Closing campaign speech of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Buenos Aires, October 19, 2011

Thank you, thank you very much, good afternoon to you all; easy háganmela boys, please: is a very special day and I want because I certainly do not want to forget to thank, in this particular year, that I lived as President and as a woman, I want to thank the millions of Argentines to length and breadth of the country, in each of the places I went, in every school, which opened in every factory he visited because it opened me said: "Force Cristina, not loosen" Thank you, thank you very much to all.

Thanks also to my two children, Florence and Maximus, without which it would have been impossible to follow.

Forgive me but I know he is everywhere, but two of them is more than any other.


And I want to thank each of these women, of young people who are accompanying me here today and decided to collaborate to show that there is another country that has grown in eight years, a different country, real country. To each of them I met at different times; I do not want to forget anybody.

I'll start by Braian, because I know Braian is not, we have inthe Pan, representing us, our dear BRAIAN TOLEDO.

A I met him when he led the delegation and handed the flag to the Games where he won his gold medal came from Marcos Paz.


I know that today is her mother and brother, whom he love you. You can not be here today it.

A Atilio, who I met at the shipyard, when we went to start the schooner and the submarine; Jorge that bad bank and held today with thermoses and flasks are exporting exporting worldwide.

Cecilia, I met with Lino, in Berlin, in 2009, if I remember correctly.

I went to give a talk for all scientists who were there and there she was and said he wanted to return home with her German husband. ¿Cecilia brought you the German too, no? Yes, the German was brought here too and we have in the public university.

Ramiro, I met him recently when I was also a very important software technology company, to Globant's, when I traveled there he was on your screen, on your desk with a huge picture saying.

"Cristina 2011" and he stood and gave me a speech that I was embarrassed me, but thanks Ramiro, thank you very much.

In Ariel, the little genius, that I saw before he won the medal, keeps it's not that I received after winning the medal.


I received the entire delegation, which also won silver medals, a group of young, our talented young Argentine and he was sentadito at that long table in my office, there in the end.

I saw her little face and then when Sileoni genie came and told me that we won the gold medal at the Olympics in Mathematics, in the Netherlands, with more than 600 children competing and said, "Who was that of anteojitos not ?, I tell him.

Jessica I met through a videoconference, when from elSalón of Argentine women, there in the Casa Rosada, we delivered - among other events - homes in Berazategui and there was Jessica and she threw a phrase that struck me, because he said, and then I listened and said how awesome that phrase.

She said, "we lived on borrowed time" and the truth summed up in that phrase also still everything left to do the Argentines.

Thanks Jessica; Haydee, missionary, let Haydeé, but more boys than there is 13 enough now to look at this free digital television in Argentina also democratized the media and access to public television for all Argentines.

I mistook Haydeé was retired from the sewing machine, one of many that incorporate, that Argentina had failed to walk to so many Argentines and Argentine who had failed to fulfill their years of contributions, or what was worse - as in her case - she had worked and had not provided him, as the vast majority of cases.


They are the more than 2 and a half million people now have retirement and Argentina giving the place throughout Latin America of greater pension coverage to its people, in terms of access to that benefit.

A Viqui, I do not think I'm missing anyone else, to Viqui the left for last because I met her a very special day. A Victoria I met the February 25, 2010, on his last birthday.

It was his birthday and Olives came to visit the Grandmothers and grandchildren. I do not know Viqui and Victoria told me his story, a tremendous story, a story that as she says we must take care to find the truth.

And really I impressed me, one of the most amazing stories I heard in my life, but mostly because when I asked if I hated who had done that, she said, "no, it wont hate."


And that's wonderful because having the strength to overcome and not have hatred, but to love is also part of the strength of truth and identity, without a doubt.

Thank you Victoria and all grandchildren and children already recovered the formidable task of the Grandmothers.

And Amado, the force of joy, the workforce that has developed as a candidate for vice president, and primarily as economy minister, and basically accompanying a political project, of which it is part, feels part and we will allow - not to me but to all Argentines - have more institutions, but institutions seriously, not just in speeches.

They are ultimately the representatives of the Real Argentina, that Argentina often not heard and here also have to take care as part of those who have permanent space in the media because we are leaders, or because we are institutional representatives, in my case a President, governors, from mayors, legislators, union leaders, cultural leaders, in order that we are able to talk and often also - and today we must ask all self-criticism, which our responsibility - we often get caught up in sterile discussions, bombastic statements, often to the exercise of personal vanities and many vecesconfundimos the real goal, which is precisely this real country continues to grow, continue to generate growth and possibilities.

I ask all men and women, who have institutional responsibilities and feel identified with our policies, this project was born on 25 May 2003, that we put aside minor issues, the things that are published often they have little to do with what actually happens and you are only driving out and wanting others to answer for that way you can put a spoke in the wheel.

I ask all higher intelligence. Today I read a quote that struck me, a phrase of the French May and defined fools. The fools are those that when someone with his finger pointing finger watch the moon. And I think that is a very good definition.

Do not look over your finger, look at the moon that is important.

I also want to address all the leaders of my country, who do not belong to my party, which have sectoral, business representatives, because I think this call to work for a different Argentina is the point of unity to overcome differences without losing its identity.


Nobody loses their identity or history, if collaborates and cooperates with what society democratically chooses to build a better country and a society with greater solidarity, more inclusive, more democracy, more plurality.

This is also a call to all to that national unity was denied quesiempre us in our 200 years of history and I also I code a key Argentine failure.

