JFK as President had a very deep interest and concern about the developing strategic importance of South America. He first traveled to the continent in May,1941 and one of his stops was in Argentina, where he visited the Carcano family in Cordoba. wealthy and politically well-connected family. He would stay at their family estate Francisco de Vittoria for two weeks, horseback riding and carrying on an affair with one of the daughters Baby Carcano, who would maintain a deep crush on Kennedy for the rest of his life.