Fernandez Got Operation for Cancer
Alfredo Soccimarro, spokesman of the Argentinian President’s Office, declares that Agentine President Cristina Fernandez had a successful operation for the treatment of her thyroid cancer in the Austral University Hospital in Pilar, 50 kilometers north of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Jan. 4, 2012.
Vice-President Amado Boudou took over the responsibility from Fernandez before the operation and will remain in charge for 20 more days during Fernandez’s recovery, Soccimarro said. <Photo: Xinhua/Telam>