Overview

• Guillermo Manzano will depart as head of INDEC’s Directorate of Living Conditions statistics in early September, the agency told Ámbito.
• INDEC attributed the resignation to “differences of criteria” and “forms” in team management, with reporting describing a heated exchange with director Marco Lavagna after a survey result.
• Manzano oversaw labor-market and poverty indicators and previously joined the institute during Jorge Todesca’s tenure.
• The agency stressed the move is unrelated to new poverty-basket work, while Página|12 had reported a validated poverty method that has not been implemented alongside a delayed CPI update.
• INDEC did not answer Página|12’s queries on Monday, leaving that outlet’s questions about internal disagreements and methodological timing unresolved.