption scandals surfaced and subsequently her government faced several demonstrations against her government. She was charged for fraudulent low price sales of dollar futures, though she was later acquitted. In 2015, she was indicted for obstructing the investigation into the 1994 AMIA bombing, after Alberto Nisman's controversial accusation of a purported "pact" (a memorandum) signed between her government and Iran which was supposedly seeking impunity for Iranians involved in the terrorist attack. In 2017, an arrest warrant issued by Claudio Bonadio for Fernández de Kirchner charged her with "treason", but due to her parliamentary immunity, she did not go to prison, and the treason accusation was later dropped, while other charges related to Nisman's accusation remained. In 2018, she was also indicted for corruption over allegations that her administration had accepted bribes in exchange for public works contracts. In September 2020, the federal criminal cassation court confirmed the corruption trials of Fernández de Kirchner, ruling the former president's objections inadmissible. After analyzing the claims of the defendants in the case for the never-ratified memorandum with Iran, in October 2021, the Federal Oral Court 8 declared the case null and void. The judges concluded that there was no crime in the signing of the agreement with Iran, and declared a judicial dismissal of Cristina Kirchner and the other defendants. In December 2024, the Supreme Court rejected the defense's request and confirmed that Fernández de Kirchner will have a trial for this case. In December 2022, she was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for corruption, and has stated her intention to appeal the verdict. In November 2024, a federal appeals court in Buenos Aires upheld the guilty verdict and sentence. However, the ruling is not final as she can still appeal to the Supreme Court.

Early life and education

Cristina Fernández at age 17, 1970

Cristina Fernández was born on 19 February 1953 in Tolosa, a suburb of La Plata, capital of the Buenos Aires Province. She is the daughter of Eduardo Fernández and Ofelia Esther Wilhelm. Eduardo was a bus driver and an anti-Peronist, and Ofelia was a Peronist union leader and a single mother. Fernández married her and moved into her house when Cristina was two years old. Most details about her childhood such as her elementary school are unknown. She attended high school at Popular Mercantil and Misericordia schools. Three of her grandparents were Spanish immigrants, specifically from Galicia.

She began her college studies at the National University of La Plata. She studied psychology for a year, then dropped it and studied law instead. She met fellow student Néstor Kirchner in 1973. He introduced her to political debates. There were heated political controversies at the time caused by the decline of the Argentine Revolution military government, the return of the former president Juan Perón from exile, the election of Héctor Cámpora as president of Argentina, and the early stages of the Dirty War. She became influenced by Peronism, left-wing politics, and anti-imperialism. Despite the presence of sympathizers of the Montoneros guerrillas in La Plata, the Kirchners had never been involved themselves. Cristina and Néstor married in a civil ceremony on 9 May 1975. Her mother got them administrative jobs at her union. The 1976 Argentine coup d'état took place the following year. Cristina proposed to move to Río Gallegos, Néstor's home city, but he delayed their departure until his graduation on 3 July 1976.

Cristina had not yet graduated when they moved to Río Gallegos and completed the remaining subjects with distance education. There have been claims made that she never graduated, and that she may have worked as a lawyer without having a degree. This idea was proposed by the constitutionalist Daniel Sabsay, and fueled by the reluctance of the National University of La Plata (UNLP) to release her degree. She registered at the Tribunal Superior de Justicia of Santa Cruz in 1980, the Comodoro Rivadavia's chamber of appeals in 1985 and worked as an attorney for the Justicialist Party in 1983. There are also logs of minor cases where she acted as a lawyer. The claim has been sent to trial four times, and the judges Norberto Oyarbide, Ariel Lijo, Sergio Torres, and Claudio Bonadio all ruled that she has a degree.

Néstor established a law firm that Cristina joined in 1979. The firm worked for banks and financial groups that filed eviction lawsuits, which had a growing rate at the time because the 1050 ruling of the Central Bank had increased the interest rates for mortgage loans. The Kirchners acquired twenty-one land lots at cheap prices as they were about to be auctioned. Their law firm defended military personnel accused of committing crimes during the Dirty War. Forced disappearances were common at the time, but unlike other lawyers the Kirchners never signed a habeas corpus. Julio César Strassera, prosecutor in the 1985 Trial of the Juntas against the military, criticized the Kirchners' lack of legal actions against the military, and considered their later interest in the issue a form of hypocrisy.

Political career

Cristina Kirchner was elected deputy for the provincial legislature of Santa Cruz in 1989. The Justicialist Party (PJ), led by Carlos Menem, returned to the presidency in the 1989 general elections. She served as interim governor of Santa Cruz for a couple of days, after the impeachment of Ricardo del Val in 1990. She organized Néstor's political campaign when he was elected governor of Santa Cruz in 1991. In 1994, she was elected to the constituent assembly that amended the Constitution of Argentina.

She was elected national senator in the 1995 general elections. She opposed some bills proposed by Menem, such as a treaty with Chilean president Patricio Aylwin that benefited Chile in a dispute over the Argentina–Chile border. The Minister of Defense Oscar Camilión was questioned in Congress about the Argentine arms trafficking scandal; Kirchner told him that he had to resign, which he refused to do. As a result, she made a name for herself as a troublemaker. She was removed from the PJ bloc in the Congress in 1997 for misconduct. She resigned her senatorial seat that year and ran for national deputy in the 1997 midterm elections instead. Menem ended his term of office in 1999 and was replaced by Fernando de la Rúa. Fernández de Kirchner took part in a commission to investigate money laundering with fellow legislator Elisa Carrió, and got into conflicts with her. She ran again for senator in the 2001 midterm elections.

