Argentina’s Kirchner Blames Kicillof for Election Loss to Milei

Then-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks with Axel Kicillof at the Government Palace in 2015.Photographer: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images

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By Silvia Martinez and Patrick Gillespie

October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM UTC

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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.