The Buenos Aires Peronism is experiencing a moment of maximum tension. Far from representing a homogeneous force, the space is going through a process of internal fragmentation that jeopardizes its continuity as a power option. At the center of the conflict are Axel Kicillof and La Cámpora, a group led by Máximo Kirchner, son of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The dispute, which is no longer hidden, escalated in recent hours with cross accusations, incendiary statements, and an open attempt to blame the other for a possible rupture of the space.
From La Cámpora, they accuse Governor Kicillof of being behind the harsh criticisms that Andrés "Cuervo" Larroque—Buenos Aires development minister and leader aligned with the governor—launched against Máximo Kirchner and his entourage. "Axel sends 'Cuervo' to speak with the aim of provoking and breaking. It cost us a lot to win the province. We are not going to gamble away unity," warned an important La Cámpora leader, visibly upset by the provincial government's offensive.
The controversy erupted after Larroque directly accused La Cámpora of "extorting" the governor by refusing to support a modification of the electoral calendar deadlines in the Legislature. "They subordinate the normal functioning of the institutions and the province's democracy to extortion based on a negotiation of power spaces," he shot without hesitation. He also labeled the group surrounding Máximo as "a group of irresponsible people" and, by name, targeted Mayra Mendoza (mayor of Quilmes), Facundo Tignanelli (president of the Buenos Aires Deputies bloc), Emmanuel González Santalla (provincial senator), and Martín Rodríguez (deputy).
"We are discussing Máximo's little band, not even all of La Cámpora," declared Larroque in a phrase that caused anger in the K organization, which replied defensively: "What they are doing is provoking a sector of Peronism to generate a rupture. They carry out a victimization strategy and want us to fall into the trap. We are not going to do it."
Máximo Kirchner's closest circle directly blamed Kicillof, not only for allowing his minister to attack them but for devising the content of his messages. "There are no lone wolves here," they hinted conspiratorially. La Cámpora, often a victim of its own cynicism, now calls for fair play and accuses Larroque of stigmatizing them. "He is using terms like 'little band' and 'extortion,' knowing that he himself was stigmatized at the time," they replied.
