Overview
- Vice President and Senate chief Victoria Villarruel and Nicolás Márquez exchanged barbed posts on X after she warned the Senate would fall into deficit without updated appropriations.
- Márquez, identified as President Javier Milei’s biographer, criticized Senate staffing with derogatory language that drew swift backlash across media and social networks.
- Villarruel replied publicly, calling him an “oddly blond” man who “does not stop crying even at Christmas,” and said she prays for those who insult and spread hate online.
- Villarruel had stated the upper chamber was “entering in red” from December and pressed for an update to funds, noting an unprecedented zero in one budget item.
- Casa Rosada indicated it is modifying budget allocations to correct the Senate funding issue, while a separate Senate debate on the 2026 budget featured tense exchanges on the floor.