Phillip Leon Euell, founding partner at Mimesis Advisory: “The Argentine supreme court ruling barring Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from public office and upholding her six-year prison sentence marks a watershed moment in the country’s political and economic trajectory. For too long, Kirchnerismo personified the corruption and economic mismanagement that crippled Argentina, paving the way for Javier Milei’s insurgent libertarian movement. Kirchner’s legal downfall removes a major Peronist figurehead who, for decades, shielded the entrenched clientelist networks and statist policies that led to hyperinflation, fiscal decay and chronic stagnation. While the Peronist camp claims this verdict risks martyring Kirchner, the reality is quite different; her removal creates a political vacuum the movement must fill if it hopes to survive. The factional disputes within Peronism, evidenced by tensions between Kirchner loyalists and moderates like Axel…”