Three weeks before the first presidential round in Argentina, Sergio Massa, Minister of Economy of an unpopular Peronist Government, he found himself on the path of his winding campaign with an unsought scandal: one of the strong men of Buenos Aires, the most important province of this country and where a good part of poverty, which already affects 40% of the populationn, was discovered on a luxury yacht in Marbella, accompanied by a model from the onlyfans site. The bomb detonated by the former head of ministers, Martin Insauralde, after his alleged girlfriend, Sofia Clerici, he presented it socially on the networks, with the sea in the background and a Louis Vuitton bag in hand, shook the ruling party, which is fighting to move on to the second round of November with the far-right, Javier Milei. Both the libertarian and the traditional right have indulged in moralizing sermons. The ruling party was desperately trying to do damage control at the gates of the first television debate between the presidential candidates.
The Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kiciloff, During these hours he feels that the ground moves beneath his feet. His re-election in Argentina’s largest electoral district is key to Massa’s aspirations. He was leading the polls heading into October 22. What has happened may compromise his expectations.
Insaurralde resigned, but the effects of his Mediterranean stay threaten to be devastating. Corruption once again shakes a party that raises the flags of social justice.
Other notable cases
The rays of sun from the Andalusian coast burn in Buenos Aires and do nothing but renew other scandalous situations. During the most rigorous and dark months of the pandemic, President Alberto Fernández’s wife held a party at the residence they share with personal friends. Everyone was photographed smiling, even the president who used to threaten to go out and look for people who violated self-isolation measures. The images aroused the predictable anger of a society. Peronism paid for this madness and the weight of the economic adjustment with the loss of millions of votes in the 2021 parliamentary elections.
Those with memories go further, until the summer of 2016, when the right ruled and the former Secretary of Public Works, José López, was found red-handed with bags full of dollars in a nunnery.
The Insaurralde case attempts to present itself in the media as systemic, with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the subject of several judicial investigations, as its most emblematic expression. The vice president has remained silent. She was the one who promoted Insaurralde to the big leagues of politics in 2013.
The images on the yacht were known just a few days after the latest poverty index came to light and while inflation continues its upward race riding the price of the dollar on the black market.
Kiciloff announced changes to his team. He said he didn’t do it for a “honesty marketing“but because he wants to be consistent with his purpose of “transforming the lives of others” and “continuing to lead a government at the service of the province.” The governor is a kind of rare bird: he has no complaints against him. His modest popularity can collapse.
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The Clerici model continued to pour gasoline on the fire. On Saturday she had claimed that the Louis Vuitton purse and a Rolex watch had been gifts from her new love. She retracted it and claimed to have bought them “alone.” In addition, she defended her public display with the former official. “There is nothing wrong with a politician taking a short vacation.“.
The economy, education and human rights will be the central topics of the first presidential debate. It is assumed that Massa will have to give explanations or evade them with little room for “short vacations.” from Insaurralde.