Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of President Nestor Kirchner, was elected president of Argentina Sunday. She became Argentina’s first female president.

Read: Time.com’s interview with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

A veteran lawyer, legislator and stateswoman, as well as political fashion plate, Fernandez is often called The New Evita, after Argentina’s most famous First Lady, Eva Peron. In a rare interview, she talked with TIME’s Tim Padgett about her role in Argentina’s return to the world stage after its disastrous financial crisis of 2001-02. [read]

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