Graciela C. Römer, director of Graciela Römer & Asociados in Buenos Aires: “Argentine prosecutors have determined that Vice President Fernández de Kirchner is guilty of having led a conspiracy that manipulated public works contracts. The prosecutor’s decision provoked an immediate reaction among her most radical followers and some Latin American presidents, who signed a letter of support adhering to the theory of ‘lawfare.’ Since the decision, the presence of militants and officials from the governing party has broken the routine of the Recoleta neighborhood, where the vice president lives. CFK aims to sustain the narrative of embodying ‘the government of the people’ and of Peronism as the only force capable of representing popular interests. For this, she uses victimization and extreme polarization to influence popular opinion and the judiciary itself. Undoubtedly, the current economic crisis and CFK’s own performance after 2010 continue to undermine her re-election prospects. However…”