Poll: Argentine first lady favorite for presidency

According to a poll conducted earlier this month, Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is the overwhelming favorite to succeed her husband and become the country’s next president. Cristina received 47% of support while ex-economy minister Roberto Lavagna placed a distant second with 12%. (Elections will take place in October).

As we mentioned last week, Cristina tried to downplay comparisons between her and former Argentine leader Eva Peron as well as current U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

President Nestor Kirchner is currently on an official visit to Mexico where he asked his Mexican counterpart to join the Mercosur trade bloc.

Sources- Angus Reid Consultants, The Latin Americanist, Prensa Latina, Bloomberg

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