Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez could be in legal trouble after a federal prosecutor found grounds for a criminal fraud investigation.

Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez got nearly half the votes against a divided opposition in a primary, giving her re-election campaign a feeling of invincibility.

Several major exit polls suggested that first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won her husband’s job today by a large enough margin to avoid a run off.

Argentina’s first lady closed her presidential campaign by praising her husband’s achievements as the country’s leader.

FROM the icy reaches of Patagonia to tropical jungles in the north, Argentines began voting yesterday for a new president to rescue Latin America’s number three economy from a crisis that plunged millions of middleclass Argentines into poverty.