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In Breaking News, Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner dies
Argentina’s former president, Nestor Kirchner, has died, after reportedly suffering a heart attack.
Mr Kirchner, 60, who had been operated on in September for heart problems, died in the southern Argentine city of El Calafate, according to what local media reported.
His wife, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, let´s remember is the current president of the country.
Mr Kirchner served as president from 2003 to 2007, and was being tipped to stand for election again in 2011.
He had remained a member of the Argentine congress and secretary general of the South American regional grouping, Unasur.
But he had been dogged by ill health and had undergone two major operations in 2010 alone.
In February Mr Kirchner had surgery to remove a blockage in his carotid artery, which carried blood from the heart to the brain.
He had a second operation in September, when routine tests revealed a blocked coronary artery.
Mr Kirchner was given an emergency angioplasty after complaining of numbness in his legs.
Néstor Carlos Kirchner died today, (25 February 1950 – 27 October 2010) was an Argentine politician, who served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and as a National Deputy of Argentina for Buenos Aires Province. A Justicialist, Kirchner was the President of Argentina from May 25, 2003 until December 10, 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since December 10, 1991.
Kirchner was little-known internationally and even domestically before his election to President, which he won by default with only 22.2 percent of the vote in the first round, when former President Carlos Menem (24.4%) withdrew from the race.
Soon after taking office in May 2003, Kirchner surprised the world by standing down powerful military and police officials. Stressing the need to increase accountability and transparency in government, Kirchner overturned amnesty laws for military officers accused of torture and assassinations during the 1976–1983 “dirty war” under military rule.
On 28 October 2007, his wife Cristina Fernández, was elected to succeed him as President of Argentina. Thus, Kirchner is the current First Gentleman of Argentina. On 2009, he was elected a National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province. He was also designated Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations on May 4, 2010.
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I know his family and friends have to hurt deeply and it had to be a major shock to the people that love him…I want to say to the family that it is sad to lose some one that loves you and…( Some one who loves you) Too bad we can’t all live forever and ever but with God on another earth it happens?Sorry that he is gone on so many levels his smile and his laughter and his words of Wisdoms and…Kindness and faith and hopes and dreams are with him…Pray his family is taken care of and most of all every one is reaching out and gaining the fact that he has brought all the people together in love of his love and kindness to people that he has shared his life with… To share his wisdom and time is truely a treasure in itself and…He is gone too soon and…In life we never know how much time we have but he took the time to care about people and learn about his craft and torch many peoples lives on so many levels and…All I can say is Thank God he was here and a part of are lives and that it was a gift of his to be here to share his life and help change lives forever all over the world and torch each and every person life by just being in the room and sharing his smile and his hand shake and his jokes and his issues and worries and concerns…TAKE CARE IS BRAVE AND STRONG FAMILY…I am sending my prayers to you and hope you take care of yourself and…Pray your going to be okay.
I care and know that your still in shock and…I know that his family and friends need time to heal and…So sorry that other people can’t say much to you but it has to hurt to not have the person you love and miss and this Holidays are ahead and it has to be major hard to go throw this without the person you love and miss…All I can say is take care and do everything slow like and take it one day at a time…I want to say is take care…I am sorry for your lost.
Take care family and take it one day at a time and it has to be really hard to miss all this special days ahead of us and…Just take it nice and slow and one day at a time and lost is something that shocks you and when you don’t have that special person around it is so very hard to be around that but what I mean is thankgiving and christmas and new years.