President names wife as candidate
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From Times Wire Reports
President Nestor Kirchner has tapped his wife to take his place as the ruling coalition’s candidate in October presidential elections, the government news agency said.
Kirchner’s wife, Sen. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is to announce her candidacy July 19 in her home city of La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province and home to a quarter of the country’s voters.
The president oversaw Argentina’s recovery from the 2002 economic crisis, but his support has sagged in recent months.
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