She said the other day when we remembered and commemorated also del17 October, the 60th anniversary of the Argentina television.

Who's had in this-not country I mean today, I mean the history of Argentina, did not know in 200 years to formulate a national project in which everyone felt included, everyone felt, if they had had the strength, determination and the conviction to pull in the same direction. This is the great challenge we Argentines in this tercentenary we started.


We are in a complex, difficult and turbulent world, where they have fallen icons that during these eight years tried to convince moment - luckily they did not succeed, first at him and then at me - that what we were doing was wrong, we had to change.

Sometimes I think, train imagination, what would have happened if he had not been aquel2005, had not he been president of Argentina at that Summit that took place in our country to see if we incorporábamos or not the FTAA?

What would have happened and what would have happened to us today all of us also if he had not definitely decided to cancel the debt with the International Monetary Fund and thus have a policy and a decision reasonable and national autonomy in action and policies for all Argentines?

I always wonder these things and what was the attitude of each facing each of the measures that we have adopted today and that allows us to better face the crisis that began in 2008 and seems to have no end.

What should we do, then, Argentines? What is the attitude we need to take: to redouble efforts at work?

And I say, well, we are also in a position, not only by the pillars of our economy, but because for the first time may think medium and long term, which in Argentina has not happened for a long time.

There was always a saving plan that failed and was immediately replaced by another plan. But policies that were not discussed here and not even adopted many times in the Casa Rosada; He is out and here the seal and often put the vote in Parliament.

That is also why I say give more institutional the country, is also represent the people's interests, represent the interests of the 40 million Argentines in this Parliament, the great institution of our country must also cooperate in the policies that produced growth, inclusion social, income redistribution, job generation.

Notice that even yet we have passed the Budget; hopefully the budget this year that sent me to approve.

But equally, this is the year we are growing cumulatively by 9.1 and, in addition, we can say that unemployment, which in the previous quarter was 7.3, this is 7.2 3rd quarter due to growth in economic activity and still no approved budget.


This shows how important policies that a society adopts a government adopts.

I ask you all, then, we have this immense greatness because we have a historic opportunity Argentines.

So, a few days ago, we presented the Argentina Agroindustrial Plan; why the Industrial Plan 2020; so we are also working in the Ministry of Education on a plan to go deeper also the need to adjust our educational system to the new Argentina needs new professionals, new activities, accompanying economic development.


The commitment to culture, commitment to education should not only be linked to training, but also preparing for a tough world and that each of our graduates can not work when you have the title in their university.

Training and coaching is what our universities, our schools must give our children.

And I also sincerely believe that one of the most important achievements'm remembered yesterday by the governor of Entre Rios, Gualeguaychú- is precisely the final decision to belong to this country as South America and make decisions together with our neighbors, colleagues and friends in South America.

This is our land, this is our country, we belong here, we are people of MERCOSUR, UNASUR people. This is the region, rich in food, water, our natural that we will defend integration.

So I also want to congratulate our finance minister at the meeting of finance ministers of the G-20 was to defend policies that often wanted to change when the terms of trade were not favorable to developed countries.

We are proudly South Americans and we know that is the key to intelligent integration, intelligent integration, we can be, and I'm sure we will do as region- protagonists of the century, growth in food production, in energy production.

Therefore it is necessary to overcome differences. There are examples of many governments, even of different signs, have known prioritize membership in this region and we are achieving unimaginable things.

For now, we have been able to resolve our conflicts among us without resorting to any other institutional level than our own or our own MERCOSUR UNASUR.

I pride myself as Latin and South America as compared to other scenarios where nobody solves nothing and that, on the contrary, complicate everything everyday with more violence.

I pride myself, being there and being part of the UNASUR and that he, on his last mission as Secretary General of it, contribute to peace between the sister Republic of Colombia and the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

These are the places and spaces that this President wants to be; these are the men and women, plus the rest of the millions of Argentines, who want to keep working because I know things missing.

We need to build more schools, even though we have built over 1,200 schools; we need more housing, more than we have given housing solutions to more than 800,000 households in Argentina, we need more megawatts to keep growing even though we have already produced more than 8,100 megawatts more than we had; we need more hospitals; we need more roads; we also need more factories and so we have to keep working so that there is more Argentine labor.

Argentina industry want more, we want to add more value to the production of our country has become the world's most competitive and which have fortunately overcome stages and I'm willing to develop all policies that encourage growth and the development of the 40 million Argentines.


I do not hold any grudges, things that have happened compel me to open up more and more, to reach out, to help people understand and that where there are differences to overcome, talking, discussing, debating.

I know it's not easy because there are interests, obviously; sectors always have interests.

But the point is that each of these sectors, each of these spaces that defend their rights and it is normal that we will, in any society is the same, understand that this is President of Argentina's 40 million Argentines and must joint interest for the 40 million Argentines.

Of course, they also have clearly always going to do with social inclusion policies and defense of the most vulnerable, because this is not a struggle of opinions, I am not neutral, I will always stand on the side of fighting inequality, more freedom, more democracy, more human rights, more plurality, for this Argentina that we have built with so much effort and for which he gave his life.

They deserve the 40 million Argentines, they deserve it and those who are not, he deserves it and he deserves our own history.


Argentina Thank you, thank you very much, thank you very much to all, thank you my love, thanks, I love them all, strength Argentina, there will be more country, more freedom and more equality.
