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Weekly Report - 15 June 2004
ARGENTINA: Kirchner in power contest with Duhalde
President Néstor Kirchner's belated attempt to build up a power base of his own by wooing provincial governors and challenging the powerful regional leaders of the ruling Partido Justicialista (PJ) [WR-04-19] has met with its first major obstacle: former President Eduardo Duhalde, moved to abandon his self-imposed 'exile' from national politics by a public confrontation between Kirchner and Buenos Aires governor Felipe Solá. The dispute is forcing Kirchner to backtrack on other confrontations and putting him in a difficult situation regarding the
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