Hebe de Bonafini: “President and Minister Guzmán cheated on us all the time”

The owner of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Hebe of Bonafini, severely criticized President Alberto Fernández and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, after the official completed his tour of the United States, during which he held meetings with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and that Cristina Kirchner speak in public about the negotiation with the agency.

In the virtual walk he led this afternoon, De Bonafini thanked the messages of support he received last Wednesday on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, and closed his speech referring to the last conversations that Guzmán had with officials. from the IMF. “Mr. President and Minister Guzmán cheated on us all the time“, He assured.

“Yesterday the President and the Minister reached an agreement with the Fund. The President said he was going to honor the debt… Mr. President, you know he will honor it with great shame, he will honor it with the hunger of the hungry, with the work of the workers who will earn money. less and less, because these are the requirements. What do you call honor, Mr. President? Kneel with the Fund?“Asked the mothers head.

In this sense, he continued his criticisms: “Don’t get used to lying, Mr President, because if you don’t you will look a lot like someone we already know. You promised something else, and the minister also promised something else. Don’t lie to us. We are ignorant, poor, hardworking, but we know something because we suffer from it firsthand. Because we know what people are going through ”.

“There are no prudent prices, there is no increase in salary because no matter how much they do statistics, statistics are not useful because we always look at the stomachs of those who do not eat. , the houses of those who do not have at home, the water of those who do not have water, the lack of work for those who do not work, and for those who work and do not earn because of this miserable agreement they made with the Fund. I am ashamed, Mr President, of this agreement, which is not at all honorable. It’s the shame of the country», He concluded.

During the Remembrance Day ceremony held on Wednesday in the city of Las Flores in Buenos Aires, Cristina Kirchner spoke of the negotiations with the IMF: “With the conditions and the rates provided, it is not only unacceptable, It’s a problem we can’t pay because we don’t have money“.

And he asked for the cooperation of the opposition to reach an agreement with the organization: “We are not saying not to pay the debt. Our political space was the only one to pay the debts of all the other governments. We must make an effort, especially those with institutional responsibilities, whether of the ruling party or the opposition, so that they give us a longer term and another rate of interest on a debt contracted by others“.

For its part, the IMF today ratified that Argentina wants a program to repay its debt of 45 billion dollars over a period of ten years. clarified that there is no chance of doing this over a longer period or reducing the cost of financing.

The spokesperson for the body, Gerry Rice, spoke about it during his usual press conference: “The general manager Kristalina Georgieva He called the meeting with the minister (Guzmán) “very good” and said the teams are working to protect the most vulnerable and promote growth. The situation continues to be analyzed and the IMF team in charge of Argentina continues to meet with the country team. We share objectives with the authorities regarding the challenges facing the country. We need a set of policies to ensure stability and achieve sustained economic growth, led by the private sector“.

Guzmán ended his week-long tour of the United States today with the latest contacts with the IMF. The two sides agreed on four points regarding the economic measures the country needs: sustainability of the economy and “protect” the post-pandemic recovery, lower inflation with macroeconomic policies and coordination of expectations, increase exports to have more reserves and develop the local capital market.

The latest conversations with IMF officials were technical in nature, as official sources and the multilateral organization explained. Infobae. Also present were Guzmán, the Argentinian director at the IMF, Sergio Chodos, and the Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department, Julie kozack.

the road show de Guzmán for the United States – which began with meetings with a group of investment funds in New York and which officially ended on Wednesday with contact with the World Bank and the US Treasury – concludes with news relevant to the Argentine economy by confirming that the IMF will extend Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to all of its member countries, which will contribute USD 4,354 million to the reserves of the Central Bank.

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