Cristina Kirchner and welcome new president Mauricio Macri
The election of Mauricio Macri to succeed Cristina Kirchner is likely to see Argentina present a friendlier face
On West Falkland they weren't paying too much attention to the Argentine presidential election. "I've been that busy I haven't really been listening to the radio," said Sue Lowe, who runs the Port Howard Lodge, where the wing from a downed Argentine plane sits in the garden.
Two
tourists stayed at the guest house last week but the 1982 war wasn't mentioned. "They were fine" said Mrs Lowe of her guests. She doesn't say anything about the war unless visitors get "funny".
For the last eight years Argentina's combative and charismatic President
has been more than a little "funny". Her pronouncements have drifted foghorn-like across from the mainland, whether it's calling the islanders "squatters" or threatening to prosecute British oil companies.
So it was with some glee that the political end of the "Botox Queen" was celebrated on social media after her favoured successor, Daniel Scioli, was defeated.
"Turn off the lights on your way out," wrote one Falkland Islander.
"Hopefully their new president will focus on their prosperity vs trying to ruin ours," said another.
Back to bottling my Grenache