The dismissal of the chancellor, attacks on the UCR party and a university, his new offensive
Stella Calloni
Correspondent
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, November 3, 2024, p. 16
Buenos Aires. The chainsawwhich the far-right president Javier Milei promised in order to destroy whatever would hinder his project to dissolve the State, was visible in this dark week when he fired Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for having voted against the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, for more than 60 years, in the United Nations General Assembly
Milei threatened the chancellery with an (ideological) audit of career personnel, so Mónica Frade, national representative of the Civic Coalition, presented a draft declaration repudiating that measure. Those who do not think like the president cannot continuesaid an official.
This government is fascistsays Frade, supported by legislators from different parties, and what is being denounced is a frank despotic control of free thought and, therefore, a persecutory campaign against those who do not conform to its guidelines.
Mondino has already been replaced on several occasions by the president’s sister, Karina Milei, general secretary of the presidency, whose primary power has been to decide who goes from the government on international trips; For example, she went to France and met with President Emanuel Macron and his wife, as well as French businessmen.
Karina Milei jumped into politics after being a medium who communicated to the now president with his dead dog, Coan. There are those who call it “the Rasputin of Milei.”
The appointment of the new chancellor, the former ambassador to the United States, Gerrado Werthein, a multimillionaire businessman linked to the government of Israel, causes strong concern. Two key ministries – Security and Defense – are in the hands of Patricia Bullrich and Luis Preti, allies of Israel and the United States.
On the other hand, yesterday the leader of the National Committee of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Martín Losteau, reported that unknown persons entered the party premises the night before, causing destruction to furniture, computers and looting of files.
Losteau, together with Facundo Manes, accompanied by militants of the centenary party who claim the figure of former president Raúl Alfonsín, took the party reins, separating themselves from those who took over the leadership and united in the Cambiemos Coalition with former president Mauricio Macri, who headed the right-wing Republican Proposal (Pro), which allowed Macri to use the only party that, along with Peronism, has a presence throughout the country, to reach the government in 2015. They also accompanied Macri in his alliance with Milei.
The differences in the UCR came to light in Congress, as they ended up voting on Milei’s anti-constitutional projects. Given this, Losteau and Manes confirmed the rescue from the UCR.
However, it was not the only violent event, since on November 1 there was an attack on the Madres de Plaza de Mayo National University, which was considered a new attack; unidentified people entered and digital documentation was stolen.