Milei's Government Faces Leadership Crisis in Buenos Aires

The future of Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona remains under analysis, as do possible changes in Security and Migration, where replacements linked to the political build-up of La Libertad Avanza in the province of Buenos Aires are already being mentioned. The figures illustrate the magnitude of the phenomenon: in the 775 days of his administration, Milei has displaced about 215 high-ranking officials, which amounts to almost two departures per week since the start of his term. However, the succession of scandals and resignations of recent weeks demonstrates that the tension between political control, technical management, and power struggles remains one of the main challenges of the Milei era. Sources consulted: La Nación; Clarín; Ámbito; official reports; private political assessments. In both cases, the background is the loss of political trust and the pressure to bring order to a sector historically crossed by conflicting interests. The most delicate episode of the week exploded at Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, the state-owned company that operates nuclear power plants. Justice, transport, energy, and state control were at the center of a crisis that exposed the government's internal coordination difficulties and the fragility of some political balances. MORE RESIGNATIONS, IT'S 215 Yesterday, in addition to the Secretary of Transport, the following departures occurred in the Government: Paulo Starc, President of the UIF; Carlos Casares, Interventor of ENARGAS; Gerardo Boschín, President of SOFSE; Leonardo Comperatore, President of ADIF. Among the most notable departures are those of Paul Starc, head of the Financial Information Unit; Luis Pierrini, at the Secretariat of Transport; Carlos Casares, intervener of Enargas; and those of Gerardo Boschin and Leonardo Comperatore, responsible for Trenes Argentinos Operaciones and Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura. The decapitation of the area was decided while the Minister of Economy was accompanying the President in Davos. The end of January, which seemed to consolidate greater internal homogeneity after the Cabinet reshuffle and the truce between the different power centers of the ruling coalition, led to a week marked by resignations, displacements, and strong suspicions of irregularities in sensitive state areas. The data reflects a government logic marked by intolerance for deviations, but also by instability in team formation. After the Cabinet redesign following the legislative elections, the President bet on a more closed scheme, with greater weight for Karina Milei and the appointment of Manuel Adorni as Chief of Staff. Denunciations linked to the handling of public funds, political wear and tear, and differences in the implementation of key policies accelerated a turnover of officials without precedent in the current libertarian administration. In just seven days, at least five high-ranking officials left their posts in strategic organisms, a dynamic that differs from previous purges due to the technical profile of many of the displaced and the institutional weight of the areas involved. His replacement, Ernesto Gaspari, belongs to the same circuit of trust as presidential consultant Santiago Caputo, which reinforces political control over that body. Another focus of conflict was Transport. Within the ruling coalition, two readings coexist: one links Pierrini's departure to a complaint for alleged irregularities in the distribution of subsidies; the other maintains that the reorganization was already defined and responds to a broader redesign of the state infrastructure. There, an internal investigation detected supposed overpricing in a services tender, which unleashed a rebellion from technical cadres and forced a preventive intervention from the board of directors. The crisis exposed tensions between political leadership and what the government itself calls the "nuclear caste," a network of technicians with strong internal resistance capacity. Casares' departure from Enargas, in turn, uncovered the problems of articulation in the energy area, just as the Executive is about to unify the gas and electricity regulatory entities in a new body. The objective was to reduce internal conflicts and consolidate decision-making. His departure from the UIF, a key organism in the money laundering prevention system, occurred amidst tensions with the Ministry of Economy over the "fiscal innocence" project, which the now former official had warned could conflict with the international standards of the FATF. In his farewell, the official did not hide his displeasure at having been considered dispensable, a message that resonated within the sector. Beyond these episodes, in Balcarce 50 they count that the replacement process will not stop. Although the Executive downplayed the episode and spoke of "work dynamics," the displacement evidenced deep frictions in the area of Justice. Buenos Aires, January 25, 2026 – Total News Agency-TNA-The government of Javier Milei is going through one of its most convulsed moments since arriving at the Casa Rosada. To these movements, changes were added in Customs, under the orbit of ARCA, where the head of Ezeiza, Gustavo Mariezcurrena, resigned just fifteen days after taking office, officially for health reasons. Starc's resignation generated particular internal noise.