El ocho de febrero/February 8th
¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Mauricio Macri! (1959- ) From The New Yorker, 2015. Click HERE . President of Argentina (2015- ), Macri's election ended "Kirchnerismo" in Argentina (President Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007) and President Cristina Kirchner (2007-2015), both Peronists and Social Democrats). An engineering by training, Macri became well-known as the president of the popular fútbol club Boca Juniors (starting in 1995). He then became mayor of Buenos Aires before running for president in the highly contentious 2014 election. Macri's political slogan, Cambiemos (Let's Change) and chant, ¡Sí Se Puede! (Yes we can!), energized a wide array of groups in Argentina despite his party's typically conservative stance on issues. Macri is from a wealthy family (his father was Italian-born business tycoon Francisco (Francesco) Macri, and he has studied at both Columbia University in New York and Wharton in Philadelphia. In 1991, he was kidn...