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In the hallways and offices of the Casa Rosada there runs a phrase that attempts to describe, with a mixture of grace and precision, the real power in the libertarian government. “Three families rule here: Milei, Caputo and Menem”they maintain, with a high dose of realism, in Balcarce 50.
Indisputable, Javier and Karina Milei make up the ruling duo who pulls the strings of the Government, although the other two surnames that surround them provide resonant names with permanent responsibilities, to which are added other members of those same families, for now Behind the scenes and cultivating an extreme low profile.
It is the case of Santiago Caputo, the young all-terrain advisor and member of the brothers’ first circle of trust in national power. In addition to his uncle Luis de él, Minister of Economy and shining star in the media firmament, His brother Francisco, a coach and entrepreneur according to his pages on social networks, visited the Casa Rosada on several occasions, according to unobjectionable sources.although close to the presidential advisor they categorically state that “it has nothing to do with the Government.”
A version that contrasts with those who claim that the eldest of the Caputo brothers leaves, during and outside of his visits, his advice to the President’s key advisor.
As for the Menem, there are many bearers of that surname who hold positions and responsibilities in the Government. The president of the lower house, Martin Menemand the secretary Eduardo “Lule” Menemare the most notable, but Adrian Menemformer national representative and son of former senator Eduardo Menemwould also be advising his cousins Lule and Martín, based on his long years of experience in politics.
“My time has passed, it is their time,” said Adrián Menem, who was the youngest deputy more than two decades ago, after the event at the Casa Rosada in which Milei inaugurated the bust of former president Carlos Saúl Menem in the bust room of the Casa Rosada.
There are also speculations about him about his influence on the work of the Chamber of Deputies, although in his case his formal work is in the law firm he shares with his father, near the Courts.
He had spent the long night almost sleepless and in the Casa Rosada, closely following the legislative debate that, for him, ended in a modest celebration. With few hours of sleep, but his spirit tempered by the approval of the Bases Law in the Senate, the chief of staff Guillermo Francos was the central protagonist of the lunch organized last Thursday by the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires.
At that lunch, which lasted more than an hour and whose main menu was osso buco gratin with cheese and roasted vegetables, Francos reviewed the alternatives to the passage of the Bases Law through Congress, a marathon debate for which, as he commented among laughter, He had to postpone the wedding anniversary dinner with his wife Cristina. Relaxed, Francos acknowledged “initial errors” in the legislative strategy to approve the project and praised the President who, according to his vision, “spoke to the people and told them things that politics did not dare to say.”
Without getting upset, and together with the president of the school, Alberto Garaytouched on other vexing issues, such as the bilateral relationship with Brazil and even recalled that the President offered him to be chancellor, but that he rejected the offer, telling him that he would be “more useful” as Minister of the Interior.
At dessert time (apple strudel and American cream ice cream), the most uncomfortable moment of midday arrived. One of those present asked him, in a critical tone, about the nomination of Ariel Lijo as a Supreme Court judge. The Chief of Staff attempted a diplomatic explanation, given that the College rejects that application, and stated that Sending Lijo’s document to the Senate was “a power and political decision of the President”, to later surprise with a ruling: the Government was contemplating, if the possibility arose, of nominating a woman to join the highest court in the country.
The answer was ambiguous enough to not making clear whether Francos was referring to Lijo or Manuel García-Mansillaalso nominated for judge of the Supreme Court, and sitting nearby, at the same table as the minister.
Always identified with hard Christianity, and participants in the government of Alberto Fernández, Juan Martín Mena and Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta They finished their mandates (the first was Vice Minister of Justice, the second was Minister of Women) and opted for a low profile.
Although Mena currently holds the position of Minister of Justice in the government of Axel Kicillofhis partners Gómez Alcorta and Marcos Aldazabal (also defender of Cristina Kirchner) gave a new boost to their law careers, with new central offices.
“Dr. Juan Martín Mena is on leave from the law firm due to the exercise of public office,” states the firm’s website, which days ago sent an email to all his contacts, warning about the move to the offices on Reconquista Streeta few blocks from the Casa Rosada.
Although Mena makes it clear that today he is a public official, the studio continues to bear his name. Will he return to him once his participation in the Kicillof government is over?
The Hilton hotel was filled, during this week, with leaders of liberalism, gathered at the conference organized by the Cato Institute and the Freedom and Progress Foundationin which the president participated Javier Milei before his trip to Italy to attend the G7 summit.
Among the most consulted libertarian references was Axel Kaiserthe trans-Andean economist who participated in one of the panels, and who does not get upset when they tell him “the Chilean Milei”and is recognized as a “friend” of the President.
Author of several books, all with a confrontational tone against the left and for the “cultural battle” against “communist” ideas, Kaiser merged into a hug with Milei when the President arrived at the conference, titled “the rebirth of freedom in “Argentina and the world.”
In informal talks during the meeting, Kaiser considered himself “further to the right” than José Antonio Kast, the presidential candidate defeated by current president Gabriel Boric in the last elections in Chile. And he does not deny that he will try to become President.
