In Argentina, First Daughter's Words Versus Mom's Actions

An unlikely political voice recently remindedArgentines of the economic difficulties they face due to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bankrupt economic policies: the president's own 23-year-old daughter.

Florencia Kirchner told reporters on Sept. 15 at the government-sponsored Unasur International Film Festival: "I like visiting slums, and I believe everyone should have access to the same things the middle and upper class have." The young Kirchner was at the festival to unveil her film project "La Propia Mirada" (One's Own View), a series of short stories told from the perspective of Argentina's poor. Her work "goes beyond politics. That's because it's social inclusion, which is the duty of every citizen," not just those in politics, she said. A tape of her remarks has been viewed almost 70,000 times on YouTube.