Argentina: Kirchnerism pressures Kicillof to break with Cristina, internal rift deepens

Statements by Carli Bianco have accelerated a political confrontation between Argentine governor Axel Kicillof and former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Kirchnerism demands Kicillof define whether he will build an alternative without Cristina, while factions within the Movimiento Derecho al Futuro debate between deepening the break or negotiating. This internal power struggle within Peronism ahead of the electoral calendar signals potential fragmentation of the ruling coalition.