Peronist is named Argentina’s new President

Eduardo Duhalde, an old-style populist from the Peronist party, was sworn in as Argentina’s fifth president in two weeks today - and immediately lashed out at the unbridled free market policies he blames for the country’s economic chaos.

In a speech before a joint session of Congress that voted him president, Duhalde vowed to steer the country on a new economic course.