Alberto F, ready to see the IMF: "We are waiting for you when you want"

"We are waiting for you when you want" he said Alberto Fernandez before the visit of the representatives of the International Monetary Fund in the country, which has already advanced that in addition to the government "They will meet the main referents of the opposition." Just arrived from Mendoza, the winner of PASS 2019 is waiting for the confirmation of the day, time and place of meeting. Alejandro Werner and Roberto Cardarelli, the envoys of the Fund.

It is expected that the economist will return to the country for the meeting Matias Kulfas, one of the economic referents of the Frente de Todos, and his participation in the conclave of Cecilia Todesca, Emmanuel Alvarez Agis and William Nielsen

The two-day visit to Mendoza, which included a tour of various wineries and support for the governor candidate, Anabel Fernández Sagasti, does not prevent him from continuing to communicate with his economic team, which is working on a technical report that Fernández will present to the IMF. Now wait for the official call.

WernerThe current director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department is with whom Fernandez has direct links. At the end of June, when the polls spoke of parity in the election results, the opposition candidate received Werner in his offices located on Mexico Street. Although at this meeting he asked his economists Matías Kulfas and Cecilia Todesca To accompany him, Fernández decided that there would be no interlocutor between him and the IMF.

IMF delays revision of targets and negotiates twice

The meeting of June 27th was held in good conditions and there was even time to relax. It is thanks to the library of the candidate where, among other authors, it stands out Mario Wainfeld, which Werner has turned out to be a cousin. The IMF representative took the opportunity to tell him about his birth in Córdoba and the exile of his family in Uruguay and Mexico during the last military dictatorship.

Although informal contacts took place between the two teams, Fernández and Werner have not communicated since, although they have agreed to continue speaking. The opposition candidate repeats that the agreement with the IMF has been violated. Although he insists, as he has said Mauricio Macri In one of the conversations that he had, he is the one who should talk with the agency. "I ask the President to go to renegotiate with the IMFbecause what he signed does not exist anymore. I would like him to leave things in order with the Fund ", insists the partner Cristina Kirchner whenever they consult about renegotiation.

Just as the IMF has an increasing interest in listening to Fernandez after the 15-point gap he had won against Macri, his team is also worried about what the Fund will do with the forthcoming disbursements it should allow. . In September, The agency is expected to pay 5.4 billion US dollars. In the Mexican offices, they believe that this money will finally arrive, but they doubt the 7 billion US dollars that should start to be paid on December 15. The concern comes with a look of mistrust vis-à-vis the current direction, especially for the use of the reserves that the administration of Mauricio Macri made to contain the dollar.