The president was waiting for him at his residence. Santiago Pena Palacios, The reason for the meeting is to solve an outstanding debt that Argentina has with Paraguay for Yaciretá. They will also discuss other issues related to the Waterway, the Binational Bridge. The meeting was joined in Paraguay by the Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royón and Diego Giuliano, Minister of Transport. Also participating are the chief adviser, Leonardo Madcur and Marco Lavagna. This meeting culminates the brief tour that covered Washington and Asunción.
The Minister of Economy was received as a head of state, a position that he does not see as far from occupying in December because, according to comments in his environment, he believes that he has a chance to compete and win in a ballot with javier milei.
The agreement with the IMF achieved the purpose of having tools to keep the economy under control until October, Economy is trusted. “Luckily until October we will see them”, they smile with relief in the Palacio de Hacienda. It is that the long, tense, difficult negotiations affected the bond between the Fund’s staff and the economic team.
In it meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, Massa passed several invoices to the multilateral organization. Among them: that they did not correctly assess the macro impact of the drought; that they insisted on devaluations that, in the minister’s opinion, were not conducive with the purpose of improving the accumulation of reserves, that they insisted on cutting dollars for imports, affecting activity.
There were also reproaches for the lack of leadership of the head of the IMF, who failed to get the staff to comply with the indication of the United States Treasury to grant more funds to Argentina, according to comments in the economic team. In this way, they hold the IMF responsible for the fact that Massa has announced on several occasions that additional funds would come in excess of US$7.5 billion, affecting his credibility.
The response of the IMF officials will be known this Friday, through the publication of the staff report that -it is discarded- will contain a hard and detailed analysis of the Argentine macroeconomics with its warnings and recommendations.
Massa: campaign and electoral strategy
With the battery of measures that the Government will begin to announce in the next few hours and over the course of 10 days they hope to recover the initiative to combat Milei’s message that denounces that traditional politics “It is a caste that only deals with its problems.”
For this reason, while other members of the national government, such as the presidential spokeswoman, Gabriela Cerruttiused the microphones to accuse Milei of instigating the looting as a way of not taking responsibility for what happened, Massa chose to issue himself on the subject announcing measures for the affected merchants.
“I specially commissioned ‘Vasco’ Mendiguren to ensure that help reaches the victims”, the minister assured Ambitto ensure that you are not left with another broken promise.
The presidential candidate for Union for the Fatherland He is aware that the people are angry, that the government that he integrates has made many mistakes and that it is necessary to recover trust in society, which is in disbelief. For this reason, go to javier milei “something different, something new”.
He knows that it is not a time for words, but for actions, and those who surround the current minister know of his hyperactivity and ability to deal with various fronts.
His electoral campaign will have as one of the axes the “solve problems” although he admits that until now he passed it “plugging holes” And, in his team they estimate that “the idea that Massa is the one who really governs” could explain the electoral result that left Union for the Fatherland to a point of Together for Change.
According to the latest polls, the ruling party has improved its electoral chance, but to the detriment of Patricia Bullrich. while admitting that javier milei Voting intention has grown, in part, due to the drag effect of the winning candidate.
They see it as difficult for Bullrich to recover given that, according to their polls, a percentage of the electorate that elected Horacio Rodriguez Larreta opt for Mass. They also believe that they will be able to add votes from those who fear that Milei could become president.
Although for the October elections “still an eternity to go” they estimate that they will be able to stabilize the exchange market and stop the inflationary acceleration. They are aware of the fragility of the economy and the latest data on economic activity already show a slowdown, which, although it took time to arrive, they know that it will be felt in the months leading up to the elections. The bet is to “improve the income of the population” although in this race it runs behind.
“Massa does not have it easy”, confess those who know him. They are the same ones who bet on their ability to “reinvent themselves” in the face of adversity.
It will be necessary to see if his ability to “take rabbits out of the galley”; knowing how to lead work teams “not friends”; his particular management of power and a vision of a country where dialogue with other forces is possible, will reach him to win the elections 2023.
Source: Ambito
