BUENOS AIRES -- It has become a nightly ritual. The residents of Villa Lugano, a scruffy neighborhood on the city's south side, burn tires and beat drums, while a dozen police officers in fluorescent orange jerseys stand behind a metal barricade, protecting about 90 squatters from the neighbors' wrath. The squatters, mostly immigrants fleeing...
SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Néstor Kirchner, the former president of Argentina who led his country out of a crippling economic crisis before being succeeded by his wife, died unexpectedly early Wednesday, apparently of a heart attack, opening a period of intense political uncertainty in the nation. After complaining of flu symptoms Tuesday night, Mr....
Just six months ago Néstor Kirchner, a former Argentine president, was left for politically dead after he suffered an embarrassing second-place finish in congressional elections. One day after the loss, which was viewed as a referendum on the leadership of Mr. Kirchner and his wife, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, he resigned as leader...
Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (25. februar 1950 i Rio Gallegos - 27. oktober 2010 i El Calafate) var en argentinsk politiker og præsident i perioden 2003-2007.
Kirchner var peronist og har været guvernør for Santa Cruz-provinsen fra 1991 til 2003, da han blev Argentinas præsident ved en valgsejr over den tidligere præsident Carlos Menem (1989-1999).
Selvom Menem vandt den først valgrunde den 27. april 2003, fik han alene 24 procent af de gyldige stemmer, cirka 2 procent mere end Kirchner. Dette var dog en lille sejr, da Menem generelt havde et negativt omdømme blandt en stor del af den argentinske befolkning og derfor reelt ikke havde nogen chance for at vinde anden valgrunde. Efter en række af dage med spekulationer, hvor opinionsmålingerne viste en massiv Kirchner sejr med 30-40 procent flere stemmer end Menem, trak Menem sig. Dette gjorde automatisk Kirchner til argentinsk præsident. Fold ud