Before I continue the Peninsula Valdes story it seems important to mention that the ex-president, Néstor Kirchner, husband of the current president, Cristina Kirchner, died last Wednesday, the day of the census. The story, as one might imagine, was all over the news, displacing the usual non-stop story about the murder/traffic accident/theft of the day (all television news producers must attend the same training schools).
The next day almost every sidewalk billboard I passed was plastered with this image:
Mr. Kirchner was expected to run for president next term, perhaps setting off a series of leapfrog style let's-keep-it-in-the-family runs by him and his wife, so now there are many questions about what Cristina will do with the remainder of her term, whether she'll be able to maintain the political alliances her husband had forged, etc.
I think the poster makes her look too reliant upon Néstor - you know, the literal leaning on his shoulder image doesn't bode well when one is suddenly required to stand on one's own - but we're not exactly talking about my area of expertise (which is what, by the way?).
There were a couple days of public mourning at a gathering along the big avenue 9 de Julio, which I was sorta planning to see on Friday but cold rain kept me in. Yeah, wimpy!
Okay, back to the Peninsula Valdes story.
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