Miguel Funes, a 35 year-old congressman, representing the Buenos Aires province and activist of the youth movement La Cánpora, tattooed former president Néstor Kirchner’s face in his arm.
“I believe Néstor marked us all, we all have an unforgettable memory of him and I had to have it on my skin,” the politician told Uruguayan newspaper, La República.
“When Néstor was more visible nationally during his electoral campaign for 2003, I started to see an every-day man who was similar to the rest of us and blended in with the people; but I was afraid that we would be ‘defrauded’ again,” Funes recalls.
On the 25th May of 2003, when Néstor was elected as president, “I went with my wife to Plaza de Mayo and we saw tears of joy from many older people. Today I understand that in Néstor they saw the last possibility to see our nation rise after more than 30 years of being on its knees,” he adds.
Funes will take office next week in the chambers of Congress.
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