Marcos Galperin
, owner of Mercado Libre, called out Cristina Kirchner in the last few hours after it became known that the former vice president declared in court that she had bought shares in several companies, including Mercado Libre itself, often criticized by the Kirchnerism: "
With theirs, they are capitalists
. Socialism is always with 'youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup contribute.'"
The message was published by Galperin, who is aligned with the government of Javier Milei, responding to some reposts that indicated that Cristina bought shares of Mercado Libre, Apple, Microsoft, Coca Cola and several other companies.
He also responded with "that's right" to another message that said that "with yours invent Correo Compras, a state company with a deficit that subsists on taxes and emissions and with the purchase itself for it mercadolibre, a successful company that generates profits.
The socialist "It's socialist with yours. With your own, it's always capitalist
."
In the statement presented to the Anti-Corruption Office of the Javier Milei government, the former vice president claimed to have
assets of around 250 million pesos
, far from the 4 million she declared when she assumed that position in 2019. An O Km car, the usufruct of the apartment in the Recoleta neighborhood and a piece of land in El Calafate, are the assets with the highest value, added to shares of Mercado Libre and Apple, among others.
In 2016, Cristina Kirchner had given her entire fortune in equal parts to her children: it was the 77 million pesos with which she had left her two presidential terms.
When she took over as vice president of Alberto Fernández, in her first declaration of assets before the Anti-Corruption Office (OA) she claimed to have only four million.
His assets increased over the years.
The sworn statement corresponding to the 2022 fiscal period exposed 118 million pesos, at the official exchange rate at that time they represented about 200 thousand dollars.
With theirs they are capitalists.
Socialism is always with “youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup contribute.
— Marcos Galperin (@marcos_galperin) February 7, 2024
Now, on January 22 and before the OA directed by Alejandro Melik, he declared an asset of 249,421,220.32 pesos.
When detailing how her fortune is made up, the former vice president declared the acquisition of
a zero kilometer car
that she added to her assets in July of last year.
It is a Corolla Seg Hev 1.8, whose ownership belongs to her 100% and she declared it for a value of 15,333,801.00 pesos.
that's how it is.
pic.twitter.com/GlZLsx9Pal
— Marcos Galperin (@marcos_galperin) February 7, 2024
The more than twenty properties that he had inherited after the succession of former president Néstor Kirchner are no longer part of his assets after the transfer of assets to Máximo and Florencia Kirchner.
He only
retains the usufruct of two real estate properties
, the apartment in the Recoleta neighborhood, which he declares at 35,706,295.51 pesos, and the El Calafate residence, stated at 24,848,436.00 pesos.
But the most striking thing about the affidavit was an investment he made on October 10, 2023, just twelve days before the general elections.
At that time he bought a series of shares in eleven different companies, including Galperin's Mercado Libre.
More precisely, the former president bought 1,667 shares of the e-commerce giant, for $23,858 each, investing
a total of $39,771,286
.
Mercado Libre and Galperín were the focus of several criticisms from Kirchnerism in recent years.
Even during Sergio Massa's failed campaign they used the company's brand in a negative way.
Today, the owner of the company is a lively tweeter of libertarian ideas and a fulminant against socialism.
The list of shares of companies that Cristina Kirchner bought also includes Coca Cola, the Nasdaq index of US technology companies, Microsoft, Apple, Visa, Vista Energy, Berkshire Hathaway, Donat Investments (an Indian company) and Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp.