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Just Who IS Nestor Kirchner?
August 8th, 2006, 16:40
Kirchner was governor
of the Patagonian Province of Santa Cruz, a vast area stretching from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Andes. It is cold and for the most part a
barren province. But it has oil. And it has very large ore deposits. It has
priviledged fishing along the South Atlantic coast and lots of good sheep grazing on its plains. A lot more sheep than people. The
population is just under 200,000.
As Governor, Kirchner changed the
province's constitution so he could be re-elected over and over
again. He was the virtual owner of the province and exerted his
dictatorial powers accordingly. Kirchner muzzled the media and members
of his family were (and still are) in all top government positions.
Kirchner's
wife, Cristina Fernandez, was senator for Santa Cruz, but soon after her
husband became president with 22% of the votes, she was magically
transformed into Senator for the Province of Buenos Aires, the richest
in the country.
Kirchner now rules by decree, violating the
constitution and totally by-passing Congress. Opposition is weak, almost
non-existent. From dictator ruling over 200,000 souls, he is now Dictator of a nation of 38-million.
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