In recent times, social networks have become, due to their massive reach that allows anything that appears there to reach thousands - and millions - of viewers, the
ideal platform for controversy
.
This time, it is Enrique "Pepe" Albistur's turn to confirm it.
The thing is that the former Kirchner official - who became an influential advertising businessman during the time of his friend Alberto Fernández's mandate - went viral after not one but two videos that quickly circulated on networks and that show him in spa towns in the region. Buenos Aires Atlantic coast, although in very different circumstances.
In one of them, Albistur appears
with his wife, the national representative and former minister Victoria Tolosa Paz
, and a group of people sharing a table at the Zur de Cariló restaurant, specializing in Peruvian cuisine.
What until then seemed to be a quiet evening for Néstor Kirchner's former Media Secretary was interrupted by
a teenager who began to scold
him and his wife, while recording everything with her cell phone.
"Everyone is telling you to leave. Come on, come on, keep stealing.
How much is the cheapest dish? 15,000 pesos, right?
Keep eating from above," the girl shouts at Albistur and his companions, recording everything with their mobile.
Albistur is a regular at Cariló, where he has often vacationed for decades.
While in the background cries of "chorra!" are heard.
destined for Tolosa Paz, at one point the businessman who owns the Ateneo Theater
responds to the provocations
and ends by saying: "Pay the taxes, pay the taxes."
Only to receive in response: "The taxes that you later steal."
The other recording has a different tone, since it is noted that it is
a voluntary message
and that it seems to have been recorded by another person, consensually with Albistur himself, who delivers a message with a provocative tone.
Video
Albistur's provocative video from the beaches of Buenos Aires.
"Comrades,
it is a time of calm
, of reflection, and above all, popcorn.
Let's not run out of popcorn
. This is Holy Week: we don't know if it falls in March or April," says Albistur from the sands of Pina Mar, with the cries of the beach vendors in the background and without mentioning the object of their comparison with the traditional Catholic celebration, with a turbulent political past.
Who is Enrique "Pepe" Albistur?
"Pepe" Albistur, a businessman linked to public advertising for decades and a historic publicist of Peronism, had greater exposure in recent years
thanks to his wife, Victoria Tolosa Paz
, who was first a deputy, then Minister of Development. Social in the Government of Alberto Fernández, and finally last year he returned to the national Lower House.
In the first Kirchnerist governments, Albistur was appointed to head the Media Secretariat, which depended in the presidential structure on the Chief of Staff held by Alberto Fernández.
There
they forged their friendship
, at the same time as installing the
discretionary distribution of the official guidelines
for friends and militants, which was perpetuated as
a Kirchnerist style
.
Victoria Tolosa Paz and her husband Enrique "Pepe" Albistur, pieces of what Albertism was. Photo Federico López Claro
During the time that Alberto Fernández was away from Kirchnerism, Albistur did not lose contact with his friend.
For this reason, he
rented her - or lent her, it was never clear - an apartment he owned in Puerto Madero
, where Fernández lived until he became president and moved to the Quinta Presidencial de Olivos.
In parallel, Tolosa Paz grew as a political cadre and went from being a leader who disputed the mayor of La Plata to the national cabinet of ministers.
D.S.