After spending New Year’s Eve with her family, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returned to Buenos Aires at midday from El Calafate, Santa Cruz province.
The Head of State and her family landed in Buenos Aires on Monday to arrange the final details for the surgery she is scheduled to undergo on Wednesday.
Fernández de Kirchner celebrated the arrival of the new year with her children, her mother Ofelia Wilhem, her mother-in-law María Ostoic and her daughter-in-law Rocío, among others.
Last week, the presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced that Fernández de Kirchner had to be operated for a cancerous tumour in the area surrounding her thyroid gland.
It is expected that a week after the surgery, she will go to her residence at El Calafate, where doctors say she should be making a full recovery.
Her leave of absence will last at least 20 days, and Vice-President Amado Boudou will be in charge of the Executive branch until she resumes her activities.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald