Overview
- Speaking on a special livestream with Maximiliano Montenegro, Rodolfo Santangelo, Pablo Wende and Luciano Galfione, the former vice minister described the physical toll of managing market turmoil.
- He said he hugged toilets and vomited from nerves during currency runs, adding that it happened without drinking and while watching market screens.
- Álvarez Agis said those experiences shaped his empathy for officials who take public posts under intense scrutiny and risk to their reputations.
- The disclosure comes after he proposed replacing the Impuesto al Cheque with a levy on cash transactions to preserve revenue and encourage bancarization.
- Milei rejected the idea on X as “a total nonsense” and labeled Álvarez Agis “a thief,” while the economist outlined a withdrawal-based charge, for example receiving 900 pesos after taking out 1,000.