cristina kirchner is considered to be a populist leader and, like other contemporary populists in latin america, built a system of propaganda to legitimize her actions: the "relato k". this propaganda works around a number of usual themes: the glorification of the state to the detriment of the individual rights; use of conspiracy theories to explain mistakes as attacks from others; blaming neoliberalism for the poverty; and glorifying democracy in speeches while maintaining only the appearance of it (procedural democracy).