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Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2011 (ISSN 1741-4431)

ARGENTINA: A sensation that became a political reality

President Cristina Fernández was probably very happy when 2010, the year in which she lost her husband and predecessor, Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007), came to an end; however, what awaits her in 2011 is far from idyllic. Going into an electoral year in which insecurity ranks as the number one worry for voters in all opinion polls, January has been a month in which out-of-the-ordinary crimes, including the robbery of some US$68,000 and Ã¢â€š ¬17,000 destined for Fernández's official visit to the Middle East, have stolen daily headlines. For an administration that has long held that insecurity is a “sensation" fuelled by an overly dramatic opposition-dominated media, tackling this 'sentiment' has now become of paramount political importance.

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