Alberto Fernández, Wall Street Journal: "Argentina is virtually by default"

Alberto Fernandez I met yesterday afternoon with
Emilio Persian and
Fernando Navarro, two leaders of
Evita MovementWhen his spokesman, Juan Pablo Biondi, entered his office with a pile of papers. I wanted to show him the impact of his statements on the American newspaper
The Wall Street Journal.

"That's what I said throughout the campaign," downplayed the presidential candidate and asked him to look for archive interviews in which he had uttered that damn word : default.

At this time of day, a few minutes after 4 pm, the phrase of the Front of All candidate was repeated in the title of the news portals and broadcast via social networks. "Argentina is in a
virtual defect and hidden, "Fernandez told journalist Santiago Perez yesterday, in an interview published yesterday at 13:06, as the price of the dollar marked a new record and risk rating agencies created categories to qualify the situation in Argentina.

"There is no one at the moment who takes money from Argentina or who can pay it," the candidate said.

The definition had a strong political impact. Government officials have queued to accuse him of encouraging chaos. In addition to mentioning a defect, they were bothered to say that the current situation was a kind of deja vu of 2001. "The Macri government caused damages similar to those suffered in Argentina in 2001 – he said – a debt default, lack of reserves to contain the dollar, a sharp devaluation and an increase in poverty.

The critics and the rebound of these words did not alter the climate in the command of Mexico Street, as they said
THE NATION leaders who were yesterday in the offices of San Telmo. Of course, many people who celebrate Fernandez leave tomorrow for Spain, in a trip that will keep him abroad for a week.

"When you touch the ball so much, sometimes you throw it long and sometimes it falls in. Maybe it's better to touch it less," said a Frente de Todos leader, in a sort of criticism of Fernandez's high profile. maintained this week.

Fernández and his team of closest collaborators close ranks and defend everything that is done. "The reaction is part of the hypocrisy of this government.Why are they not taking care to stop draining the dollars that they caused?", Whispered the candidate at sunset. sun, again evoking the impact of his condemnation.

With Cristina

"I am not lying, Macri is leaving the debt in arrears," he added at a meeting he had had before leaving the San Telmo offices to meet Cristina Kirchner, who arrived yesterday. Cuba.

Previously, the candidate was accompanied by his campaign manager, Santiago Cafiero, who turned 40, and Emmanuel Álvarez Agis, one of his economic advisers. He also received Aníbal Fernández and Eduardo "Wado" De Pedro.

In their environment, they reject any interpretation that attributes some responsibility to the crisis or a lack of prudence. "The markets are doing or breaking according to the measures taken by the government.Alberto is telling the truth, as he has always done, beyond the context.It does not generate alarm, it only says what is happening, what everyone already knows, "said one of his team members. "Should I lie?", He added, noting that when he was silent, he was also the target of criticism from ruling party officials, such as the MP Elisa Carrió and Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Macri's partner.

In the interview with the American newspaper, Fernández also resumed his questions to the International Monetary Fund. "What I want the IMF to understand is that they are guilty of this situation," he said. money to a compulsive spender ".

As he had denounced Monday, after the meeting with the IMF emissaries, Fernández repeated that the dollars entered the country on the occasion of the loan of the agency "were evaporated when capital flight, while the government burned reserves to contain the depreciation of capital. weight. "

In the note, he also explained his recipe for overcoming the crisis and left a warning to the Fund: "To reverse this cycle, you must launch a plan to encourage consumption, and I will not ask permission from the IMF to do so. " Of course, he specified that he opposed the control of capital and expropriation.

After days of great exposure, Fernández will leave tomorrow for Spain where he plans to teach at Camilo José Cela University, in Madrid, and meet with President Pedro Sánchez.

IN ADDITION