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Kirchner Roils Argentina With Surprise Vice-Presidency Bid

Former president makes announcement on her YouTube channel
Many had expected her to make another run for the top job

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner — Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Photographer: Erica Canepa/Bloomberg

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Jonathan Gilbert and

May 18, 2019, 2:11 PM UTCUpdated onMay 18, 2019, 7:45 PM UTC

Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will run as a vice-presidential candidate in upcoming elections, stunning many who believed she’d positioned herself to return to the top job.

Kirchner, 66, will run on the same ticket as Alberto Fernandez, a veteran politician and her late husband’s former cabinet chief, she said in a message broadcast Saturday on her official YouTube channel.