New political mural commemorating Nestor Kirchner

A new political mural of Néstor Kirchner has been unveiled in the barrio of Barracas to mark the six month anniversary of his death.

New Néstor Kirchner political mural in Barracas

The mural measuring 15 x 4 metres has been painted on a wall under a railway bridge with the slogan “Imposible Apagar Tanto Fuego” (“It’s impossible to turn off so much heat”). It was painted by militant supporters from Movimiento Evita (Comuna 4) and JP Evita and the workshop of the Centro Cultural el Conventillo.

Under the Bridge

The inauguration of the mural was attended by Kirchnerist militant groups who are also responsible for painting numerous stencils of Néstor Kirchner and president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner around Buenos Aires in recent months.

Square in San Telmo

Following Néstor’s death on 27 October 2010 reportedly due to heart failure, schools, hospitals, parks, squares, roads and motorways around the country have all been renamed in his honour. Even football, the most hallowed of Argentine institutions, bears his name with this season’s First Division championship officially renamed the ‘Torneo Clausura 2011 Néstor Kirchner’ by president Cristina Kirchner.