Recording himself in front of the camera and with his torso uncovered, Santiago Maratea came out to support the government of Javier Milei in the next mid-term legislative elections that will be held this Sunday, October 26. On his social networks, the renowned young influencer of solidarity campaigns made known in a video his inclination in favor of the libertarian movement.
Using the characteristic jargon of LLA militancy, Maratea expressed: “The good thing about Sunday being the elections is that Milei doesn’t stop giving interviews and I like nothing more than cooking while listening to the ‘wig’ talk. It relaxes me.” The influencer’s comment came at the wrong time, considering that the president stopped giving television reports, even to “allied” journalists, delegating it, in part, to the spokesperson. Manuel Adorni.
“No, Santi. Don’t say that you support Milei. They are going to cancel you or stop following you,” Maratea interpreted, with some humor, pointing out that his followers may not like his support, but, immediately, he justified himself: “First, I say that I bank Milei years ago and everyone knows it. Second, if they stop following me or cancel me for exposing my political position or my inclination politics, it sucks two balls from me.”
In the third point of the same edited, Santiago Maratea He delved into the question of how cancelable is someone who supports Libertad Avanza or Peronism. “I think that part of the cultural battle is that each one can say who they bank. If I bank the ideas of freedom, I can say it calmly. There is a thing installed between influencers and streaming channels that you can openly say everything that you bank on Kirchnerism or Peronism, but you cannot say when you bank the ideas of freedom,” highlighted the thirty-year-old.
Next, the influencer accused Kirchnerism of appearing to have moral superiority “when in reality it is quite the opposite.” A shot by lift to streaming drivers like Pedro Rosemblat, with a visible affinity to the sector led by Cristina Kirchner, or the Peronist streamer Thomas Rebord.
Maratea’s career consolidated itself as one of the most unique phenomena within the Argentine digital universe. Born in Buenos Aires in 1992, he began his career as a social media influencer in the mid-2010s, first with humorous posts and personal reflections on Twitter and Instagram, and later as a figure capable of mobilizing millions of people through charitable causes. That direct, irreverent and emotional style made him an influential voice for young audiences.
The great leap to notoriety occurred in 2021, with a series of collections that reached million-dollar figures and enormous media coverage. Among them, the campaign to transfer to Emmita, a girl with spinal muscular atrophy, to access an expensive medication in the United States; the collection for Corrientes firefighters during forest fires; and donations for Argentine athletes who did not have state support to compete internationally.
However, controversy arose around the management of the funds raised and the lack of institutional supervision of the donations. In 2023, when he organized a collection to save the Independent clubreceived criticism for the legal scheme chosen to manage the money – a personal account under a trust figure – and for the lack of transparency in some amounts.
Currently, after the controversy with the Avellaneda club, Maratea presents himself as someone austere, introspective and with spiritual inclinations. He often reflects on existential themes, criticizes excessive consumption and promotes a simple life, far from the luxuries that are usually associated with online figures.
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