Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and became president after his death. The transition from Néstor Kirchner to Cristina Kirchner was also the first time when a democratic head of state was replaced by his spouse, without involving the death of any of them. Néstor Kirchner stayed active in politics despite not being the president, and worked alongside Cristina Kirchner. The press developed the term ""presidential marriage"" to make reference to both of them at once. Some political analysts compared this type of government with a diarchy. During the first days of Fernández's presidency, Argentina's relations with the United States deteriorated as a result of allegations
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner case of money laundering. According to a criminal complaint by opposition deputy Margarita Stolbizer, his company Valle Mitre S.A. has rented 1,100 rooms per month, for years, at the Hotesur and Alto Calafate hotels, but without occupying them. These hotels, located in the city of El Calafate, belong to the Kirchners. The administration of Cristina Kirchner continued the trials of military personnel involved in the Dirty War, started by her husband. There have been more than 500 people sentenced, and 1,000 convicted, in a process that was unprecedented in Latin America. De facto president Jorge Rafael Videla, who was convicted