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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner blamed one of her disciples, Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof , for a bruising loss to Javier Milei in midterm elections last Sunday, the clearest sign yet that the Peronist movement is plagued again by infighting. Kicillof, a prospective presidential candidate who was Kirchner’s economy minister when she governed the nation, chose to separate the date of a provincial election in Buenos Aires from the national race. Back in September, Kicillof led the Peronists to victory, crushing Milei by 14 percentage points and provoking a market selloff that led to the Trump administration’s financial lifeline to Milei.