Néstor Kirchner was elected president in 2003, and she became the First Lady. Under these circumstances, she sought a lower profile in Congress. Her husband had a political dispute with the previous president, Eduardo Duhalde. Their dispute continued during the 2005 midterm elections. Without consensus in the PJ for a single candidate for senator of the Buenos Aires province, both leaders had their respective wives run for the office: Hilda González de Duhalde for the PJ, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the Front for Victory. She won the election.

Presidential campaigns

2007 presidential campaign

See also: 2007 Argentine general election
First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (right) campaigning alongside her husband, Néstor Kirchner in 2007.

The presidential election was held on 28 October 2007. With Fernández de Kirchner leading all the pre-election polls by a wide margin, her challengers focused on forcing her into a ballotage. To win in a single round, a presidential candidate in Argentina needs either more than 45% of the vote, or 40% of the vote and a lead of more than 10 percentage points over the runner-up. However, with 13 challengers splitting the vote, she won the election decisively in the first round with just over 45% of the vote, compared to 23% for Elisa Carrió (candidate for the Civic Coalition) and 17% for former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna. Fernández de Kirchner was popular among the suburban working class and the rural poor, while Carrió and Lavagna both received more support from the urban middle class. She lost the election in the large cities of Buenos Aires and Rosario.

On 14 November, the president-elect announced the names of her new cabinet, which was sworn in on 10 December. Of the twelve ministers appointed, seven had been ministers in Néstor Kirchner's government, while the other five took office for the first time. The selections anticipated the continuation of the policies implemented by Néstor Kirchner.

She began a four-year term on 10 December 2007, facing challenges including: inflation, poor public security, international credibility, a faulty energy infrastructure, and protests from the agricultural sectors over an increase of nearly 30% on export taxes. Fernández de Kirchner was the second female president of Argentina, after Isabel Perón but, unlike Perón, she was elected to the office, whereas Isabel Perón was elected Juan Perón's vice president, and automatically assumed the presidency on his death. The transition from Néstor Kirchner to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was also the first time a democratic head of state was replaced by their spouse without the death of either. He remained highly influential during his wife's term, supervising the economy and leading the PJ. Their marriage has been compared with those of Juan and Eva Perón and Bill and Hillary Clinton. Media observers suspected that Mr. Kirchner stepped down as president to circumvent the term limit, swapping roles with his wife.

2011 presidential campaign

See also: 2011 Argentine general election

When Néstor Kirchner refused to run for re-election in 2007 and proposed his wife instead, it was rumored that they could alternate in the presidency for the next 12 years to circumvent the constitutional limit of two consecutive terms. This scenario would have had Cristina standing down in favor of Néstor in 2011, and Néstor would in turn hand the FPV candidacy back to Cristina in 2015. The death of Néstor Kirchner in 2010 derailed such a plan. She had a low positive image, below 30%. On 21 June 2011, she announced that she would run for a second term as president. A few days later, she announced that her economic minister Amado Boudou would run for vice president on her ticket. She personally chose most of the candidates for deputy in the Congress, favoring members of the Cámpora.

The elections took place on 23 October. She was re-elected with 54% of the vote, followed by socialist Hermes Binner, 37 points behind her. The opposition was divided between several candidates and the perceived economic prosperity prevailed over voter's concerns about corruption and cronyism. It was the largest victory percentage in national elections since 1983. The Peronist party also won eight of the nine elections for governor held that day, increased their number of senators, and obtained the majority in the chamber of deputies, including the number of legislators needed for quorum. They had lost that majority in the 2009 elections. She invited children on stage during the celebrations, and Vice President Amado Boudou played an electric guitar. As she had in 2007, she gave a conciliatory speech.

Presidency (2007–2015)

Main article: Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Economic policy

Fernández de Kirchner with minister of economy Axel Kicillof

When she first took office, Cristina Kirchner replaced the previous minister of economy, Miguel Gustavo Peirano, who had been appointed by her husband as former president. Peirano was succeeded by Martín Lousteau in December 2007. He served as the first of several ministers of economy under her presidency. The attempt to increase taxes on agricultural exports caused a conflict with the agricultural sector and protests broke out. As a result, taxes were not increased, and Lousteau resigned by April 2008, only a few months after he had been appointed. He was replaced by Argentina's tax agency chief Carlos Rafael Fernández.

As an alternative to increasing taxes, and facing debt payments the following year, the government nationalized private pension funds, known as "Administradoras de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones" (AFJP). The amount of money involved in this operation was nearly 30 billion dollars, and debt obligations were nearly 24 billion dollars. The nationalization was justified by the president as government protectionism during the crisis and compared with the bank bailouts in Europe and the United States. It was criticized as a threat to property rights and the rule of law.

Fernández resigned after the Kirchnerist defeat in the 2009 elections, and was replaced by Amado Boudou, president of the ANSES which had worked for that nationalization. Although inflation was nearing 25% and on the rise, Boudou did not consider it a significant problem.

