Wikileaks: Argentine president 'dominated' by husband

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez was “submissive” to her powerful husband who was a controlling “monster”, her former cabinet chief told a US official, according to new US diplomatic cables.

Sergio Massa, who led Ms Fernandez’s cabinet in 2008 and 2009, said during a September 2009 meeting with a US diplomat that Ms Fernandez “deferred to her husband on all matters, and that in practice she only took orders”, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.