Argentine presidential candidate Nestor

Argentine presidential candidate Nestor Kirchner of the Victory Front party is seen in his office 30 April 2003 in Buenos Aires. A new opinion poll published 30 April 2003 in the Pagina/12 newspaper showed that former president Carlos Menem, 72, would come a distant second in the runoff to his rival Kirchner, also a Peronist, and governor of the southern Santa Cruz province. Néstor Kirchner, candidato presidencial del Frente para la Victoria, saluda a periodistas en su despacho, en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el 30 de abril de 2003. El próximo 18 de mayo Néstor Kirchner disputará el balotaje con Carlos Menem. AFP PHOTO/PABLO CUARTEROLO (Photo credit should read PABLO CUARTEROLO/AFP via Getty Images)