The news told me this morning that Nestor Kirchner, ex-President of Argentina, died on Wednesday of an apparent heart. Kirchner was age 60 at time of death; his wife, Cristina Kirchner Fernandez is currently the President of Argentina.
Nestor Kirchner will long be remembered in Argentina, and throughout the world as the man who in 2001-02 told the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the rest of the global capitalist gang that they were no longer wanted in Argentina. Throughout the rest of his Presidency, to 2007, Kirchner continued to work on the restoration of a civil society in Argentina, including breaking the power of the military and re-writing Argentina's economic policies to work on behalf of Argentinians instead of global capitalism.
Kirchner was a long time leader of the center-left Peronist Party. Although not a socialist, Kirchner worked to re-include the Argentinian working class and rural poor within the Argentinian social contract. This included bolstering local Argentinian industries at the expense of international capitalism, adapting policies leading to greater income for working people, and restoring necessary social benefits. One of Kirchner's greatest legacies was adopting legislation which placed abandoned factories under the ownership of its previous workers, thus allowing abandoned enterprises to re-open as workers' cooperatives.
No greater tribute could be afforded to Kirchner than today's stock market reaction. Upon notice of Kirchner's death, Argentinian stocks experienced a dramatic rise in value. To be that hated by the international capitalists is testimony enough that Kirchner's service to all Argentinians was both just and effective.
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