"Victoria is a natural leader, people follow her," they highlight in the Vice President's circle to justify why she is willing to build her
own agenda and not just focus on "ordering" the Senate.
Villarruel, as a member of the military family, remains in contact with the Armed Forces.
Despite having been
displaced by Javier Milei from the areas of Security and Defense,
she raises discussions in cabinet meetings and constitutes herself as
"the human face" of the libertarian adjustment.
This lawyer, daughter of the late Lieutenant Colonel Eduardo Villarruel, entered the political arena before the President himself when she created a Foundation to assist victims of terrorism.
He was firm in the debate with Agustín Rossi, as when he said that "at no time is a hero from the Malvinas (by his father) compared to a politician like your case." In that discussion he was able to show a "personality" which has led her to raise in a meeting of the government team
her objection to "the forms" of the deregulating DNU
that has been objected to by Justice.
This week he paid tribute to the 9 soldiers and 2 police officers who died during the attack on the La Tablada regiment in 1989
and participated in the funeral of little Uma, the daughter of Patricia Bullrich's custodian murdered in Lomas de Zamora.
Before, she had been in Tandil, where she arrived on an Army plane, remembering the officers killed in an ERP raid in 1974. On this last occasion she was accompanied by Minister Luis Petri (Defense).
But, as stated,
she does not need to ask permission to associate with members of the armed or security forces.
Victoria Villarruel at the Jesús María festival, where she was rebuked by Peteco carabajal.
Through the Senate, it also maintains contacts with the "liaisons" of each branch and oversees the Agreements Commission that approves the entry and exit of troops and military promotions.
The appointment in the body of Claudia Rucci
- daughter of the former CGT leader murdered by the guerrilla - could be the spearhead for the promotion of a
"reparatory" law for the victims of the actions of armed organizations.
Although she gets upset when her loyalty to Milei is doubted,
she also does not want to appear like a Vice dedicated to ringing the "bell" of the Senate.
She has the endorsement of Mauricio Macri but she rejects having met in the South with the former president.
She usually shops at the supermarket - a few days ago a photo of her that showed her in a well-known chain went viral - and she is aware of the inflationary drama.
"She has common sense," they say around her.
That earthly vision of public affairs - and the consequences of economic measures -
could generate some type of noise with the Casa Rosada.
For now, the ruling party itself admits that
Vice has a distant relationship with Karina Milei
.
What happens is that this icy bond goes back to the early days of the campaign: in January 2023, the then candidate had been relegated from a walk through Pinamar by the loquacious economist.
Victoria Villarruel with Claudio Rucci, whom I join as director of the Senate Human Rights Observatory.
"Karina is not used to there being political debate either. And Victoria has different ways of relating, something that was seen when she achieved that majority of 39 senators to take power away from Kirchnerism," explains a libertarian leader consulted.
Perhaps the biggest question within LLA is its political partnership with deputy Guillermo Montenegro.
That closeness at the time aroused some discomfort in more than one libertarian senator.
But the deputy enjoys the most absolute confidence in him.
Both are members of the Democratic Party: the Vice is a national leader and head of the Provincial section.
But the limited time that she dedicates to the space has generated discomfort in leaders who accompanied her in the Buenos Aires campaign.
Victoria Villarruel in the Senate.
She is jealous of her private life.
She lives alone in an apartment in the northern area - before taking office she lived in a house in a gated community in Pilar - and as a fervent Catholic, she usually goes to mass.
She received the military bishop Santiago Olivera in her office and maintained informal contacts with important members of the Episcopate.
After her controversial visit to the Jesús María festival, she promises more incursions into "popular festivals" and, in addition, deploying a "federal agenda."