Overview

• IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva publicly urged Argentina to stay committed to reforms under President Javier Milei, sparking accusations of electoral interference.
• Cristina Kirchner criticized Georgieva’s remarks, framing them as insolent meddling and blaming IMF policies for Argentina’s economic struggles and deindustrialization.
• Kirchner highlighted Argentina’s consumption decline, job losses, and private investment stagnation, attributing these issues to IMF-backed governance.
• She contrasted the Kirchner administrations’ full repayment of IMF debt with the current cycle of borrowing under Macri and Milei, emphasizing sovereignty concerns.
• The ethics complaint against Georgieva for alleged political interference remains unresolved, as debates intensify ahead of Argentina’s upcoming elections.