What happened to the appointments of Marcela Losardo and Guillermo Nielsen as ambassadors?

In another manifestation of growing internal tensions within the ruling party, the diplomatic world and the government itself are questioning what is happening with the appointments of Marcela Losardo and Guillermo Nielsen as ambassadors.

The former Minister of Justice and possibly the best friend Alberto Fernández in the almost family-run Cabinet was appointed last March as Argentina’s representative to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

It was after a long period of wear that she was subjected to Kirchnerism, led by Vice-President Cristina Kirchner when she did not see the judicial reform implemented, for which she continues to fight to face the causes of corruption that afflict her and her children.

Meanwhile, Nielsen, also targeted by Fernández, was forced to step down as YPF presidency, in another defeat for the president in his relationship with La Cámpora.

A respected figure in various fields for his performance as a former finance secretary, Nielsen has agreed to leave the oil company to become ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

The situation is as follows, as Clarín learned. ANDLosardo’s statement has been in the Senate since March 20 and assumed parliamentary status a month later. Nielsen is before. Since March.

Since they are both political ambassadors, its specifications must be approved by the agreements committee, chaired by the ultra-Christian Anabel Fernández Sagasti, and must then be ratified by the plenary session. The situation gives rise to two interpretations. One indicates that the delay is due to the health situation in Argentina, in a case similar to the delays of the first stage of the 2020 quarantine when several political ambassadors appointed by Fernández for the diplomatic seat were delayed. And the other, openly, is that “The Doctor” – they say in clear reference to Cristina – either “draped” them or “a little” delayed them with a wink of an eye.

“The doctor makes them feel his power”, sums up an observer in the Senate. The cold treatment of candidates for ambassadors proposed by President Alberto Fernández contrasted with the recent appointments promoted by the CFK of the Instituto Patria. These are the cases of the now ambassadors Sabino Vaca Navaja, in China; Luis Ilarrigue, in Cuba; and Ariel Basteiro, in Bolivia. All three were dealt with promptly by the corresponding committee and were sent to the plenary session of the Upper House in due course.

Designation of Losardo as Fernando “Pino” Solanas fire replacement This caused embarrassment in cultural circles due to the former minister’s lack of experience in this matter.

For years, the performance before UNESCO, based in Paris, has been covered by personalities linked to the world of literature such as Abel Posse, Archibaldo Lanús, Víctor Massuh and Jorge Asís. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assures us that Losardo is already devoted to his work in Buenos Aires, still without parliamentary ratification.

In turn, Nielsen’s appointment to Saudi Arabia seemed to meet Alberto Fernández’s need to find a “consolation prize” for who was also ambassador to Germany and who was even mentioned at the time as a possible minister of the Economy. But Nielsen was not. the object of affection of CFK or La Cámpora.