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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Cristina Fernandez was sworn in Monday as Argentina’s first elected female president, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure continued economic recovery.
Fernandez, whose husband, Nestor Kirchner, is credited with leading Argentina out of its 2001-02 economic meltdown, vowed to increase his center-left economic programs, create jobs and reduce high poverty levels.
During her inaugural speech, Fernandez’s voice rose in anger as she demanded faster progress from court investigations of human-rights abuses of the country’s 1976-83 dictatorship.
“We must try and punish those who were responsible,” she said.
The Associated Press
