http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/cristina_kirchners_moment Comments for "Cristina Kirchner's moment, Ana Caistor-Arendar " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/cristina_kirchners_moment <p> On Monday 11 December 2007, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner assumed the presidency of Argentina after being handed the baton of power by the outgoing president, her husband, Néstor Kirchner. A country known the world over for its macho culture had elected its first female head of state. At a lavish ceremony in Buenos Aires to mark the event, the second <a href="http://www.casarosada.gov.ar/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1450&amp;Itemid=117">President Kirchner</a> admitted that she would find it &quot;difficult being a woman in a man&#39;s world&quot;, but asserted that she would &quot;take charge of the presidency.&quot; </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/cristina_kirchners_moment" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/cristina_kirchners_moment">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/cristina_kirchners_moment#comment Ana Caistor-Arendar Creative Commons normal globalisation institutions &amp; government Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:13:10 +0000 35414 at http://www.opendemocracy.net