Former President Carlos Menem will fly back into Argentine politics this week after a court annulled two arrest warrants on charges of embezzling funds that had led him into exile in Chile for the past year.
It doesn't matter if you are corrupt, have close links with a military dictatorship or are a leftwing strike leader, there is one man who can put you in power in Latin America - marketing guru Duda Mendonca.
Nestor Kirchner has become Argentina’s next president by default after former president Carlos Menem quit the electoral run-off between the two.