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By Hugh Bronstein
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will not backtrack from the interventionist economic policies she developed with her late husband and will return to work on Monday, just three days after his burial,...
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Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:02pm EDT
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will not backtrack from the interventionist economic policies she developed with her late husband and will return to work on Monday, just three days after his burial, government officials said over the weekend.
Fernandez, in mourning after Wednesday's death by heart attack of her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, will get straight back to the job, officials told local media.
Speculation was rife that Fernandez might soften the state-centric stance that has marked her government now that the Kirchner is no longer behind the scenes directing economic policy and acting as her main power broker.
But, asked if there will be a change in the government's style, Planning Minister Julio De Vido told Chile's El Murcurio newspaper, "Absolutely not."
"She has taken her stance ... and now she will certainly deepen it," said De Vido, a powerful cabinet member.
"(Kirchner and Fernandez) were in sync and had the same objectives. Obviously we've lost a soldier, but that doesn't imply that we're going to change our strategy," he said.
Kirchner, 60, had been a leading contender for next year's presidential election. With him gone, Fernandez may run.
Argentine bonds rallied after Kirchner's death, based on hope among investors that Fernandez would take a less confrontational approach to the private sector and that alternative candidates might have a better chance in 2011.
But, emboldened by the economy's strong growth and sympathy over Kirchner's death, Fernandez could opt to take a more aggressive stance to underline her authority.
Argentine newspaper Clarin, which is often critical of Fernandez, said her quick return to work was meant to avoid showing signs of weakness.
"In the face of adversity," the newspaper said, "she will try to double the march."
Argentina, a leading agricultural exporter, has benefited from a boom in commodities prices that helped it recover from an economic crisis nine years ago that plunged millions of Argentines into poverty and triggered a massive debt crisis.
As president, Kirchner oversaw the 2005 renegotiation of the country's unpaid bonds, making him a hero to many at home while earning him the ire of international investors.
(Editing by Vicki Allen)
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