In January 2010, Fernández de Kirchner created the bicentennial fund employing a necessity and urgency decree in order to pay debt obligations with foreign-exchange reserves. Martín Redrado, president of the Central Bank, refused to implement it, and was fired by another decree. Judge María José Sarmiento annulled both decrees on the grounds that the Central Bank was independent. Redrado resigned one month later and was replaced by Mercedes Marcó del Pont.

In an attempt to combat poverty, the government introduced in 2009 the Universal Child Allowance, a cash transfer program to parents who are unemployed or in the informal economy. It was later expanded to cover other disadvantaged groups.

The extent to which Kirchner's policies have lowered poverty is controversial, with the government's reported poverty rate being questioned by some experts. According to a 2017 UNICEF report, the cash transfers reduced extreme poverty by 30.8% and general poverty by 5.6%.

Fernández de Kirchner was reelected in 2011, along with Amado Boudou as vice president and the Front for Victory regained control over both chambers of Congress. Hernán Lorenzino became the new minister of economy. The government established currency controls that limited the power to buy or sell foreign currencies, especially American dollars. Many Argentines kept their savings in dollars as a hedge against inflation. The government believed the controls were required to prevent the capital flight and tax evasion.

They initiated a period of fiscal reform, which included several tax increases, limits to wage increases, but increases in protectionism and reorganization of state-owned enterprises. Hugo Moyano, main union leader, who was a strong supporter of kirchnerism, began to oppose the President. Moyano would later organize a big protest at Plaza de Mayo, with 30,000 people, requesting the abolition of capital gains tax.

Axel Kicillof was appointed minister in 2013 and served for the remainder of Kirchner's term. He arranged payment of the debt to the Paris Club, and the compensation requested by Repsol for the nationalization of YPF. One month later, negotiations with hedge funds failed, and American judge Thomas Griesa issued an order that Argentina had to pay to all creditors and not just those who had accepted a reduced payment as outlined in the Argentine debt restructuring plan. Kicillof refused to agree that the country had fallen into a sovereign default.

When Argentina devalued the peso in January 2014, Kicillof placed blame on the exchange-market speculation by Juan José Aranguren, chief of Royal Dutch Shell in Argentina; later in the year, when the peso was at its lowest ever position in relation to the dollar, he blamed "vulture funds" from the United States. At the 2014 United Nations conference, she accused the "vulture funds" of destabilizing the economy of the countries and called them "economic terrorists".

According to The Economist, the Kirchners returned Argentina to "economic nationalism and near-autarky".

Energy policy

Fernández de Kirchner announces the bill to renationalize YPF

In 2002, Eduardo Duhalde fixed the prices for public services such as electricity, gas and water supply. These remained fixed during the terms of Duhalde and Néstor and Cristina Kirchner, despite the crisis that motivated them having ended. As the inflation rate grew during the period, the state financed part of these prices with subsidies. Investment in these areas decreased, and the generation and distribution networks suffered. Argentina lost its self-supply of energy, and had to import it, rather than being able to export surpluses.

She proposed a fiscal austerity program in early 2012, including the gradual removal of subsidies. The proposal turned out to be unpopular, and was not implemented. She opted instead to send a bill to Congress for the renationalization of YPF, privatized in 1993, blaming the Spanish company Repsol for the energy trade deficit. The bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies by a 207-32 margin. It was criticized as an authoritarian move, as there was no negotiation with Repsol. As well, the Vaca Muerta oil field had been discovered by this time. However, YPF was unable to afford the costs to exploit the oil at the site, and the rights to drill at Vaca Muerta were sold to the Chevron Corporation. The costs of energy imports increased the trade deficit and the inflation rate, and power outages became frequent. Outages usually took place on the hottest days of the summer season, as the use of air conditioning increased electricity consumption to peak levels.

Conflict with the agricultural sector

Main article: 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector
Road blockade during the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector in Villa María, Córdoba

In March 2008, Fernández de Kirchner introduced a new sliding-scale taxation system for agricultural exports, so that rates fluctuated with international prices. This would effectively raise levies on soybean exports from 35% to 44% at the time of the announcement. This new taxation scheme, proposed by Minister Martín Lousteau, led to a nationwide lockout by farming associations, with the aim of forcing the government to back down on new tax system. They were joined on 25 March by thousands of pot-banging demonstrators massed around the Buenos Aires Obelisk and the presidential palace. These demonstrations were followed by others at locations across the country that included road blockades and food shortages.

The protests were highly polarizing. The government argued that the new taxes would allow for a better redistribution of wealth and keep down the food prices. It also claimed the farmers were staging a coup d'état against Fernández de Kirchner. Farmers argued that the high taxes made cultivation unviable. The activist Luis D'Elía interrupted one of the demonstrations leading stick-wielding pro-government supporters, who attacked the participants. Minister Lousteau resigned during the crisis, and the Peronist governors opted to negotiate on their own with the farmers, ignoring her approach. Her public image plummeted to its lowest level since the election in October 2007.

