The Argentine government ends the month with a sigh of relief, thanks to the decision of a US court to annul the conviction in the YPF case, which obligated the country to pay USD 16 billion, but it still has a board of internal and external conflicts to resolve in the short term, with the Manuel Adorni case in the first place.
What most occupies the energies of the ruling party these days is the situation of its Chief of Staff. He is a devalued asset due to the succession of events he has protagonized since his trip to the 'Argentina Week' in the United States with his wife, Bettina Angeletti. Episodes that included explanations that did not meet expectations, because Adorni did not show documentation to prove that he paid for his trip to Punta del Este as he claimed, and have left his case in a state of limbo.
Therefore, each wing of the ruling party, from Karina Milei to Santiago Caputo, after differences that were exposed around the electoral strategy for 2025, are working to target the former presidential spokesperson, as Agencia Noticias Argentinas could find out. They not only highlighted his figure in the past week and following the press conference, but they also intend for him to lead press conferences every time the administration of Javier Milei makes a relevant announcement. In parallel, in addition to showing him as active, they will try to get him to speak about other topics that are not his judicial situation.
In recent days, there have been renewed contacts from the picketer front, with various organizations joining forces to launch a plan of struggle. Faced with this panorama, the economic team and the Ministry of Energy, led by Carmen Tettamanti, have been on the alert for weeks, and the government announced that it has adjusted the gasoline quality standard to mitigate the impact of crude oil prices at the pump. Naturally, an inflationary surge is a fear for Luis 'Toto' Caputo, the head of the Treasury, and they will launch the necessary measures so that prices do not fluctuate.
In turn, terms such as 'Arrogant,' 'Cabinet,' and 'Punta del Este' have been trending. There is awareness in the Casa Rosada of these complex points, but they trust that the situation can be reversed. For the libertarian administration, it is a problem that its Chief of Staff is always on the defensive and under constant media siege. He emerged unscathed. The appeal to his 'private life' was read as a lack of transparency and a contradiction with the adjustment discourse.
The consulting firm Enter Comunicación analyzed the impact in the digital ecosystem of the former presidential spokesperson's press conference, in a report that highlights that the event reactivated the conflict: the conference sparked a +224% increase in conversation, with 129,288 mentions in a single day and a potential reach of 10 million accounts. The negative climate was dominant (59%): the audience rated Adorni's attitude as 'arrogant' and 'evasive.' The coordinating minister also knew how to trend on X: 'Adorni' was #1 for 22 consecutive hours.
