Kirchner A Chilean Of Croatian Descent

Kirchner was born in Río gallegos in the Patagonian province of santa cruz his mother maría juana ostoic dragnic is a chilean of croatian descent from Punta arenas and his father a post office official was of Swiss German descent he received his primary and secondary education at local public schools and his high school diploma from the argentine school Colegio nacional república de guatemala.


Kirchner participated early on in the justicialist movement followers of the populist former President Juan Perón as a member of the young Peronists whose left wing radicalism was strongly opposed to the argentine anticommunist alliance and other rightist influences then dominating President isabel Perón's domestic policy.


Kirchner was a critic structural adjustment programs his criticisms were supported in part by former world bank economist Joseph stiglitz who opposes the measures as recessionary and urged Argentina to take an independent path according to some commentators kirchner was seen as part of a spectrum of new latin American leaders including hugo chávez in venezuela luiz inácio lula da silva in brazil and tabaré vázquez in uruguay who see the washington consensus as an unsuccessful model on that occasion Mr chávez called for a defensive military pact between the armies of the region with a common doctrine and organization.