BUENOS AIRES: While Argentina notches victories in the World Cup, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is grappling with a debt crisis and feels like a goalkeeper facing endless penalties and a biased referee.
"I can be the goalkeeper. The truth is ... given we're in a World Cup mood, they shoot penalties at me, free kicks, they score with their hand ... The referees screw us over two-thirds of the time with terrible bias," Fernandez said at the end of a speech about Argentina's car industry.
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