A compass to the right
These are times of confusion in Argentine politics. Milei's style of challenging political customs and ways means that the arc that goes from Peronism to radicalism - passing through the new libertarians - observes everything with astonishing perplexity. A first example is this week's meeting between
the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Alberto Francos, and the governors of the Norte Grande
, as the northern leaders were pompously called during the administration of the Kirchnerist Wado de Pedro in that ministry. The talk between the provincials and the minister of Javier Milei was cordial but without many certainties: the slogan "there is no money" was permanent and complaints about the lack of public works were in the first line of conversation. But the confusion had two chapters: one, that at the end of the meeting, the governors began to look at their phones and read the alerts that they received with the President's statements at the "IEFA Latam Forum", held at the Four Seasons. There he had said - with
the vehemence of the Milei in the campaign - that he was "proud" to have eliminated "public works in its entirety, since it is a great source of corruption
, of theft, to which I imagine all good people should be opposed." Perhaps a response to that was that
the president of Salta, the dialogueist Gustavo Sáenz, ordered that same Tuesday the suspension for 120 days of the increases planned for electricity bills.
He was ambiguous by, on the one hand, offering himself as a host and bridge between the national government and the governors of the North, and on the other hand, by generating a precedent contrary to the national policy of transferring real prices to demand.
With friends like that
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Go ahead but not too far
Where there is also confusion is in radicalism since the vote alone - in the Senate - of
Martín Lousteau
against the DNU, opened some discussions in the face of the internal chaos. After the last votes in Congress, in which radicalism voted divided and disjointed,
the Buenos Aires native Maximiliano Abad tried to bring positions closer together and asked to work together on both the Bases Law and the possible inclusion of the Labor Reform
, voting in both chambers of the Congress. the same way. For this, he held individual meetings with Lousteau himself (who is head of the UCR) and with the block presidents Eduardo "Peteco" Vischi (of the Senate) and
Rodrigo De Loredo
(of Deputies). The mood in the legendary UCR has remained very tense and Abad's talk with the radical bosses of Congress attempted to calm anger: the Buenos Aires national senator had abstained from voting for the DNU and that position enabled him to hold talks with Lousteau and De Loredo, two men from the internal line "Evolución", which today has a real disorder due to the positions of its members: the Buenos Aires economist is hypercritical of Milei's management, the Córdoba deputy and head of the radical Deputies tries to be cordial with the Government and the other economist of the group - Martín Tetaz - goes to the channels and fires heavy ammunition against the official deafness. Perhaps, these young economists could talk with
Juan Carlos De Pablo, who has become a recurring "gazer" at the Olivos Residence: "El Profe", as many call him, goes some Sundays to eat with the President
, who He spends many hours in La Quinta studying Economics in his obsession with straightening out Argentina's macroeconomic situation. Sundays at noon are different, where the tables - which include Karina Milei - are more jovial due to the presence of journalists or entertainers always accompanied by their families.
Blank slate...
Lousteau versus Milei
to the track
Where there is, apparently, no alignment with the idea of not spending on superfluous issues is in a Buenos Aires district where the local mayor is dedicated to motorsports and the expense that this causes is already generating noise.
Sebastián Abella is a PRO leader who governs the town of Campana and who became known for his performance as a motorist
in the TC Pista category. Today, the mayor continues to compete in TC races such as the one held on February 25 in El Calafate, on March 17 in Viedma or those scheduled for April 7 and 28, in Neuquén and La Pampa, respectively. But the "issue" is that the opposition, such as councilors Paola Garello and Carlos "Toro" Ortega,
denounces that each race has a cost of 13 to 20 thousand dollars and wants to know how Abella finances these competitions
. For this, they asked for a report with "detailed" expenses on fuel, equipment, salaries, clothing and marketing, as well as knowing the list of sponsors, so that none of them influence the management or municipal contracts.
There's no money...
They denounce Mayor Sebastián Abella for expenses in TC races