After four months of conflict and having the majority in both houses of the Argentine Congress, the president introduced the new taxation bill. However, many legislators gave priority to the local agendas of their provinces as their economies depended heavily on agriculture. Many FPV legislators, such as Rubén Marín, opposed the bill. Marín argued: "For us, agriculture is the economy". There were two demonstrations the day of the vote: one against the bill, attended by 235,000 people, and the other in support of the bill, attended by 100,000 people. Farmers had announced that they would continue their demonstrations if the bill was approved without amendments. Senator Emilio Rached from Santiago del Estero cast the vote that resulted in a 36–36 tie. In the case of a tie, the vice president, who also serves as president of the Senate but without the right to vote, is required to cast the tie-breaking vote. Julio Cobos voted against the bill, which was then rejected, saying that: "My vote is not in favor, my vote is against". Despite the chilly relations between Cobos and Cristina Kirchner since that event, he completed his term as vice president.

Other protests

200,000 people took part in a cacerolazo against Fernández de Kirchner

Fernández de Kirchner was reelected in 2011. The Constitution of Argentina allows only one reelection. Many of her supporters proposed an amendment to the Constitution to allow indefinite reelections. She did not publicly support the proposal but did not discourage or reject it either. The proposal was not taken to the Congress, as the FPV still lacked the required two-thirds majority to approve an amendment bill. It was rejected by many sectors of society. The first big demonstration (a cacerolazo) took place in September 2012. It was not called by specific politicians or social leaders, but by the public using social networks. The massive turnout was completely unexpected by both the government and the opposition. People also protested the 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, the conflict between Kirchnerism and the media, rising crime rates, and the tight currency controls. She dismissed the demonstration and said that she would continue working as before. Most of the Fernández de Kirchner loyalists, however, preferred simply to ignore the protest.

A larger demonstration, the 8N, took place two months later. It was attended by nearly half a million people. They protested a variety of issues such as those of the previous demonstration, as well as the growing rate of inflation and the corruption scandals. She promised to keep her policies unchanged, and Senator Aníbal Fernández dismissed the significance of the demonstrations. Journalist Jorge Lanata explained the polarization was because the government and its supporters thought they were engaged in a revolution, and this justified being against freedom of the press and other public rights. Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina said the demonstrators belonged to a class that was against social justice and compared the demonstrations to a coup d'état. A similar view was held by Fernández de Kirchner's loyalists.

Buenos Aires and La Plata suffered floods in April, resulting in more than 70 deaths. Mayor Mauricio Macri pointed out that the national government had prevented the city from taking out international loans, which would have been used for infrastructure improvements. A week later, Fernández de Kirchner announced a proposed amendment of the Argentine judiciary. Three bills were controversial: the first proposed to limit injunctions against the state; the second would include people selected in national elections on the body that appoints or removes judges; the third would create a new court that would limit the number of cases heard by the Supreme Court. The opposition considered the bills an attempt to control the judiciary. The 2013 season of the investigative journalism program Periodismo para todos revealed an ongoing case of political corruption involving Néstor Kirchner, called "The Route of the K-Money", which generated a huge political controversy. This led to a new cacerolazo on 18 April, known as the 18A.

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who worked on the investigation of the 1994 Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association) AMIA bombing, accused Fernández de Kirchner of engaging in a criminal, cover-up conspiracy to cover up the attack. He was found dead in his home the day before he was to explain his denunciation in Congress. Argentine law enforcement concluded that Nisman's death was a homicide. The unsolved case was highly controversial. The 18F demonstration took place a month after his death. It was organized as a silent demonstration, as an homage to Alberto Nisman, and was devoid of political flags or banners. The rule was followed, with occasional exceptions, by waves of spontaneous clapping or people singing the Argentine national anthem. The city police estimated that the demonstration was attended by 400,000 people.

Allegations of corruption

A financial firm located at the Madero Center hotel was the starting point for The Route of the K-Money investigation

Several high-profile cases took place during the Fernández de Kirchner administration. The first involved the detention of Venezuelan-American businessman Antonini Wilson in an airport after being found with a suitcase filled with $800,000. This money was illegally provided by Petróleos de Venezuela, the state oil company, to be used for her 2007 general election campaign. Details of the case were explained by businessman Carlos Kauffmann and lawyer Moisés Maiónica, who pleaded guilty. The FPV financing of the 2007 elections caused another scandal years later. Three pharmaceutical businessmen, Sebastián Forza, Damián Ferrón, and Leopoldo Bina, were found dead in 2008, a case known as the "Triple Crime". Further investigation of Forza, who contributed $200,000 to the campaign, identified him as a provider of ephedrine to the Sinaloa Cartel. In 2015, Martín Lanatta and José Luis Salerno, convicted for the killings, claimed that Aníbal Fernández was the boss of a mafia ring that ordered those killings to secure the illegal traffic of ephedrine. Fernández denied the charges, maintaining that it was a set up to undermine his chances in the 2015 general election. General illegal drug trade grew in Argentina during Kirchnerism, and saw Mexican and Colombian syndicates working with Peruvian and Bolivian smugglers. Conviction rates for money laundering were almost nonexistent. Mariano Federici, head of the Financial Information Unit, said that the "magnitude of the threat is very serious, and this would never have been possible without collaboration from government officials in this country".

Amado Boudou, who served as minister of economy during Fernández de Kirchner's first term and vice president during the second, was suspected of corruption in 2012 case. The Ciccone Calcografica printing company filed for bankruptcy in 2010, but this request was cancelled when businessman Alejandro Vandenbroele bought it. The company received tax breaks to pay its debts, and was selected to print banknotes of the Argentine peso. It is suspected that Vandenbroele is actually a frontman for Boudou, and that he employed his clout as minister of economy to benefit a company that actually belonged to him.

