October 29, 2007 (LPAC)--Much to the distress of the financiers of Wall Street and the City of London, Argentine First Lady and Senator, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the Presidential candidate of the Victory Front, won a resounding victory in the Oct. 28 Presidential elections with 45% of the vote--more than 20 percentage points above the 23% of her opponent Elisa Carrio of the "Civic Coalition." The Victory Front also won a majority in the Lower House of Congress and maintained its majority in the Senate. About 75% of registered voters participated in the elections.

But this victory, Sen. Fernandez warned, "far from placing us in a position of privilege, places us in a position of greater responsibility," because millions of citizens have placed their confidence in her. Much progress has been made over the past four years under the leadership of her husband, President Nestor Kirchner, Sen. Fernandez said, pulling the country and its people out of the devastating economic and social crisis that existed in 2003, when he took office. But there is still much work to be done, to make further advances in combating poverty, unemployment and a host of other social problems. She called on "all of the men and women, those who voted for us, and those who didn't," to now join with her, "because it is necessary to rebuild [the nation's] social and institutional fabric...A nation isn't built only on the basis of a good government, but on the basis of a good society." Progress must be made, not only for Argentina, "but for the world," she said.

The First Lady made a moving tribute to her husband, who has indicated that he intends to remain very politically active, "modernizing" the Peronist movement, and traveling the country, speaking to citizens in their communities, and helping to build new institutions. Most current cabinet members are expected to remain when Sen. Fernandez takes office on Dec. 10.

While international commentary is stupidly focusing on whether Sen. Fernandez is another Hillary Clinton, or Evita Peron--the latter the popular wife of former President Juan D. Peron who governed in the 1940s and 1950, and for the last time in 1974--the President-elect is pointing to the issues facing her nation. Her main opponent, Carrio, had spent most of her time in recent years pummeling President Nestor Kirchner as a "fascist" and "authoritarian,"--even while she promoted her own Hannah Arendt Institute, named after the fascist lover of Nazi sympathizer Martin Heidegger.

The LaRouche Youth Movement in Argentina has played a major role in mobilizing the population against the fascist policies of the international financiers. They will updating reports later.