In Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s [CFK] numerous speeches towards the Argentineans, other regional leaders and the members of the United Nations, CFK often criticises the West, International...Show moreIn Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s [CFK] numerous speeches towards the Argentineans, other regional leaders and the members of the United Nations, CFK often criticises the West, International Financial Institutions and neoliberalism. This thesis aims to discover what these speeches reveal about Argentina’s foreign policy issues [FPIs]. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the concept of State sovereignty, considering that CFK’s criticism towards the behaviour of the West is often reflected as colonialism and infringement of Argentina’s State sovereignty. In her speeches sovereignty is often reflected as of great importance to Argentina, but why? The research question is therefore formulated as: What do President Fernandez de Kirchner’s speeches on Argentina’s foreign policy issues reveal about the importance of State sovereignty to the Argentine Republic? This thesis will focus on CFK’s annual speeches before the UN General Assembly. We will discover that the speeches on FPIs reveal that in fact Argentina’s national interests are not secured and threatened, caused by the decision-making system of multilateral bodies [MBs]. These MBs are dominated by the developed countries and therefore reflect their interests and values. The developed countries therefore infringe Argentina’s State sovereignty by means of these MBs, by both the absence of mutual recognition and dealing on equal basis. CFK regards the behaviour of developed countries as unfair, abusing the weaker position of developing States for their own benefits.Show less
