Argentina's first elected female president sworn in

Cristina Fernandez was being sworn in as Argentina’s first elected female president today, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure continued recovery from an economic meltdown.

Half a decade after the financial blow-out, which her husband and current president Nestor Kirchner has called an “economic hell”, Ms Fernandez embarks on a four-year term challenged with prolonging a recovery that has seen annual growth rates above 8%.