Peronism
Cristina Kirchner undergoes appendicitis surgery at Otamendi Sanatorium
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Former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was admitted to Buenos Aires' Otamendi Sanatorium on Saturday for severe abdominal pain and successfully underwent appendicitis surgery. She will spend the night under observation, according to close sources. Kirchnerist militants are holding a vigil outside the facility in support of her health.
Governor Axel Kicillof and leader Máximo Kirchner have reached a unity agreement in the Buenos Aires Justicialist Party after negotiations overseen by Kicillof himself and former President Cristina Kirchner. Kicillof will take the presidency of the provincial PJ, with Verónica Magario as vice president. This pact aims to strengthen Peronism in Buenos Aires province.
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Unión por la Patria presented a counter-labor reform project in the Chamber of Deputies to protect labor rights and regulate platform work. This initiative differs from the Government's modernization plan, which is progressing in the Senate but faces hurdles in Deputies. The Peronist project expands maternity and paternity leaves amid extraordinary Congress sessions until late February.
Following the 2025 midterm election defeat, Peronism grapples with an internal crisis intensified by Cristina Kirchner's criticism of Axel Kicillof. The former president held the Buenos Aires governor accountable for the poor electoral showing, as Kicillof meets with mayors to regroup. Analysts note that the PJ won in traditional strongholds but lost where it needed to compete.
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Argentine Peronism has lost six of the last seven national elections, ending in a recent electoral blunder blamed on its growing distance from the people and roots in the past. In the recent legislative elections, La Libertad Avanza (LLA) secured a victory by channeling collective suffering into a narrative of redemption through sacrifice. The 34% voter abstention highlights emotional exhaustion in democracy.