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Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2013 (ISSN 1741-4431)

The Won Decade?

Sunday 25 May marks ten years of Kirchnerismo in Argentina. In the Plaza de Mayo in central Buenos Aires a stage has been set up ahead of a party to celebrate what the government is calling ‘La Década Ganada’ - the ‘Won Decade’. Ten years ago, Néstor Kirchner became president, with just a 22% share of the vote, of a country convulsed by economic and social upheaval following a sovereign default in 2001. Though the decade since his election has been peaceful and prosperous in comparison, commentators will be watching Sunday’s rallies carefully to gauge the continued extent of support for Kirchnerismo, as embodied by Nestor’s wife and successor, Cristina Fernández, amid spiralling inflation, autocratic governance and increasing evidence of corruption.

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