The Woes of Argentina’s Peronist Icon, Former President Cristina Kirchner
by Toby Dershowitz June 2025 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was the charismatic leader of Argentina’s populist left for decades, elected twice as president, serving from 2007-2015, and again as vice president from 2019-2023. A fierce critic of Argentina’s current libertarian president Javier Milei, she was planning a comeback. Her plan to run for a seat in the…