Overview

• Speaking at the La Fuerza de la Salud event in Pilar on Aug. 27, the Buenos Aires governor delivered a blistering attack on President Javier Milei using the phrase “estafador, miserable y payaso.”
• Kicillof argued that the national government’s adjustment hurt workers, retirees, national industry, public health, and public education rather than targeting a privileged elite.
• He rejected the notion that the state is the enemy and warned that dismantling it would erode national capacities and threaten democracy.
• Citing alleged kickbacks involving pharmaceutical companies and liberal officials, he pointed to the so‑called “3% of Karina Milei” to question the government’s alliances.
• He cast the Sept. 7 provincial election and the Oct. 26 ballot as a binary choice between Milei’s program and Fuerza Patria’s platform, addressing a crowd that included ministers Carlos Bianco and Gabriel Katopodis, Mayor Federico Achával, and candidate Malena Galmarini.