Argentine president opens new Twitter after spat with predecessor

Argentine President Mauricio Macri unveiled a new official Twitter account Tuesday after the conservative leader's left-wing predecessor refused to hand over the previous one.

Macri's administration opened for business under the Twitter handle @CasaRosada -- the name of the iconic pink presidential palace in Buenos Aires -- after ex-president Cristina Kirchner refused to give up the previous official account, @CasaRosadaAR.

"Today the #CasaRosada finds us united. There's change in the air and we're ready to grow," said one of the first messages posted on the new official account.

Macri, who was inaugurated on December 10, and Kirchner, who had been in office since 2007, have had a series of public spats ever since he beat her chosen successor in a run-off election.

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