Felipe Solá was on an official trip to Mexico when Santiago Cafiero informed him that he was no longer Chancellor

Politics can be harsh and cruel for its protagonists. In Argentina, moreover, it has tragic connotations.

Before the scandal of resignations and changes of cabinet, Alberto Fernández considered the summit of presidents of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which takes place this Saturday in Mexico, as one of his most important diplomatic actions in recent months.

And even he fired who was going to represent him, Felipe Solá, when his former chancellor i was in flight and had yet to land in the Mexican capital, for a meeting of presidents that was also scheduled as a resounding defeat for Argentina. It turns out that in a new letter, the regime of Daniel Ortega signaled that there was no agreement for Nicaragua to miss the election of the new president of CELAC. and thus facilitate the Argentine presidency.

In addition, Solá learned that he was no longer chancellor at one of the many scales what the small Argentine Air Force plane transferring him had to do to reach his destination.

I was in the Republic of El Salvador -they said in his team- when he received a call from Santiago Cafiero. He was the now former chief of staff who informed him that he was no longer a minister and that he was also replacing him.

Sola, angry, then he came down from the top represent Argentina. In his place was Juan Valle, Secretary for Latin America.

The now former minister had traveled to Mexico, where there are dozens of presidents, including Cuban Miguel Diaz Canel and Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro. He did so with his chief of staff, Guillermo Justo Chaves, and his secretary for international economic relations, Jorge Neme.

The dome of the Chancellery was in shock, although there had already been movements for a change of minister. After all, Solá had survived several crises due to the management of foreign policy and several personal fights with Alberto Fernández.

But the change this time was not expected until after the legislative elections in November. Solá had even shown among the most discreet in the face of the crisis triggered by the order of Cristina Kirchner which resulted in the presentation of a resignation of Wado de Pedro to the Ministry of the Interior, which was followed by those most loyal to Cristina Kirchner.

Solá did not give in to this wave and, on the contrary, only told the president that his post was available, but at the same time rushed some decisions, among them, to confirm their orders for diplomatic transfers abroad. They came out quickly this week.

This Saturday, the president’s men were dealing with different hypotheses, which depend on the results of the November elections and the auction between Alberto Fernández and his vice Cristina. One of them is that Cafiero’s passage through the Chancellery is transient and that after November He can be replaced by the current Ambassador to the United States, Jorge Argüello. Another is the one who keeps the ambassador in Brasilia, Daniel Scioli as candidate for this post.

But another version says that once installed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cafiero does not leave. His youth was surprising for the post which is to represent the Argentine Republic abroad. However, you should not minimize your conditions if you surround yourself with a good team. Since Fernandez’s campaign in 2019 and later as chief of staff, Cafiero has maintained frequent relations with foreign embassies during the pandemic.

This Tuesday he will make his international debut accompanying the virtual speech that Fernández will deliver to the United Nations. The president was going to go to the UN. He has suspended the trip to New York and Mexico due to his leadership crisis with the vice president following the loss in Sunday’s primary elections.

The question in the ministry is if he will reformulate the dome of the Chancellery starting with a possible displacement or not of who was the right arm of Solá, Chaves. Activist of the Callao group, Chaves is Solá’s brother-in-law and at the same time a friend of Cafiero, but he may have to leave sooner or later because each minister builds his team.

Vice-Chancellor Pablo Tettamanti would also leave. Unconfirmed versions say his placet was requested to Germany to send him there as ambassador to replace Pedro Villagra Delgado, who had long cleverly requested his retirement.

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