Casa Rosada: some leave, others arrive
This week the Cabinet meetings to Casa Rosada returned, although with some absences if the latest meeting of ministers is taken as a reference, where an official photo was disseminated with the now excommunicated Eduardo Serenellini (On whom, in other quinchos it was said that he had the chopped ticket). Other relevant absences were those of the José Rolandi and Lisandro Catalán Cabinet Vicejefes.
He “Iron triangle” that the president composes with Karina Milei and Santiago Caputo, distanced both officials for suspicion of leaks -in the case of the first -and by statements to the press that they did not like -in the second. In fact, Rolandi He will leave his office from Casa Rosada and move to offices that rents the headquarters of the Cabinet.
In another order of themes, a suggestive visit stepped on Balcarce 50 last Wednesday, in the prior to the meeting of the Pro headed by Mauricio Macri. Diego Santilliwho in recent months appeared several times noted in the income of Casa Rosada, was received by Eduardo “Lule” Menem, advisor to the Secretary of Presidency Karina Milei.
The meeting took place in the framework of the Cooptación Strategy one displayed by the libertarians, although in both terminals they lowered his tone. “They are friends for many times,” they clarified in official offices although they recognized that there was an invitation, but of another nature: that of the “Colo” Santilli Lule to the court to see River. However, Menem told him that he could not attend for agenda issues.
The relationship goes back to its time in the justicialist party, when Santilli He managed with the head of the Pro bench in deputies, Cristian Ritondo, The Undersecretariat of Youth of the then Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires (today Government), under the management of Carlos Grosso.
The truth is that Santilli left the Casa Rosada and walked to San Telmo for Balcarce to go to another meeting, that of the PRO, which headed Mauricio Macri. A summit that received libertarian darts, since while Macri met with the new heads of the Senate block and with the small table waiting for Lla to negotiate an alliance, Karina Milei and Patricia Bullrich spread the photo with three Buenos Aires legislators that They said goodbye to the yellow bench to make the leap to the forces of the sky, to the block commanded by Pilar Ramírez.
The Fishing Network of the libertarians is still deployed, and the probes with yellow as the former Cabinet Chief of Jorge Macri, Néstor Grindetti, the mayor of General Pueyrredón, Guillermo Montenegro, Santilli himself and some Buenos Aires intendants.
Thirty years of a marlananto symbol
If the track of Montenegro, head of the municipality that houses Mar del Plata, is followed, was in one of the main events of last week, the celebration of the 20 years of the Hotel Costa Galana, in Playa Grande.
And although in the corrillos the mayor had his programmatic coincidences with Milei and with Patricia Bullrich, dodged consultations about the possible garrochez to the violet ranks. However, the presence of Montenegro was not stellar, since that leading role was Mirtha Legrand and the hosts: the Álvarez Argüelles family.
María del Carmen Álvarez Argüelles, her daughter Claudia Álvarez Argüelles and Matías Basanta Álvarez, Executive Vice President and representative of the third generation of the family, welcomed the 400 guests, among whom they were Abel Pintos, Raúl Lavie, Gastón Softti, Franco Masini, Donato de Santis, Sofía Pachano, Hernán Drago, Gabriela Sari and local businessmen such as Florencio Aldrey, Martín Cabrales, Daniel and Christian Otero; and Utghra leader Luis Barrionuevo. Teté Coustarot was the driver of the event.
The Costa Galana hotel since its inauguration on January 28, 1995, marked a milestone in the National Hospitality as it was the first five stars in Mar del Plata and the first five luxury stars hotel inside the country.
Claudia Álvarez Argüelles, CEO and president of Álvarez Argüelles Hotels, He had an emotional speech: “ A project born of the vision and effort of two extraordinary people: my parents, Manolo and María del Carmen. Picasso said that ‘everything that can be imagined is real’, and that is precisely what the Costa Galana hotel represents: a dream come true. More than 70 years ago, my parents arrived from Spain with little material luggage, but with my heart full of dreams and hopes “.
It was María del Carmen, along with her daughter Claudia Álvarez Argüelles, who chose Don Manuel’s 67th birthday to inaugurate the hotel, honoring the legacy of those who could not witness her concretion after her death in 1994.
Mirtha Legrand He took the floor and remembered when they told him that in Mar del Plata the Costa Galana hotel was inaugurated and that the owner was a very elegant Spanish lady. “This hotel is like my house,” he said. He also highlighted the presence of Mr. Florencio Aldrey, the president of the Hermitage Hotel. The driver mentioned: “For many years I made my lunches very successfully.”
