(29 Oct 2007)
1. Wide of Casa Rosada (Presidential palace) and people walking past
2. Casa Rosada
3. Man selling newspapers
4. Newspapers
5. Newspaper with picture of Cristina Fernandez and a headline reading: (Spanish) "Cristina Fernadez, first female president elected in Argentina"
6. Newspaper with the picture of Argentinian President Nestor Kirchner and his his wife Cristina
7. Pull-out of man reading newspaper
8. Man reading newspapers
9. Set-up of man reading newspaper
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Fernando Diego Rodriguez, Resident:
"Particularly I'm very happy because justice has been done. That was the idea and I think the majority of Argentinians think the same way.
(Q: What expectations do you have, what do you expect now?)
"I hope that the country grows and social equality and that we all have something to hope for."
11. Set-up of man reading the newspaper
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Roberto Guevaolo, Resident:
"I have the same expectations as I have always had. I'll have to keep working, they are going to keep governing and the corrupted people will remain corrupt."
13. Man buying a newspaper and walking away
STORYLINE:
President Nestor Kirchner and first lady Cristina Fernandez will switch jobs in December after Argentines elected a female president for the first time and launched their country's most powerful political dynasty since Juan and Evita Peron.
Fernandez is a lawyer and senator who followed her husband as he rose from an obscure governorship to the presidency, drawing comparisons to US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
She will bring a feistier and more glamorous style to the Casa Rosada, Argentina's presidential palace, in which she has already spent the last four years.
But it is unclear how much change she will bring.
Analysts say her strong win gives Fernandez an opportunity to right the problems of her husband's administration, including high inflation, an energy crisis and a shrinking budget surplus.
With more than 96 per cent of polling places reporting, Fernandez had 45 percent of the vote, compared with 23 per cent for former lawmaker Elisa Carrio and 17 per cent for former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna.
Eleven others split the rest.
Fernandez needed 40 per cent and a margin of 10 percentage points over the runner-up to avoid a runoff.
Carrio spokesman Matias Mendez said seven parties had filed a complaint alleging missing or stolen ballots.
One representative of the ruling party was arrested on suspicion of trying to vote twice, and a judge extended voting by an hour in the capital because many polling stations opened late.
One Buenos Aires resident told AP Television that he felt the result was fair.
"I'm very happy because justice has been done. That was the idea and I think the majority of Argentinians think the same way," he said.
The next president, who begins a four-year term on December 10, faces challenges including high inflation, an energy shortage and rampant crime.
And the legacy of the economic crisis can still be seen in high unemployment and widespread poverty in a country that a century ago ranked among the world's 10 richest.
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