The presentation of Cristina Kirchner's book: her faithful arrive at La Rural

Beyond the incessant rain, the Book Fair has changed in the usual way this afternoon, inside and out. From the age of 17 began to appear in the vicinity of more and more activists with bibs, umbrellas and posters in support of the former president

Cristina Kirchner

for the
presentation of his book "Sincerely" which will begin at 20 hours in the room "Jorge Luis Borges".

Around the Palermo campus, on Sarmiento Avenue and Santa Fe, instead of the music emitted by the street speakers to animate the events, they listened to drums and songs, with Peronist and anti-slogans. macristes.

Inside the fair, between the stands of different publishers and organizations, the scenario was similar and there were also singing peaks. The panorama of activism in action deepened in the countryside over the afternoons. Meanwhile, it was raining.

In the 45th edition of the Book Fair, organizers say that an event of this magnitude as part of the event is unprecedented. Not even with the presence of former presidents like

Dilma Rousseff

(Brazil) or

José Mujica

(Uruguay) previous editions.

As expected, the Borges room, the largest of the rooms, can accommodate 1,000 people, can only enter the guests. The rulers and their relatives managed to gain access through an entrance to the Ocher Room. But they did it with difficulty: a tumult of militants who had entered the Fair but who had been denied access to the hall obstructed the entrance. Most tried to enter and met guards who prevented them.

The former Minister of Education,

Daniel Filmus,

For example, he spent several minutes with his advisors trying to get in. Meanwhile, several activists seized the opportunity to ask for selfies.

This afternoon, in the corridors of the Fair, small pogos were armed, with songs and women on the shoulders of some men. In the Página12 booth, where a live radio broadcast was broadcast, a large group of activists chanted insults against the president.

Mauricio Macri

and Peronist slogans.

An hour before the admission of the former president, the Borges room was almost in the dark. The only lighting came from the two screens of the stage where Cristina Kirchner will speak. Inside, besides the murmur of the presents, the noises coming from the outside were heard: the thunder, the rain that creaked against the ceiling and the songs of the militants who entered the fair and took place. refugees sheltered from the water under a precarious roof.

An hour before the presentation of the book, a female voice of the speakers of the room began to ask the people present in the room that Borges, who spoke an hour ago near the stage, sits in their place. "We invite you to sit to the extent that fervor allows us," he repeated several times. He reported that the senator had not yet arrived at the scene, that she would do so shortly and that it would not be possible to start the meeting without the presence of those present. However, most of them were still standing, talking in the corridors of the great hall.