Mauricio Macri came back. Or rather: he reappeared. separated from Juliana Awadamoved back to the City and with a federal agenda under construction, the former president seems to have activated that instinct that best defines him: that of the shark. Sniff opportunity in the water and move forward. In politics… and also in love.
Since the breakup with Awada became known, his love life stopped being private and became a regular episode of prime time gossip. It was first linked Guillermina Valdes. Then it rang Juana Vialethe granddaughter of Mirtha Legrand. Later the name appeared Natalia Graciano. It is even commented—in a political after-dinner tone—that Macri would have made a sort of “favorites list” from the show after separating. Nothing confirmed, everything suggestive. But the pattern is there: well-known, young, media women.
Now the name that has been installed with force is that of Chloe Bello. The scoop was released by Yanina Latorre and the data exploded. Model, actress, 38 years old, Gustavo Cerati’s last love before the stroke, formerly linked to Marcelo Tinelli. Thirty-eight her, sixty-seven him. Twenty nine years apart that, far from shocking, feed the narrative. According to what they said, she would have taken the first step. He hesitated. Tried with others. But he finally moved forward. As in politics: test, measure, correct and attack.
Macri knows something that the old foxes of power never forget: Nothing rejuvenates the public image like a new partner. Symbolic renewal. New stage. Different energy. The photo changes the story. Expanding the family—yes—seems ruled out for now. But expanding the political horizon does not.
Because behind the romance lies the strategy. While in the television studios they analyze the age difference and review Bello’s history with Cerati (there also the leadership was 28 years), in the PRO they talk about something else: 2027 candidacy. Macri let the version spread that he could compete again. Not because he necessarily wants to be president again, but because he needs to have that card on the table.
The plan is different. For months he has been slipping the name of Marcos Galperin as an eventual “Mauritius 2.0”: successful businessman, outsider, modern discourse. It also sounded Jorge Brito. They both said thanks, but no. No one wants to be an instrument of pressure in the negotiation with Javier Milei. So if there is no dolphin, the original appears.
The play is clear: condition La Libertad Avanza with the threat of dividing the anti-Peronist vote. If Macri measures eight points of his own—enough to cause discomfort in the first round—Milei has a problem. A runoff with a fragile economy is a risk. And Macri knows it. The message is simple: either they agree to the City, or they play. The obsession is the City. Jorge Macri will once again face a Buenos Aires election where Karina Milei He wants to show the libertarian flag. The former president needs to dissipate that pressure. And for that we need something more than surveys: we need real power or the illusion of it.
That’s where the personal narrative comes in. The Macri of the Disco supermarket, of golf at Driving Norte, of paddle tennis with friends, is also the Macri who lets himself be seen, who filters romances, which activates media curiosity. Showbiz and politics, in Argentina, have never been so far from each other. The former president understands it well: if they talk about him for love, they also talk about him for power. The shark doesn’t swim for no reason.
Meanwhile, in the PRO they repeat that the Buenos Aires management improved its indicators. That the PRO brand is recomposed. That three out of five variables are green. That there is climate to compete. But they also recognize that Without strong leadership the structure is diluted. And Macri, although he says he observes, is still the only one who can organize the board.
Chloé Bello, with her intense story and her time in the toughest headlines in entertainment, is not a naive figure. He knows what the exhibition entails. Macri too. And if you decide to let the relationship be known, it won’t be by accident. Nothing is accidental in the manual of power. Is it romance or strategy? In the macrismo they respond with a smile: “Everything adds up.” Fresh image, active agenda, federal turn, candidacy rumors. The combo is powerful. The former president seems to have understood that prolonged silence turned him off. Now it takes up space again.
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