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October 30th, 2007

For the first time in history, two women were the leading candidates for a presidential election (some guys ran, too, but people didn’t take them seriously). Results are out and Argentina’s second Evita Peron has won the elections.

“BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP): First lady Cristina Fernandez claimed victory in Argentina’s presidential election Sunday, with early results and exit polls suggesting she had avoided a runoff and become the first woman elected to the post.

Fernandez’s husband, President Nestor Kirchner, is credited with Argentina’s rebound from a 2001 economic collapse, and much of her support is due to his popularity.

She has been compared to U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who like her is a lawyer and senator who soldiered alongside a husband as he rose from small-state governor to his nation’s presidency.

“We have won amply,” the 54-year-old Fernandez proclaimed, Kirchner standing at her side. “But this, far from putting us in a position of privilege, puts us instead in a position of greater responsibilities and obligations.”

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