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The Christina Kirchner succession drama is not over
HBO’s hit drama Succession aired its last episode on Sunday — in Argentina, however, the dispute for the position of Cristina Kirchner’s heir as leader of Peronism will drag out until the party holds its primaries on August 13.
The Kirchners. For a real-life version of Logan Roy — the ambitious, short-tempered father in Succession with a keen eye for the intersection of business, politics, and the media — look no further than the late Néstor Kirchner, who rose from the distant Santa Cruz province to become Argentina’s president in 2003, starting a dynasty that continues to dominate the national agenda two decades later.
Cristina. Mr. Kirchner’s wife, Cristina, was a natural choice to succeed him as president in 2007, and then as new leader of Peronism following his shock...