The widow takes it all

摘要

A YEAR ago, when Nestor Kirchner died suddenly of a heart attack, Cristina Fernandez seemed to have lost not just her husband and political partner but also her grip on power and appetite for it. That Argentina's widowed president now looks certain to win a presidential election on October 23rd-and by a bigger margin than four years ago-is thus a personal triumph (see page 53). It is due to luck, skill and above all the post-traumatic stress that still scars Argentine society a decade after a financial collapse that resembles Greece's plight today.