Pistol-Wielding Gunman Attempts to Assassinate Argentina’s Vice President

Former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner leaves a building after a meeting with presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 12, 2019. Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters

In the fashionable neighborhood of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, a lone gunman attempted to shoot Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner while she was returning to her apartment on the evening of Sept. 1.

Minister of the Economy Sergio Massa called the event an “attempted assassination” on Twitter.