, Columnist
An Argentinian Dynasty That Knows How to Hang On
The true blow to the president and her allies was their failure to secure a two-thirds majority in Congress.Â
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Argentina's political opposition is hailing the outcome of last weekend's midterm elections as the demise of the Kirchner era -- a decade dominated by the populist policies of leftist President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Nestor Kirchner, her deceased husband and predecessor.
Fernandez's political foes have a reason to celebrate. Sergio Massa, a former chief of staff for Fernandez turned foe, won the congressional seat for the province of Buenos Aires, beating the ruling party candidate, Martin Insaurralde, by almost 12 percentage points.