Weekly Report - 12 July 2005

The split in the ranks of the ruling Partido Justicialista (PJ) is now being described as 'irreversible' by most local analysts. Certainly they seem likely to last until after October's legislative elections. Right now, President Néstor Kirchner appears to have gained the upper hand, attracting the support of most of the PJ provincial governors and that of an old enemy who has taken over the umbrella labour confederation, the CGT.