Uruguayan streaming channel airs new Karina Milei audio recording

Another audio clip featuring the voice of the sister of President Javier Milei was aired online Tuesday as Argentina’s government struggled to stem the flow of leaks. 

The streaming service Esto Es Dopamina, broadcast on an audiovisual platform in Uruguay, released a new audio recording that appears to be of the Secretary of the Presidency and sister of the President of Argentina, Karina Milei, after a precautionary measure prohibiting the publication of recordings of the official came into force in Argentina.

Although parts of the audio recording are unintelligible, it can be understood that the official is referring to people in her inner circle.

President Milei criticised the leaks, pointing the finger at "a group of journalists" who he claimed were part of an “illegal espionage network.” He provided no evidence for his claims.

"These spies who disguise themselves as 'journalists' want to divert attention from the real issue. They are not above the law. They believe they are immune from prosecution, but they are not. End of story," said the La Libertad Avanza leader.

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich also reacted angrily, branding the leaks "one of the most dangerous illegal espionage investigations in history." 

She directly blamed the opposition, saying it sought to "cause social chaos and damage the government in the midst of an election campaign.”

In a video published on her X account, the official warned that both the Casa Rosada and the ruling party’s spaces inside Congress had been "infiltrated.”

She also pointed the finger at the reporters involved. “Some call themselves journalists but are undercover partisan agents. This operation doesn't seek to tell the truth but to spread lies,” said Bullrich.

"This isn't a mere leak; it's a direct attack on Argentine democracy. Recording, waiting time, and execution during election time. Worthy of a political organisation with clear goals: to return to the Argentina we are putting behind us," said the minister.

Lower House Speaker Martín Menem again blamed the opposition for the leak.

"This audio recording, in the hypothetical case that it is real, appears to have been recorded illegally in the Chamber of Deputies,” he wrote on social media.

“The alleged illegal recording and dissemination of private conversations in the exercise of our public function is clearly a deliberate attempt at destabilisation in the context of the electoral process,” he warned.

– TIMES/NA/PERFIL