In 2013, the TV program Periodismo para todos launched an investigation in purported political corruption. They named their investigation "the route of the K-Money", to imply that former president Néstor Kirchner and then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were involved. Businessman Leonardo Fariña said in a television interview that he helped businessman Lázaro Báez to divert money from public works, and take it to a financial firm located in the Madero Center luxury hotel. This firm, informally known as "La Rosadita", would have sent the money abroad to tax havens, using shell companies. Given the amounts of money involved, the money was weighed instead of counted to determine the value. Federico Elaskar, owner of the firm, confirmed Fariña's claims in another televised interview. Both of them retracted their statements after the program was aired, but prosecutor José María Campagnoli confirmed their links with Báez. Báez denied any wrongdoing. Campagnoli was suspended as a prosecutor, accused of leaking information, and abusing his authority. Báez is also linked with the Kirchners to the Hotesur case, a suspected case of money laundering. According to a criminal complaint by opposition deputy Margarita Stolbizer, his company Valle Mitre S.A. has rented 1,100 rooms per month, for years, at the Hotesur and Alto Calafate hotels, but without occupying them. These hotels, located in the city of El Calafate, belong to the Kirchners. An official investigation into the events related by the "route of the K-Money" case was launched in 2013. In June 2023, the judicial case looking into possible wrongdoing by Fernández de Kirchner was dismissed after the prosecution failed to produce evidence that she had been involved with any embezzled funds.

Human rights policy

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo

The Fernández de Kirchner presidency continued the trials of military personnel involved in the Dirty War started by her husband. There have been more than 500 people sentenced, and 1,000 convicted, in a process that was unprecedented in Latin America. De facto president Jorge Rafael Videla, who was convicted and given a life sentence in 1985 and pardoned years later, received a new life sentence in 2010. General Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, who waged war against the leftist guerrillas in the northern Argentine provinces, received a life sentence as well.

Another related investigation involved the fate of the children of captured pregnant guerrillas, who were given up for adoption by the military junta. An estimated 500 children were involved. The investigation became controversial during the Fernández de Kirchner administration, as those involved had become adults and some of them refused to participate in DNA testing. One of those cases was the Noble siblings case, involving the adopted sons of Ernestina Herrera de Noble, owner of the Clarín newspaper. The Kirchners advanced a bill in Congress to make the genetic testing of suspected victims mandatory. Although the measure had popular support, critics considered it a breach of the right to privacy, and politically motivated because of a dispute between her and the Clarín newspaper. The Noble siblings tests in 2011 were negative, and the case was closed in January 2016, after Fernández de Kirchner left the presidency. Hilario Bacca, a confirmed son of disappeared guerrillas, appealed a judicial ruling that sought to change his name, asking to keep the name he had been using.

Relationship with the media

See also: Relation of Kirchnerism with the press
Kirchner holding a copy of Clarín

Football broadcasting was nationalized on the program Fútbol para todos and then filled with pro-government advertisements. On the other hand, the country's largest selling newspaper Clarín, published by the Clarín Group, is not aligned with the government.

The Fernández de Kirchner government launched an illegal campaign against Clarín Group, which included over 450 legal and administrative acts of harassment, as reported by the Global Editors Network. One of those actions was a selective use of state advertising, to benefit the media aligned with the government. The government tried to enforce a controversial media law that would see Clarín Group lose licenses and be forced to sell most of its assets. The law was initially sanctioned as a competition law for the media, but critics pointed out that it was only being used to further the campaign against Clarín Group. The government had little interest in enforcing measures of the law that were not related to Clarín Group. Clarín Group launched a constitutional challenge against some articles of the law with the judiciary. The government released an anti-Clarín advertisement claiming it refused to obey the law and may be subverting democracy. The conflict led to disputes with the judiciary. Minister Julio Alak said that extending an injunction that allowed Clarín Group to keep its assets during the trial would be an insurrection, and it was rumored that judges who did not rule as the government wished might face impeachment. The court extended the injunction.

She claims that journalistic objectivity does not exist, and that all journalists act on behalf of certain interests. She also justified the lack of press conferences, arguing that it is not important for her administration.

Anthony Mills, deputy director of the International Press Institute, compared the harassment against the press in Argentina with cases in Venezuela and Ecuador. He considered it unfortunate that the president disparaged journalism, and pointed that the freedom of the press may be declining in Argentina.

Midterm elections

President Kirchner after the defeat at the 2009 midterm elections

The 2009 midterm elections took place a year after the crisis with the farmers. The Kirchners were highly unpopular at the time, and people rejected their policies and governing style. The growing rates of inflation and crime also eroded their public support. Seeking to reverse their declining popularity, Néstor Kirchner led the list for deputy candidates at the Buenos Aires province. He was narrowly defeated by Francisco de Narváez, who led a Peronist faction opposed to the Kirchners. The Kirchners lost the majority of Congress as a result of the election.

