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Argentine Chief of Cabinet Appoints Trusted Officials to Key Posts

Argentine Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni appointed trusted individuals to lead Correo Argentino and the state ad agency. The appointments raise questions due to high salaries and ongoing investigations into Adorni himself.


Argentine Chief of Cabinet Appoints Trusted Officials to Key Posts

Buenos Aires, April 6 (NA) — Manuel Adorni, Chief of Cabinet, appointed to Correo Argentino and APESAU (State Advertising Agency S.A.) individuals from his inner circle. Lawyer Pablo Leandro Ciocchini has been acting as Vice President of the National Parks Administration board since January 21, 2026, which falls under the Chief of Cabinet, and also holds a position on the APESAU board. One fact: the members of the Correo Argentino board earn salaries that exceed those of Javier Milei. Official sources, when asked by Agencia Noticias Argentina about people holding two state roles thanks to Adorni, declined to comment. Meanwhile, the judiciary continues to investigate the properties and travel of the coordinating minister. These are individuals who work with him in the ministerial coordination area and are always by his side. One of the names on the board is the minister's right-hand, Ayelén Vázquez, who has been head of the Cabinet Advisors Unit since January 1 of this year. The Chief of Cabinet currently resides there, and it is reported that the property was purchased for below market value through a non-bank mortgage that raised suspicions. Representatives of 'La Libertad Avanza' describe her as 'Adorni's shadow.' Federico Sicilia, from the Legal and Administrative Coordination Secretariat of the Chief of Cabinet, is also on the list. He has a past in the City of Buenos Aires' Modernization Ministry in 2026 and in the city's Economic Development portfolio during the administration of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, led by radical José Luis Giusti. Ian Lionel Vignale, from the Executive Secretariat of the Chief of Cabinet, has a history at the Youth Institute dating back to Mauricio Macri's presidency and is another director of Correo Argentino. This last official has the particularity of holding another public position: since July 25, 2025, he has been a full member of the board of directors of the State Advertising Agency S.A. (APESAU), the company that replaced Telam. Correo Argentino Board He is not the only one with a dual role in Adorni's team. Furthermore, the official also appears as a representative of a communications consultancy, Magma Sinergia SRL, along with her husband, Luis Betnaza, the son of a businessman of the same name. This Monday, Federal Prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita requested a 'complete history of ownership' of properties linked to the former presidential spokesperson and sent letters to the National Directorate of Migration to expand information on the official's trips abroad. Additionally, he summoned former footballer for Huracán and Lanús, Hugo Morales, to testify, as he was the former owner of the apartment in the Caballito neighborhood that Adorni bought last year. Today, a member of the company in this position earns nearly 6 million pesos.

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