Argentina’s Javier Milei Will Miss His Peronist Nemesis
Milei was seeking a decisive triumph of his libertarian ideas over Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's interventionist ethos. The manner of her exit makes that impossible.
Enemies have their uses.
Photographer: Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images South AmericaWith Cristina Fernández de Kirchner confined to house arrest, Argentina’s most influential political leader this century enters her inescapable twilight. But the person who may end up missing her the most is her ideological nemesis and rival, the libertarian president Javier Milei.
Since last week, the 72-year-old Kirchner has been sporting an ankle monitor that prevents her from leaving her Buenos Aires apartment, the result of a six-year corruption sentence by Argentine courts that also banned her from occupying office ever again. It’s an embarrassing finale for a political figure who not too long ago was one of the world’s most powerful women.