Buenos Aires (CNN) — Dressed in black, evoking her trademark style, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addressed cheering crowds after preliminary vote counts on Sunday showed her heading toward re-election.
“I have come to places in my life I have never thought I’d arrive. The honor of not just being the first woman elected president but re-elected president … my partner served as president… what else could I want?” said Fernandez, amid fireworks, car horns and celebratory music.
Continuously weaving her role as the nation’s leader with being the widow of former president Nestor Carlos Kirchner, who died in 2010, Kirchner said she carries her husband’s ideals as she returns to office.
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