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1、TenyearsoftheKirchnersinArgentinaAdecadeofdivisionMay28th2013,18:06byH.C.
2、BUENOSAIRES··TweetONMAY25thPresidentCristinaFernándezdeKirchnerthrewalivelypartytocelebratetheten-yearanniversaryofherlatehusbandNéstorKirchner’spresidentialinaugurationandthusadecadeofKirchnerruleinArgentina.Bandsbeltedou
3、ttangos,ballerinastwirledacrossthestageandorchestrasblareduntiltheevening,whenMsFernándezemergedtofireuphersupporterswithalongspeechandmuchpumpingoffists.“Likeitornot,thisisavictoriousdecade—notforthegovernment,butforthepeople,”shedeclared.Heropponentsseeitdifferently,variouslydescribingthedecad
4、eas“lost”,“wasted”or“trampled”.NoneofthesedescriptionsquitecapturestherealityoftheKirchners'tenturbulentyearsinpower.“Whatdeterminedalotofthedecadeishowitbegan,”saysJuanCruz Díaz,headofCefeidasGroup,arisk-analysisfirm.WhenMrKirchnerassumedthepresidencyin2003,heinheritedabankruptandrestivecountry
5、,indebttothetuneof$81billionandplaguedbypoverty,violenceandpoliticalchaos.Hewasthefourthpresidentintwoyears.“Kirchnerknewthatinordertorevivethecountryandsurvivepoliticallyhewouldneedtoconcentratepowerandactboldly,”MrDíazsays.Someofthoseboldactionswerebroadlypopular.MrKirchnerquicklynegotiatedthe
6、largestdebthaircutinhistory,slashingArgentina’sexternalarrearsbymorethantwo-thirds.Hebargainedtoraiseminimumwagesandpumpedinvestmentintohousingandinfrastructure.Hefoughttokeepthepesocompetitive,allowingArgentinatoridehighcommoditiespricestogrowththataveraged8.8%duringhisfouryearsinoffice.Finally
7、,hewascommendedforrescuingtheSupremeCourtfromkangaroostatusbyshrinkingitfromninememberstofiveandreplacingitstamememberswithmorerespectedjustices. ButinsomeinstancesMrKirchnertooktheconcentrationofgovernmenttoofar,usingittobolsterhisownpower.Healteredthecompositionofthecouncilthatnominatesjudgest
8、ogivetheexecutiveaveto,distributedpublicadvertising accordingtopoliticalaffinity,andusedhismajoritytogovernalmostbydecree.In2007heintervenedintheindependentstatisticsagency,demandingitmassagegrowthstatisticsanddownplayinflat
