Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich announced that due to the ankle fracture that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner suffered in the southern city of Río Gallegos where she was spending her Christmas break last week, she was forced to reschedule all official events until January 12.
The president did, however, meet with several members of her cabinet in the presidential residence in Olivos. Cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich, Economy minister Axel Kicillof, Interior and Transport minister Florencio Randazzo and presidential secretary Aníbal Fernández were received by Cristina over the course of the afternoon for briefings.
Following an ankle fracture Ms. Kirchner suffered in the southern city of Río Gallegos where she was spending her Christmas break, the president has called off a trip to the Vatican, where she had been invited by Pope Francis along with her Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet to mark the anniversary of the Beagle Channel peace treaty, Capitanich confirmed this morning in his daily press briefing at the government house.
The chief of ministers also announced that a meeting between the president and the leaders of the pro-government CGT labour confederation splinter scheduled for this afternoon has also been cancelled.
Capitanich explained that the official agenda will be rescheduled starting on January 12.
The head of state is keeping rest at Olivos presidential resting, following the advice of the Presidential Medical Unit. Capitanich said that in the following 48 hours the medical team will decide whether she is well enough to travel back to Río Gallegos.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald