Weekly Report - 09 April 2015 (WR-15-14)

Though this week’s Summit of the Americas in Panama may give President Cristina Fernández the opportunity to build some bridges with her partners in both South and North America, her final trips as head of state demonstrate to a degree the isolated situation in which Argentina now finds itself after 12 years of Kirchnerismo. In late April, Fernández is to visit Russia for a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin. At present, her final trip abroad as president will be to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, in June. It will be her fifth visit to see the Argentine pontiff.