Argentina´s `Queen Cristina` seeks return to politics with Senate bid
(The Guardian Argentina)

Former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has formed centre-left party and will run for key seat that populous Buenos Aires provinceArgentina´s former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has formally launched her bid for a Senate seat in October´s mid-term elections in a race that will determine whether President Mauricio Macri can deepen his free-market reforms. Fernández´s run, confirmed by a spokesman, comes a little over a week after she formed a new centre-left party independent of Peronism, Argentina´s dominant political movement that she has belonged to for decades. Related: Former Argentina president faces fresh inquiry into bombing cover-up claims Continue reading...