Alberto Fernández assumed the presidency of
Argentina on Tuesday, returning the country to the ranks of left-leaning nations at a moment of right-wing resurgence in the Western Hemisphere.
Taking the vice presidency was Cristina Fernández, 66, a polarizing figure who served as president from 2007 to 2015 and faces several charges of corruption from that time.
Alberto Fernández, a 60-year-old lawyer from the country's center-left Peronist movement, faces the immediate challenge of trying to pull Argentina from economic crisis while fulfilling promises of greater social justice.