As Argentina s powerful Vice President Cristina Fernandez stepped from her car outside her apartment building and began shaking hands with a throng of a well-wishers, a man came forward with a gun, put it just inches from her face and pulled the trigger with a distinct click.
The apparent assassination attempt against Argentina s powerful Vice President Cristina Fernandez Thursday night shook the country and threatened to further roil its tumultuous political scene.
Former President Cristina Fernandez has accused her rivals of orchestrating a corruption trial to thwart her October election bid. She can be prosecuted but, as a senator, not imprisoned.