President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner resumed her duties as Head of State and attended a ceremony in the Government House after taking a 20-day medical leave of absence after undergoing a thyroid surgery that left her a 4-centimetres long scar on her neck.
Fernández de Kirchner also said she has instructed Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli to “create a committee in order to declassify the Rattenbach Report,” an independent investigation that was drafted after the Malvinas Islands.
“History clearly shows that that war was not demanded by the Argentine people, but orchestrated by a junta desperate to bury the new reality that had been uncovered by a group of women who were looking for their children and grandchildren while wearing white handkerchiefs on their heads,” she said.
As she entered the room, she was greeted with a standing ovation from governors and Kirchnerite activists. She was joined by Vice-President Amado Boudou and Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina.
Source: Buenos AIres Herald