Buenos Aires ( CNN ) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is back on the grid after more than a month without making a public appearance . The President suggested that reports of her demise had been greatly exaggerated by political opponents . And she said she was n't happy about the way the media covered her absence . `` I was reading in the newspapers this morning headlines that said , 'Cristina reappears . ' And I said , 'What is the opposite of reappears ? Disappears . ... They wanted to give it a touch of Hollywood , ' '' Fernandez said during a national television broadcast as she announced a new program targeting the South America country 's youth . Fernandez went on medical leave in October so doctors could perform emergency surgery to remove a blood clot on the surface of her brain . She officially returned to work in November and appeared at a series of events in December . Her temporary exit from the public stage sparked widespread speculation about her health and questions from critics about who was running the country . `` If we had n't had the President 's illness just a few months ago , one would discard it . But the problem is the rumor has been established , and the sense of uncertainty of not knowing why , '' Orlando D'Adamo , director of the Center of Public Opinion at the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires , told CNN en EspaÃ±ol last week . `` Is it a political strategy ? Is she making room for a new candidate for 2015 ? Is it because she does not want to face difficult situations for the government ? We do not know . '' CNN 's Jose Manuel Rodriguez reported from Buenos Aires . CNN 's Catherine E. Shoichet reported from Atlanta . CNNMexico contributed to this report .
Argentina 's President appears in public for the first time in more than a decade . President Cristina Fernández suggests critics spread rumors of her demise . Her absence from the public eye sparked widespread speculation .