The Front for Victory recovered the majority in both chambers of the Congress during the 2011 presidential elections, when she was re-elected for a second term. The party had projects to amend the constitution and allow indefinite reelections, but lacked the supermajority required for it. A victory at the 2013 midterm elections would have given such majority, but the party was defeated in most provinces. Sergio Massa, a former cabinet minister of the Kirchners, won in the Buenos Aires Province by nearly 10 points with his new party, the Renewal Front. Argentina lacked a big opposition party since the collapse of the Radical Civic Union in 2001. Instead, Massa created an alternative party that also stood for Peronism. However, the party still retained a simple majority in Congress. This election was the first one where teenagers from 16 to 18 could vote. President Fernández de Kirchner, who had undergone brain surgery some weeks before, was hospitalized during the election and unable to join the campaign.

Foreign policy

Fernández de Kirchner with U.S. President George W. Bush at the 2008 G20 Washington summit in 2008
Fernández de Kirchner with U.S. President Barack Obama at the 2011 G20 Cannes summit in 2011

Fernández de Kirchner was part of the "pink tide", a group of populist, left-wing presidents who ruled several Latin American countries in the 2000s. This group included, among others, Néstor and Cristina Kirchner in Argentina, Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, Evo Morales in Bolivia and Rafael Correa in Ecuador. She has been an unconditional supporter of Chávez and Maduro. As Paraguay rejected the incorporation of Venezuela into the Mercosur trade bloc, she took advantage of the impeachment of Fernando Lugo to claim that Paraguay had suffered a coup d'état and proposed to temporarily remove the country from the bloc. With the support of the other presidents, Paraguay was removed for a time, and Venezuela was incorporated into the Mercosur. She maintained her support of Venezuela even during the large 2014 Venezuela protests and the imprisonment of its leader, Leopoldo López.

She had a rocky relationship with the United States. Several items from a US Air Force plane, such as drugs and GPS devices, were seized by Argentine officials, which caused a diplomatic crisis. US State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said that they were standard tools used in counter-terrorism tactics which were being taught to the Argentine police during the joint operation, and asked for the return of the seized materials. She blamed the whole country for the 2014 default, ruled by US judge Thomas P. Griesa. She said in a cadena nacional ("national network") address that the US may be trying to oust her from power, or even assassinate her. She said this a few days after accusing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant of similar assassination plans against her. The idea was rejected by opposition leader Elisa Carrió as a mere conspiracy theory.

The 30th anniversary of the Falklands War was in 2012, and Fernández de Kirchner was increasingly critical of the UK, reiterating the Argentine claims in the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute. British Prime minister David Cameron rejected her comments. Relations were also strained by recent oil explorations in the area, and she threatened to sue Rockhopper Exploration for it.

Fernández de Kirchner with Pope Francis in 2015

When Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, the initial reactions were mixed. Most of Argentine society cheered it, but the pro-government newspaper Página/12 published renewed allegations about the Dirty War, and the president of the National Library described a global conspiracy theory. The president took more than an hour to congratulate him, and only did so in a passing reference within a routine speech. However, due to the Pope's popularity in Argentina, Fernández de Kirchner made what the political analyst Claudio Fantini called a "Copernican shift" in her relations with him and fully embraced the Francis phenomenon. On the day before his inauguration as pope, Bergoglio, now Francis, had a private meeting with Fernández de Kirchner. They exchanged gifts and lunched together. This was the new pope's first meeting with a head of state, and there was speculation that the two were mending their relations. Página/12 removed their controversial articles about Bergoglio, written by Horacio Verbitsky, from their web page, as a result of this change.

Fernández de Kirchner with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2011

Argentina suffered a terrorist attack in 1994, the AMIA bombing targeting a Buenos Aires Jewish center, that killed 85 people and wounded 300. The investigation remained open for years, and prosecutor Alberto Nisman was appointed to the case. He accused Iran of organizing the attack, and the Hezbollah group of carrying it out. He intended to prosecute five Iranian officials, including former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, but Argentina signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran for a joint investigation. Nisman accused the president of signing that memorandum for oil and trade benefits, according to hundreds of hours of wiretaps. On 19 January 2015, he was found dead at his home, a day before a congressional hearing to explain his accusation, which caused a great controversy. As of 2016, both the cases of the AMIA bombing and the death of Nisman remain unresolved, and the courts declined at the time to investigate his denunciation of Fernández de Kirchner.

Fernández de Kirchner maintained her positions during several speeches at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) during its yearly meetings of September and had a rocky relationship with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. In 2009, Fernández de Kirchner personally asked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to cooperate with the Argentine justice to help bring closure to the AMIA bombing. She pointed the belief of both mandataries in God and condemned Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust as well as other "Western tragedies" In the September 2009 UNGA, she clashed with Ahmadinejad and ordered the Argentine delegation to walk out on Ahmadinejad's speech, denouncing his rhetoric. In return, Iran responded that Argentina's accusations were "unfounded and irresponsible" and denounced the "inept Argentine judicial system and its vulnerabiities to internal and foreign pressures."

Post-presidency

Fernández de Kirchner with then-Buenos Aires Mayor and successor Mauricio Macri in 2014

Mauricio Macri, mayor of Buenos Aires, was elected president in the 2015 presidential elections, defeating the Kirchnerist candidate Daniel Scioli in a ballotage. During the transition period, Macri reported that Fernández de Kirchner was creating obstacles and problems in an attempt to undermine his government. She changed the 2016 budget, increasing spending in several areas (even the broadcasting of soccer matches), despite the huge fiscal deficit. A number of Kirchnerist officials refused to resign their offices to allow Macri to appoint his own people. Even the handover ceremony became controversial, as she refused to attend it. It was the first time since the end of military rule in 1983 that the outgoing president did not hand over power to the incoming one.

