The Vice President was scheduled to attend the National Shearing Festival with Governor Ignacio Torres this weekend.
The vice president Victoria Villarruel I was planning to travel this weekend to Chubut to witness the “National Shearing Festival“Although he had to suspend it due to the serious forest fires that occurred in the town of Epuyén and that generated a great commotion throughout the province. The decision was made after speaking with the governor, Ignacio Torres, who is working on firefighting tasks.
In this way, neither Villarruel nor Torres will attend the official activities that involved the presence of both front-line officials at the festival. Although the leaders will not be present, the celebrations for the “National Shearing Festival” they remain standing.
The governor of Chubut traveled this Thursday to the town of Epuyén in the midst of the devastating forest fire that has already devastated more than 2,000 hectares of forest and land and destroyed about 50 homes. Regarding the origin of the fire, Torres suggested that it was intentional. “There was an outbreak that we were able to control in Trevelin. A few hours ago also in the Golondrinas area, which we were able to control. But when there are many outbreaks at the same time, they are generally intentional.”
Victoria Villarruel will be in charge of the Executive Branch as of Saturday
On the other hand, starting this Saturday, Villarruel He will be in charge of the Executive Branch, since President Javier Milei will leave the country to go to Donald Trump’s inauguration in the United States and then to Switzerland to participate in the Davos Economic Forum. During the time that Milei’s agenda will last abroad, Villarruel will be in charge of the national Executive, after having received strong public criticism from the President and libertarian leaders. towards his role as head of the Senate. “He has been making a series of unforced errors,” the president questioned about his running mate.
It was expected that the head of the Senate returned to Buenos Aires on Sunday given that this Monday will begin in the Congress the period of extraordinary sessions, which will last until February 21. There the Government expects to approve six projects and the lists of judges in the upper house.
Fire in Epuyén: the fire has already consumed 2,000 hectares
The fire started this Wednesday at noon and more than 24 hours after the start of the flames They have already consumed more than 2 thousand hectares.
200 homes were emergency evacuated, before 50 that were already devastated by the advance of the fire. Due to the strong winds that have hit the region in recent hours, it is expected that the number of people affected may grow even more.
Source: Ambito
