President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is undergoing surgery today for thyroid cancer today in Austral University Hospital in Pilar, about 60 clicks from Buenos Aires. Doctors think she should have a full recovery and she hopes to be back in office on January 24. In the meanwhile Vice-President Amado Boudou will run the nation. There have been a rash of Latin American heads of state who have suffered from cancer recently and Hugo Chavez has an interesting theory on it. Regardless, we wish her the best and a speedy recovery.
As she recovers though we should do a quick synopsis of her for those of us who are not up on what it is to be Argentinian, let alone porteños. She was the first ever elected female president of Argentina and was Argentina's first lady when her late husband Néstor Krchner ran the country. There is still hope Mrs. Clinton.
After a rocky start on foreign relations due to a Venezuelan suitcase full of cash that caused the Americans to cry foul she has done much on foreign policy to improve Argentina. She has signed numerous trade agreements with countries from Venezuela to Egypt so as to create a better economy. She has also done a lot of glad handing with dignitaries from all over. President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng of Vietnam, President Sebastián Piñera of Chile and Hillary Clinton have all made state business trips to Buenos Aires. Importantly though she repaired the fractured relationship between Argentina and Ecuador on account of Argentinian weapons being sold in Ecuador in the 1990's.
While there is still some skepticism of the leftish leaning president in America, there is no such worry at home. She was reelected in a landslide. For years she has been touted as one of the most powerful and influential women in the world by various sources. It is our prayer that she is feeling better soon and able to continue her influential work in Argentina.
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