BUENOS AIRES, 31 The presidents of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, have argued on Monday in Buenos Aires a historic meeting in which they acknowledged that both play a "key role" in advancing the women's rights and gender equality in Latin America. Both Fernandez de Kirchner Rousseff are the first women elected president by a vote in their respective countries and the few that have managed to hold office on the continent.
"It's a special moment because it shows that Argentina and Brazil are countries with a developed society, able to elect two women in their governments," said Rousseff joint news conference held after the match in the Hall of the Women's Bicentennial the presidential palace. Rousseff has recognized that both mandatory must exercise "a very important role in the management to move towards modernity and the participation of women without any discrimination." The former leftist guerrilla started on Monday an official visit to Buenos Aires, his first foreign trip since taking office on Jan.
1. Argentina is one of the most important strategic partners of Brazil for its extensive trade. In this context, Fernandez de Kirchner has emphasized the importance of "deepening" relations with its northern neighbor. "We strongly believe in growth and national sovereignty with social inclusion as the main character," he said.
Thus, Argentina's president has stressed that economic growth "is always good if you can get men and women, through education and access to housing." "Brazil and Argentina have a strategic role in the region and represent the great potential of development in Latin America has already won this time, the political commitment of their leaders had the wisdom and courage" to change some political schemes in the region , for his part expressed Rousseff.
In this regard, Fernandez de Kirchner recalled the work done by her late husband, former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the integration of the hemisphere. "Two men who rebuilt or amounted to a quite different relationship between the two countries should deepen that relationship," he asserted, while urged to "continue the deepening of the productive integration between the two countries." On the other hand, Fernandez de Kirchner has applauded the "gesture" of Rousseff to meet with representatives of the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, an organization in favor of solving the crimes committed during Argentina's dictatorship.
"It's a gesture that distinguishes it as a woman, as a policy, a mother and as a historical subject of South America," he said. At the end of the ceremony, the two presidents signed several cooperation agreements and joint declarations covering important areas such as economics, natural resources, energy exchange and public investment, among other issues. 
"It's a special moment because it shows that Argentina and Brazil are countries with a developed society, able to elect two women in their governments," said Rousseff joint news conference held after the match in the Hall of the Women's Bicentennial the presidential palace. Rousseff has recognized that both mandatory must exercise "a very important role in the management to move towards modernity and the participation of women without any discrimination." The former leftist guerrilla started on Monday an official visit to Buenos Aires, his first foreign trip since taking office on Jan.
1. Argentina is one of the most important strategic partners of Brazil for its extensive trade. In this context, Fernandez de Kirchner has emphasized the importance of "deepening" relations with its northern neighbor. "We strongly believe in growth and national sovereignty with social inclusion as the main character," he said.
Thus, Argentina's president has stressed that economic growth "is always good if you can get men and women, through education and access to housing." "Brazil and Argentina have a strategic role in the region and represent the great potential of development in Latin America has already won this time, the political commitment of their leaders had the wisdom and courage" to change some political schemes in the region , for his part expressed Rousseff.
In this regard, Fernandez de Kirchner recalled the work done by her late husband, former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the integration of the hemisphere. "Two men who rebuilt or amounted to a quite different relationship between the two countries should deepen that relationship," he asserted, while urged to "continue the deepening of the productive integration between the two countries." On the other hand, Fernandez de Kirchner has applauded the "gesture" of Rousseff to meet with representatives of the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, an organization in favor of solving the crimes committed during Argentina's dictatorship.
"It's a gesture that distinguishes it as a woman, as a policy, a mother and as a historical subject of South America," he said. At the end of the ceremony, the two presidents signed several cooperation agreements and joint declarations covering important areas such as economics, natural resources, energy exchange and public investment, among other issues.
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