Mauricio Macri likes to have ears everywhere. In the series “Game of Thrones” there was a character named Varys who had “little birds” in different places that informed him of what was happening. In this case, Macri’s “little birds” move among the hawks and doves.
Since the electoral race began for this year, the former president decided to reinforce the campaign teams of some PRO candidates with his collaborators. The two most direct cases are that of Fernando DeAndreisformer Secretary General of the Presidency, who is immersed in the campaign of Jorge Macriand that of dario grandsoncurrent Buenos Aires legislator and Macri’s former personal secretary who is working with Mary Eugenia Vidal. there is also Hernan LombardiMacri’s former minister who today accompanies Patricia Bullrich.
Fernando DeAndreis He is one of the main collaborators that Macri has today in his post-Presidency stage. With him, she coordinates part of his agenda at FIFA, his talks at universities and book presentations in the interior of the country. Anyone who wants to talk to Macri has to go through De Andreis first.
The former secretary general of the Presidency was appointed campaign manager for the candidacy of Jorge Macri as mayor of Buenos Aires. But De Andreis was not alone. He with him he took Hernan Iglesias Illa, one of Macri’s ghostwriters in his book “First Time”. there is also Mora Jozamiin charge of the analysis of the surveys, and Julián Gallo, in social networks.
Darío Nieto was Macri’s private secretary during the presidency and everything indicated that he was going to continue in that role for a few more years, but his life took a turn that forced him to work in politics from another place. After a judicial investigation for espionage, his cell phone was kidnapped by the Justice and conversations involving Macri were exposed because Nieto’s personal phone used to be used by the former president.
From that event, Nieto was pushed by Macri himself to take charge of his defense and begin a career as a leader to face what they denounced as judicial persecution at the hands of Kirchnerism. a luck of lawfare opposite sign. Nieto was a candidate for Buenos Aires legislator and specialized in technology applied to politics and also to different industries. In his social networks he usually shows success stories of ventures that use, for example, blockchainthe technology with which cryptocurrencies are made.
Today is dedicated to the campaign of María Eugenia Vidal who, for now, appears to be a candidate for President, although she is far behind in the polls. In recent days, the former governor has given signs of hardening her speech, criticizing politics, in the Javier Milei style. “Politics is a circus without people,” she said on the TN channel, and explained: “Every day there is a show, but the people are outside the tent.” The speculation that is made about this self-critical speech by Vidal is that she is working for the day after the PASO, thinking that if she wins her friend Horacio Rodriguez Larretashe will be one of those in charge of attracting Patricia Bullrich voters who have qualms about going to vote for Milei.
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A third controller that Macri has in another campaign is Hernan Lombardi, who today is accompanying Patricia Bullrich in her presidential dream. Lombardi shared the Cabinet with Bullrich during Macri’s presidency and today he actively participates in most of the meetings of the candidate’s team. Even in some where Bullrich’s campaign manager, Juan Pablo Arenaza, is not present. Another man close to Macri who accompanies Bullrich is the man from Santa Fe Federico Angeliniwho was very active in the presentation of the former president’s book in Rosario during the past week.
Bullrich competes in the PRO presidential internship with Horacio Rodriguez Larreta. In recent days there has been speculation about whether she could move to the Province of Buenos Aires and be a candidate for governor, but she denied it on FM Millenium. “I was born and raised in the city of Buenos Aires and I live here. I do not like changes of address, ”she said, alluding to Mary Eugenia Vidalwho lived in the City of Buenos Aires, made the leap to the province when she was governor and then, when she lost, she returned and moved to Recoleta.
Rodríguez Larreta does not escape Macri’s tentacles either. In recent weeks, the newspaper Perfil revealed that Pablo Avelluto joined the Buenos Aires mayor’s presidential campaign. Avelluto was Minister of Culture of Macri and a vital piece in the elaboration of the two books of the former president, “First Time” and “For what.” According to Avelluto himself, his arrival at Larreta’s team is on his own initiative, but it is clear that if he had to choose between Macri and the mayor of Buenos Aires, he would stay with the former president.
In the province of Buenos Aires, the candidate for governor that Macri supports is Christian Ritondo. For example, the mayor of Pinamar, Martín Yeza, is working there, and he is well received by the former president. Macri chose him to present his book in Mar del Plata, during the summer, despite the fact that it is the district of Guillermo Montenegro, another PRO leader.
The former president is in the day to day of all the campaigns throughout the country. She thinks and tries to intercede. He can’t always, but he will seek to order –before the end of March– the candidacy of his cousin Jorge in the City of Buenos Aires, to later define his own role in the campaign. He has already announced that he will not be a candidate, but he will have eyes and ears on all the campaign teams.
