The Minister of Economics Luis Kaputo intervened in the debate, who climbed social networks from a supposedly falsified video in which the driver Alejandro Fantino was awarded a serious warning about the country’s political and economic situation.
This is the full video of my editorial article today, they circulated several edited and collected Berreta and manual work. What I said today, on the contrary, to which the edited video shows. Take time watching a full video. I also leave you the link of the program … pic.twitter.com/xoeyi2mg2
– Alejandro Fantino (@fantinofantino) July 9, 2025
Against the backdrop of the conflict between the government and the governors in the Senate and on the eve of the legislative handling of key law, which is risking a fiscal excess, Caputo sought to calm down. Speaking with the nation+, he supported the foundations of macroeconomics and strongly denied the content of the clip: “I have no doubt that this is a fake,” he said earlier in X.
In an interview, Luis Kaputo assured that there is no risk of political or economic crisis, if the project is moving into a group of governors, which complicates the tax strategy of the government in the Congress. He did this in a television interview with Luis Majul in La Nazi+, in which he also denied a viral video attributed to the journalist Alejandro Fantino, where he warned of a possible institutional collapse if the decision lost the legislative bracelet. The minister denied the reliability of the content and formulated it as part of the misinformation campaign.
“I believe that it will be IA or in some way armed. Nothing that is surprising at the moment, ”Kaputo wrote in his account. And he added: “What I said is the opposite of what this clip says. The same as the president said today with Majul. Macro is ordered, and regardless of how much the policy is trying to create a mess, this will not be a problem. ”
A video caused by the contradictions distributed on social networks and allegedly showed Fantino from its NEURA digital channel, launching a serious warning about political consequences if the government suffered a legislative defeat. However, according to Kaputo, this version was edited or manufactured. “Alejandro called me to explain the problem of the current account, how tourism affects and already. It was, ”the official said. And he emphasized: “I have no doubt that this is a fake, but I clarify doubts.”
During the interview, the head of the finance palace insisted that economic variables show significant restoration. “Macro is extremely ordered,” he said. He added: “Pay attention to the last amount of economic activity. April grew by 1.9%, by 7.7%a year -for 10 years. We came from the defeat of the recession, which began in July 2022. Today, a year and a half of our leadership, we grow by almost 8%. ”
Kaputo also celebrated a decrease in inflation and the consolidation of the Central Bank: “Inflation fell from 25.5% in December 2023 to 1.5% last month. Wholesale seller, from 54% to -0.3%. This is so, we are deflation. We have a completely capitalized central bank. We have an agreement with the fund, but more important than all this, we manage 11 million.
“When they say that he does not feel, well, I don’t know who they mean. They will tell these people whether they feel or not, ”he said in defense of official data. Throughout the interview, Caputo sought to contrast the economic results of the government with what he considered the strategy of some sectors to create anxiety. “You see that some politicians say, that some journalists say, that some colleagues say: there is something, that will not fight,” he said.
In this sense, he stated that there is a deliberate interest in distorting the perception of the situation in the country. “There is a reality that for me it is much more important than you say, what is the bottom of the question,” he said. And he added: “You look at what is read in the newspapers, and what is said compared to what I say. What am I saying is data. ”
The background of the viral episode, by the same, is closely related to political turbulence through which the decision passes in the Senate, where freedom is progressed by control over key commissions, including the budget. The breakdown of the agreement with the governors opened a new front of conflicts with the provinces, which currently promotes their own project, which can change the financial goals of the government, reinstalling objects and special regimes.
According to the article published by the chronicle, the legislative treatment of this “law of governors” threatens to destroy the financial excess, one of the main achievements that the government Javier Miley demonstrates. Faced with this scenario, they rehearsed a double strategy from the executive branch: to recover the institutional impact of defeat in parliament and, at the same time, neutralizes any narrative that implies an inevitable crisis.
Kaputo was created on this line. “As much as politics is trying to create a mess, it will not be a problem,” he said. His message was agreed, with whom President Miley previously handed over, also interviewed Majul at a special day of independence. The head of state avoided directly resisting the governors, but confirmed that the financial balance is “not consistent”.
In this context, the Minister of Economics decided to emphasize the difference between what, in his opinion, shows the data and what he circulates in public discourse. “There is something, which is a more alarming background than everything that he talks about,” he warned. For Kaputo, this is “something” -this is a deliberate gap between the indicators of macroeconomics and political or media tonses that strive to establish an image of a lack of control.
“What I say is data,” he repeated. “And these data are stunned,” he concluded.
