BUENOS AIRES: Messages of shock and solidarity poured in from around the world on Friday (Saturday in Manila) after a man tried to shoot Argentina's Vice President Cristina Kirchner at point-blank range.

As tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets in a mass denouncement of political violence, Pope Francis, the United Nations, the United States and Latin American leaders sent messages of support.

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