In fraganti on the car park: Caputo, Pichetto and a lively discussion at the Ministry of Finance

Hernán Lacunza began the press conference at the Ministry of Finance at 18 years old. At the forefront were the political figures of the government: Federico Pinedo, Esteban Bullrich, Eduardo Amadeo, Luis Naidenoff and Mario Negri. All were attentive to the four measures reported by the Minister, to rebalance the terms of payment of the Argentine debt. After the announcement, they stopped and left. But the eye of the camera TN He caught a conversation off the stage.

It was 8:09 pm when, in the Ministry's car park, five characters were talking. One of them was Miguel Ángel Pichetto, candidate for the vice presidency of the ruling party; the other, Senator Bullrich; the other two, Luciano Laspina and Álvaro González; and the fifth, and responsible for the conversation, was Luis Caputo, former president of the Central Bank, who resigned on September 25, 2018.

"Toto" Caputo, also called by Mauricio Macri himself as the "Messi of Finance", had arrived at the Central Bank on June 14, 2018, while the dollar was at $ 28. But after a series of quarrels with the then finance minister, Nicolás Dujovne, on the monetary authority's margin of action to intervene in the foreign exchange market, he resigned with the dollar at $ 38.80.

"We were discussing the Minister of Finance's speech and the impact of the measures, which we hope will dispel the market's sensitivity to exchange rates," said Álvaro González, a few minutes later. later. "Caputo said that he was in agreement with the billregarding the short-term plan for Letes and Lecaps, "he continued.

Although there was no formal accusation, Caputo had already been seen defending Macri's leadership. 14 days ago, at an event organized by the investment company Allaria Ledesma, he shared the stage with the economist Emmanuel Álvarez Agis, member of the team. Alberto Fernández. At the roundtable, had badyzed the reaction of the markets after the triumph of the Front of All. "He failed the first exam," he said of the stock market turnaround that followed the opposition candidate's victory in PAS.

On Wednesday, in Hacienda's car park, in slippers and jeans, he spoke quietly for more than five minutes. From time to time, Pichetto was interrupted with a certain dimension. The conversation ended when one of the councilors received a warning: they are on television. That's how Caputo came into the building and the others left in their cars.