The event included a dazzling Performance of Gatsby -style vedettes, with dancers who, with elegance and glamor, toured the living room in their feathers attire. Then, Juan Quieto, singer of the Totora, sang three songs for those present, to close the night.
Punta: The U $ S1,000 gala
On the other side of the puddle, in Punta del Estewhile the highest part of the season is left behind, summer is dying of politics, becoming inexorable that a new government is approaching in the Uruguaywhere it is expected by the assumption of Yamandú Orsi in less than a month, in a command pass ceremony planned for March 1, the same day that Javier Milei will make his second opening of ordinary sessions of the Congress. But in Uruguay, in addition, the ball will continue to turn and is expected by the departmental elections.
And in the place par excellence that represents summer, political and business delights they have managed to reconcile everything. This happened last week at the most select hotel on the Peninsula, where the National Party candidate for Maldonado’s intention Miguel Abellahe had his collection dinner with great assistance of some 400 diners between political and business figures.
The U $ s1,000 ticket a person included the best delights offered by the Enjoy: Burrata with sea salt and spices, aromatic pimits on carpaccio of roasted tomatoes, raw ham, olive and pesto genus. From the main course, I have served chicken yakitori with venere rice wok, vegetables with teriyaki and ginger and dessert tasting of dulce de leche in various varieties. The pairings with beers and national wines and a good whiskey black label were not missing.
Among the tables of the Enjoy, of course, of the subject of summer: the Boom of Argentine tourists was discussed. It is estimated that more than 560 thousand Argentines crossed the neighboring country, driven by the reduction of the price gap, which is at its lowest level in six and a half years according to the border prices indicator of the Uruguay Catholic University (UCU).
Between taxes and new players
Waiting for negotiations to conclude, two entrepreneurs separated considerations of the automotive sector in a hostel on the coast. They referred, promptly, to rumors about the Sale of Mercedes-Benz. “It seems that it is not that the famous German brand leaves Argentina,” said one of them. “They would be missing only some formalities for an investor consortium, led by Pablo Peralta, Grupo St, and Daniel Herrero, former Toyota, take control of the factory.”
The conversation continued to turn about the activities they will develop at the La Matanza plant. “They will continue to produce the truck Sprinterin addition to the importation of high -end cars, ”said Mojito in hand.
Of course, while the stands of the brands in Cariló are firm, the comments quickly passed to the sales boom of the early year, with the best January of the last seven years and a growth of patentings greater than 100%, in interannual terms. The businessmen explained that strong increase times are coming, since the comparison will be against the first months of 2024, when the market had a post -devaluation collapse.
Although, of course, they celebrated the decline in internal taxes, a lien that distorted the entire price scale, with “stopped” models so as not to enter that strip. And, in addition, he ended up impacting not “luxury models” as Kirchnerism said, but in mid -range cars, such as the Toyota Corollaby case. They also complained about the “progressive journalism” that sold the news as a tax favor to the richest, when strictly speaking of the mid -range will also lead to a price reduction throughout the range. “Every time you hear that they talk about a topic you know and do so badly you ask yourself: will it be like that with all the issues?” Said one of them. “Then they complain that we have the most expensive cars in the world,” the other concluded.
Dialogues with Conan: butterflies in the street
– Father, was he going?
– Conan, are you or do you?
– Butterflies on the street, and in the belly, father.
– Conan, you are unfair. We said it very clearly: inside the house that they do what they want.
– And outside, father?
– Outside no, Conan. Outside children see everything. And they can spread.
– But father … speak as if it were a disease.
– Conan, please, do you know all the things we do for them? We are about to get a law so that they can do a treatment that cures them. And if they do not cure that they can follow their life in places where they are only. Exclusive schools, exclusive works …
– It seems to me an exaggeration, father. What is doing is wrong, and I tell him as a member of a Perrura minority.
– Conan, do you know how many lands are they depopulated in Patagonia? Do you know what we are thinking, Conan? State policies, so much that they ask for a state.
– Don’t even say it, father. In addition the lands of Patagonia have owners, cannot do what you want.
– I can’t expropriate, Conan. It goes against Bertie’s principle. But we can reach an agreement. Some fiscal incentive, for example.
– You’ll be interested, father. But his hand is going.
– The hand goes to them, Conan. They are manolarga.
– Where do you get all those ideas, father? You were not like that. I remember it loving, with respect for others.
– I talked to Donald, Conan. He convinced me. And I need dollars, Conan. And the only one who has them is Donald.
– Ah, well, if the hand goes around it is something else. I do not justify it but I understand it.
– How you have it with your hand, Conan.
– I never had hands, father, that’s why I obsess me.
– What are you wanting to tell me, Conan?
– Think about it, father. Think about it.
Source: Ambito
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