Argentina’s Kirchner Says Murder Attempt Broke Pact of Democracy
- Kirchner spoke for first time since assassination attempt
- The Sept. 1 attack on the vice president stunned the nation
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Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, making her first public appearance since suffering a failed assassination attempt two weeks ago, said the incident broke a social agreement reached when the country returned to democracy in 1983.
“Recovering democracy wasn’t just being able to vote, it was also a return to life and rationality, to be able to discuss politics without violence,” she said at a small event with social religious organizations at the senate. “What happened the other day ruptured that, and we have to rebuild it urgently.”