Argentina Elects First Female President!

Argentina's first lady and president-elect senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner celebrates at her campaign headquarters in Buenos Aires, October 28, 2007. (Andres Stapff/Reuters)

Argentina elected its first woman president on Sunday!

From Reuters:

First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will become Argentina's first elected female president after taking victory in Sunday's election.

A center-leftist senator, she is expected to continue the policies of her husband, President Nestor Kirchner, who has overseen an economic boom following a deep crisis in 2001-02.

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