Argentina says president to remain hospitalized for infection

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, who checked into a Buenos Aires hospital on Sunday, is in stable condition and is being treated for a bacterial infection of the colon, according to a government statement Monday evening. "She is in a stable condition and will remain hospitalized on an intravenous antibiotic treatment," said the statement, which was signed by her medical team. The 61-year-old, two-term president had an operation last year to remove blood that had pooled on her brain. She had since resumed a full schedule but took several days off last month with a sore throat. Argentina canceled an official visit by Chile's President Michelle Bachelet to meet with Fernandez in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, a government spokesman added. (Reporting by Jorge Otaola; Writing by Sarah Marsh; Editing by Ken Wills)