Over 22,000 Copies of Cristina Fernandez Book Already Sold

Argentina's former president and leftist leader Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner (CFK) was presenting Thursday a book entitled "Sincerely" at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, which has awakened concerns among the South American elites who fear that she will announce her candidacy for the next Presidential elections.

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Argentine progressive intellectuals, scientists, artists, legislators, trade unionists, social leaders and human rights defenders will attend the event, which will take place in the room named after Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine writer who was awarded posthumously with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2018.

"Guessing the number of people who will attend is not an easy task, although surely thousands will listen to the former president," the local media Pagina 12 commented and reported that two giant screens will be placed in Buenos Aires public spaces to watch CFK speech in real time.

Before the official ceremony began, it was revealed that 22,000 copies of her book had already been sold, a sales record which confirmed what Cristina means for most Argentines, who are struggling to survive every day.

"We have to separate this book's impressive sales from what is actually happening at the local book market, the publishing industry deep crisis," the philosopher Ricardo Forster said and recalled that Argentines do not have enough money to reach the end of the month.

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"Cristina's book has a political effect. It is a kind of interpellation that touches a part of [our] society, especially those who hope that... Cristina means a great change," he added.

In addition, CFK's book has aroused curiosity among those who want to see what the former leftist president thinks regarding the country's immediate future.

"Cristina is news when she does not speak and when she speaks," Foster held and added that her words will have a gigantic impact "in the middle of a very dark, hard and complex situation for the life of most Argentines."

As its title suggests, the book also implies a sharp contrast with the Argentine right-wing political style, specifically with those "cosmetic" narratives fostered by President Mauricio Macri whose government has been questioned for creating a happy and prosperous Argentina which does not exist at all.

"The book aims to show differences with Macri's project, which has been built through advertising techniques, raised the idea of change and built the logic of fraud and simulation," the philosopher Foster warned.