In 2016, she founded a think tank under the name of Patria Institute, intended to centralize her post-presidency activities. She also wrote a book called Sinceramente, which was published in 2019.

Senatorial run

Both Fernández de Kirchner and her former interior minister Florencio Randazzo wanted to run for senator for the Buenos Aires Province at the 2017 midterm elections. Refusing to run in primary elections, she asked for a shared ticket as a condition to run for senator. Randazzo did not accept the proposal. As both candidates enlisted to run in the general election, the FPV broke apart with the Justicialist Party of Buenos Aires Province backing Randazzo and the rest of the FPV parties backing Fernández de Kirchner; the remaining parties formed the Citizen's Unity (Unidad Ciudadana) coalition. Esteban Bullrich was the candidate of Cambiemos.

Fernández de Kirchner won the mandatory primary elections by a slim margin of 0,08%, but lost in the general election 36% to 42%. However, she still took office according to Argentine Senate election procedure where the balloting results in two of the three senate seats being claimed by the party winning the largest vote share, with the second-place finisher claiming the third senate seat.

Vice presidency

Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (right) alongside President Alberto Fernández (left) in 2021.

On 27 October 2019, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was elected vice president, making her the first former head of state to assume the Argentine vice presidency. She was the running mate of Alberto Fernández (no relation), who was elected president. She resigned from the Senate on 27 November 2019 after assuming the vice presidency, and was replaced by her former foreign minister Jorge Taiana.

Legal charges

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Fernández de Kirchner has faced several charges in court after leaving office in 2015. One of those concerned the sale of dollar futures at very low prices near the end of her term. This became a problem during Macri's presidency. The operation was carried out by the Central Bank, but judge Claudio Bonadio believes Fernández de Kirchner was the instigator. She is also being investigated for her role in "The Route of the K-Money" scandal. About US$1 million of her assets was frozen while Bonadio investigated the case. She took advantage of the hearing to organize her first political rally since leaving office. Lázaro Báez, a businessman who had close ties with the Kirchners, was detained in April 2016 as it was suspected that he might flee escape. José López, an official from the ministry of public works, was detained while trying to hide bags filled with millions in cash at a monastery. In December 2016, Federal Judge Julián Ercolini ordered the freezing of US$633 million of Fernández de Kirchner's assets and approved charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration against her.

The case presented by Nisman was finally opened for investigation in December 2016. In December 2017, Judge Bonadio indicted her and charged her with high treason. However, as a sitting senator, she enjoyed immunity from prosecution. In March 2018, Fernández de Kirchner was indicted for obstructing investigation into the 1994 AMIA bombing, which killed 85 people, with her allegedly making a deal with the Iranian government to stop investigating Iranian officials who may have been involved in the attack in exchange for better prices on Iranian oil and other products. She can still face trial despite her immunity, while legislators also have the choice to strip her of immunity. Human Rights Watch claims, based mainly on reports and testimonies made by former secretary-general of Interpol Ronald Noble, that these charges have no grounds. Noble refuted the claim of cover-up made by Judge Bonadio, calling the judge's report "false, misleading and incomplete". In April 2021, Fernández de Kirchner's lawyers anticipated that they will ask for the cause against her regarding the memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran to be nullified, alleging that it was tampered by the visits of two different judges to former President Macri, which coincided with the time of indictments on the cause against her.

In December 2022, the Court of First Instance found Fernández de Kirchner guilty of "fraudulent administration" over the awarding of a public works contract to Báez. The court sentenced Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for corruption. She had temporary immunity and was able to remain free due to her role as a vice president and could appeal the verdict. She denied the allegations against her and stated that she would not run for reelection in 2023. In November 2024, a federal appeals court in Buenos Aires upheld the guilty verdict and sentence. However, the ruling is not final as she can still appeal to the Supreme Court.

In December 2024, the Supreme Court rejected the defense's request and confirmed that Fernández de Kirchner will have a trial for the case of the memorandum with Iran.

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Main articles: Public image of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Relato K

Cristina Kirchner is considered to be a populist leader.

She had been accused of building a system of propaganda, referred to by critics as the Relato K.

Axel Kaiser, a follower of the Austrian School, claims that this propaganda glorifies the state to the detriment of individual rights, uses conspiracy theories to explain the government's mistakes, blames neoliberalism for poverty, and glorifies democracy while only maintaining the appearance of it, justifies economic interventionism by describing economic activity as a zero-sum game (where any wealth is the result of exploitation), and blames class conflict and imperialism for problems such as inflation.

To Kaiser, this system divides the political world into two halves: the people and those against the people, with the Kirchners described as the saviors of the people, interpreting their collective will beyond the boundaries of parliaments and parties. This division is used to justify the rejection of those described as being against the people, and to polarize the population. He claims that Fernández de Kirchner's election in 2011 was used to justify authoritarian policies in the name of the general will, criticism being described as antidemocratic or as the plotting of a coup.

According to Richard Bourke, political theorist and Kirchner supporter Ernesto Laclau considered this the perfect form of democracy, a vision of that has been criticized by other writers as leaving little room for opposition, reducing the citizen to a spectator unable to contest government policies.

