“She is a paranoid, arrogant person which in turn hides a deep insecurity,” he said. “She’s also a very mistrustful person who surrounds herself with a small cadre of yes men and yes women.” “The Casa Rosada operates like a court. She’s the queen surrounded by courtesans who only want to deliver good news.” The president is now said to be grooming her son Maximo, a Peronist youth leader, for a future in politics. But she has no immediate heir for office. And thus while the outcome of next month’s referendum on the Falklands is a foregone conclusion, the same cannot be said for the future of the House of Kirchner.