Weekly Report - 30 March 2004

President Néstor Kirchner has gambled on bringing out into the open the rift that had been bubbling just below the surface in the ruling Partido Justicialista (PJ). He has withdrawn all pro-Kirchner provincial governors from the new party leadership installed only days ago, on 26 March, and is now appealing to the grassroots, and to the public at large, for support against entrenched party bosses.