Personal life

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in presidential regalia posing with her children, Máximo and Florencia (2011)

In 1973, during her studies at the National University of La Plata, she met her future spouse, Néstor Kirchner. They were married on 9 May 1975 and had two children: Máximo (born 1977, currently serving as National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province and the leader for Frente de Todos in the chamber) and Florencia (born 1990).

Néstor Kirchner died on 27 October 2010 after suffering a heart attack. Following the death of her husband, she dressed in black for over three years.

Health

Fernández de Kirchner's health first became a topic of public concern in 2005 when Noticias magazine reported that she might suffer from bipolar disorder. Journalist Franco Lindner interviewed the psychiatrist who treated her without revealing his name. Journalist Nelson Castro investigated further and discovered that the psychiatrist was Alejandro Lagomarsino, who died in 2011. Lagomarsino was the leading specialist in the treatment of bipolar disorder in Argentina.

Castro's investigation revealed that Fernández de Kirchner was treated by Lagomarsino for a short period. He could not determine the length of her treatment or the medicine she received, or whether another psychiatrist continued treating her or not. Castro considers that some of her outlandish phrases or projects, and her frequent periods of hiding from public view, may be explained by the disorder's periods of mania and depression, as well as being a regular political strategy. Eduardo Duhalde said that Néstor Kirchner once confided in him that she had a bipolar disorder, while she was having a violent outburst.

During the United States diplomatic cables leak it was revealed that Hillary Clinton questioned Fernández de Kirchner's mental health and asked the US embassy whether she was receiving treatment or not; she later apologized to Fernández de Kirchner for those leaks. She said in her book La Presidenta that it was all a misunderstanding; it is her sister who suffers from bipolar disorder.

On 27 December 2011, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimaro announced that Fernández de Kirchner had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer on 22 December and that she would undergo surgery on 4 January 2012. The standard procedure in these operations is to expose the thyroid gland so that a pathologist can take a sample, analyze it looking for carcinogenic cells, and then decide whether it needs to be removed. In her case, this step was omitted and the gland was removed directly. After the operation, it was revealed that she had been misdiagnosed and did not have cancer. On 5 October 2013, doctors ordered Fernández de Kirchner to rest for a month after they found blood on her brain caused by a head injury she received on 8 August 2012. She was re-admitted to hospital and had successful surgery on 8 October 2013 to remove blood from under a membrane covering her brain.

On 4 November 2021, Fernández de Kirchner was admitted at the Santorio Otamendi after doctors found out that she had a uterine polyp and had to undergo hysterectomy. On 6 November 2021, she was later discharged after a successful surgery.

Assassination attempt

These paragraphs are an excerpt from Attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

On 1 September 2022, a man attempted to assassinate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the vice president and former president of Argentina. The assailant approached Fernández de Kirchner as she met with supporters outside of her official residence in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, and attempted to shoot her in the head with a semi-automatic pistol. The pistol failed to fire, and the suspect was immediately arrested on scene.

Police arrested Fernando André Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old man who was born in Brazil and has lived in Argentina since 1993. He is in detention awaiting trial for attempted homicide.

Electoral history

Executive

Electoral history of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Election Office List Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2007 President of Argentina Front for Victory 8,652,293 45.28% 1st Elected
2011 Front for Victory 11,865,055 54.11% 1st Elected
2019 Vice President of Argentina Frente de Todos 12,946,037 48.24% 1st Elected

Legislative

Electoral history of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
1989 Provincial Deputy Santa Cruz Victory Front 1 Santa Cruz Province 11.969 36.81% 1st Elected
1993 Santa Cruz Victory Front 1 Santa Cruz Province 26,877 69.32% 1st Elected
1997 National Deputy Justicialist Party 1 Santa Cruz Province 46,885 59.69% 1st Elected
2001 National Senator Justicialist Party 1 Santa Cruz Province 52,499 61.91% 1st Elected
2005 Justicialist Party 1 Buenos Aires Province 3,056,572 45.77% 1st Elected
2017 Unidad Ciudadana 1 Buenos Aires Province 3,529,900 37.31% 2nd Elected

Ancestry

Ancestors of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
8. Spain Francisco Fernández de O Campo
b. Spain
4. Spain Pascasio Fernández Gómez
b. 27 February 1862 A Fonsagrada, Galicia, Spain
9. Spain Isabel Gómez Díaz
b. Spain
2. Argentina Eduardo Fernández
b. 1921 Argentina
10. Spain José Antonio Fernández Murias
b. Spain
5. Spain Amparo Fernández
b. Asturias, Spain
11. Spain Manuela Saavedra
b. Spain
1. Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
b. 19 February 1953 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12. Argentina Carlos Paz Wilhelm
b. 1860 Argentina
6. Argentina Carlos Nemesio Wilhelm
b. 31 October 1898 La Plata, Argentina
13. Argentina Carlota Eloísa Gutiérrez
b. 4 November 1860 Buenos Aires, Argentina
3. Argentina Ofelia Esther Wilhelm
b. circa 1930 Argentina
14. Spain Francisco Pulido Bernal
b. Spain
7. Argentina María Vicenta Pulido
b. Pehuajó, Argentina
15. Spain Clementina Plaza
b. Spain

Honours

Coat of arms of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as a member of Order of Isabella the Catholic

Foreign honours

Honorary degrees

Notes

  1. ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

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