Overview
- Peronist organizations including the Partido Justicialista and La Cámpora marked the date with social media posts and slogans such as “Néstor vive.”
- Néstor Kirchner died on October 27, 2010 in El Calafate from a cardiorespiratory arrest; the presidential physician Benito Alen González led resuscitation efforts before he was declared dead around 10 a.m., with the death certificate signed by Renato Lestard.
- The death occurred on the day of Argentina’s 2010 national census, and the government decreed three days of national mourning afterward.
- After a ceremony at the Casa Rosada, his remains were moved to Santa Cruz and buried in Río Gallegos in his family vault.
- Coverage notes a contested memory shaped by later corruption accusations and removals of statues, and situates the tributes a day after La Libertad Avanza’s electoral victory.