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Cristina F. de Kirchner got 53.96% of the votes in the Argentine presidential election in late October. It is the highest figure since the 1983 election. Has she proved herself so well the first four years, or was there no competition in the election? Electoral fraud perhaps?

Her big electoral victory surprised some. Two years ago she was very unpopular after she introduced grotesque export taxes on agriculture items. Then it was less than 30 percent of voters who thought she did a good job.

Christina Kirchner succeeded her husband Nestor in 2007 as the country's first female president. After her amazing comeback she has now also become the country's first re-elected female president.

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