US EditionArgentina’s Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein Resigns, Presidential Office Confirms
Gerardo Werthein resigned less than a year after his appointment, prompting an early cabinet reshuffle to support President Milei's economic reforms and address internal conflicts.
- Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein presented his resignation on Tuesday night, which the presidential office confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday, triggering an early Cabinet reshuffle before October 26.
- President Javier Milei had pledged a Cabinet reshuffle after the October 26 midterm elections to pursue 'second‑generation' economic reforms and is reviewing portfolios amid ministerial departures.
- Werthein, an Argentine diplomat, reportedly opposed Santiago Caputo's appointment; he had served as Argentina's ambassador to the United States.
- After Werthein's resignation, reports suggest potential personnel shifts across ministries, with Alejandra Monteoliva and Sebastián Amerio likely to be involved, while other figures remain unconfirmed.
- Investors will watch closely as the reshuffle reviews government departments and could reshape governance, affecting whether President Javier Milei continues reforms before the October 26 midterm elections.
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It could be said that Gerardo Werthein’s early resignation to the Chancellery was the last act of the government’s proselytizing campaign. A campaign that when it ceased to be injured was to become catastrophic. But never to end the way to the Crucis. Life continues to give surprises. At the last hour, when the damage caused by Werthein was already clear, Mariano Cúneo Libarona announced that Monday no longer sees his hair. Beyond this statistic…
The Argentine Foreign Minister, Gerardo Werthein, presented his resignation to the ultraliberal President Javier Milei, to four days of crucial election.
The resignation of the official is due to the disagreement with the growing prominence of Santiago Caputo, presidential adviser, in foreign policy, particularly in matters with the United States.
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