PILAR, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina's popular president, Cristina Fernandez, was undergoing an operation for thyroid cancer on Wednesday, months after she was re-elected to a second four-year term.
The government last week announced her diagnosis of papillary carcinoma, detected during a routine medical checkup just before Christmas. Doctors say the 58-year-old president has a better than 90 percent chance of recovery.
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