Marixa Balli once again found herself at the center of the media scene after publicly questioning the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputofor his statements about the Argentine textile industry. The actress and businesswoman considered the statement from the official, who had stated that she never bought clothes in the country because she considered them expensive, “offensive.”
From his place as a trader in the sector, Balli defended those who work in the sector and stressed that not everyone has the possibility of traveling abroad or accessing imported products. In addition, she recalled her journey as a salesperson and owner of stores, especially in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flowerswhere it maintained its activity for almost two decades.
In this context, the artist also referred to the criticism she usually receives on social networks for her past in informal commercial circuits. “They always want to denigrate me by saying that I was in The Salad“, he expressed, while maintaining that he never denied his origins and his way of working.
However, his statements sparked immediate responses. The journalist Esteban Mirol He went out to the crossroads and questioned the coherence of his speech in defense of the national industry. In a public intervention, he recalled that Balli had in the past a stall in La Salada, one of the largest informal sales centers in the country, where clothing is sold without authorization or official controls.
For Mirol, this background relativizes his current position in favor of local production and the formality of the sector. “You cannot talk about a national industry when you worked in places where clandestine clothing is sold,” he said, in a direct criticism of the businesswoman.
The crossing revived the debate about informal trade, competition with imported products and the difficulties faced by the Argentine textile industry. While Balli insists on defending his career and his right to express his opinion based on his experience, his detractors focus on his business past and question the legitimacy of his claim.
