According to historiansJust José de Urquiza He was the first Argentine president who had a pearl companion. The pet, called “Purvis”, accompanied him in key moments such as the battle of Caseros and his image was immortalized in historical engravings. From there many presidents would continue the same habit of having a faithful friend of four legs.
Juan Domingo Perón He always cultivated a close relationship with his caniches: Tinolita and monito They were his inseparable, followed by Bold, cinnamon, puchi and tinola. In fact, during his exile in Spain he maintained that strong bond that asked a young caregiver to protect them, and then brought them to Caracas. When Canela died, he decided to bury her under a tree with a tombstone that prayed: “Cinnamon. The best and most faithful of friends. ”
Arturo Illia, Who ruled between 1963 and 1966 also had presidential dogs: Mandinga and Odradek. The latter had the curious anecdote that interrupted the wedding of the daughter of the Head of State by eating some swans in the Fifth of Olivos.
A few years ago, Néstor Kirchner He had Alex as a pet, a boxer that accompanied him until his death; Cristina Fernández lOr buried in the gardens of Olivos, where he lived. She herself publicly showed several of her pets: Simón (a mucuchíes gift from Hugo Chávez), the mini caniche Lolita, The boxer Martita, and others like Rosita, Kila and Vito.
Mauricio Macri caught attention with his dog Balcarce “Adopted from a shelter, “that even sat in the presidential chair, something unpublished until then. Subsequently, Alberto Fernández presented a Dylana “national and popular” collie that had a strong presence on social networks even with its own Instagram account, and inspired statues with the president in squares as Formosa.
Without a doubt, Javier Milei He has taken the prominence of his dogs to another level. Adopted a Conanan English mastin, in 2004 and defined it as his “son” and his closest confidant. After Conan’s death in 2017 for medullary cancer, he decided to clone him. In 2018, four “grandchildren” arrived: Milton, Murray, Robert and Lucasall clones of Conan and baptized with names of economists –Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard and Robert Lucas– That he admires. The strangest thing about this link, certified by several witnesses who know the president, is that its owner says that Conan still communicates after death.
Milei continues to include Conan, so it is considered with five pets. He even sent his heads in the presidential cane. In a recent interview he presented them publicly, accompanied by his sister Karina and her new dog Thor, a Boyero de Bern rescued, in a pet program where they even donated shelter funds.
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