News of sandra pettovello

Church, Milei government play nice despite tensions, distrust

Yesterday 20:35 Death of Pope Francis shines a spotlight on the relationship between Argentina’s religious leaders, the clergy and President Javier Milei’s government.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Chau Evita? Milei officials eye demolition of iconic BA building

21-11-2024 19:29 Evita must be trembling in heaven – President Javier Milei’s government is evaluating the future of an iconic building on Avenida 9 de Julio. Will the site, once home to state ministries, face the libertarian chainsaw?

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Questions for Pettovello’s Human Capital Ministry over outsourcing, funding, hiring

07-10-2024 16:45 As reports emerge of new dismissals at the portfolio, the Human Capital Ministry refuses to respond fully to enquiries over control and use of 17 programmes agreed by international bodies.

by Pablo Varela

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei strikes down pension bill forcing government to boost payments

02-09-2024 13:16 President Javier Milei signs decree striking down pension reform bill passed by both houses of Congress; Government begins bid to persuade lawmakers not to overturn veto.

POLITICS

Sandra Pettovello on war footing against Santiago Caputo

05-08-2024 13:56 In the corridors of Casa Rosada, tensions between Milei's Human Capital minister and the President's powerful spin doctor has come to light.

POVERTY

Quilmes university makes 'super soup' to highlight need for food aid

04-07-2024 17:43 President Javier Milei's government is again being criticised for withholding food from soup kitchens.

Church vs Sandra

Priests pressure Pettovello, government on social policies

13-06-2024 09:09 Criticism from Church leaders picks up amid increased tensions over lack of food supplies at soup kitchens and community canteens.

POLITICS

Frente Joven: Catholic group gains influence in Milei’s government

07-06-2024 17:25 Members of the Catholic group Frente Joven, which raised its profile during the push to legalise abortion in Argentina, are gaining posts in Javier Milei’s government. Posts in the Cults Secretariat, the Human Capital Ministry and Congress. How the scandal of Sandra Pettovello and Pablo de la Torre relates.

by Giselle Leclercq

POLITICS

Officials close ranks behind Pettovello as pressure builds

06-06-2024 20:51 Leading figures in government close ranks behind embattled Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello; President Milei backs ‘best minister in history’ as foodstuffs scandal rumbles on.

EXPIRED FOOD SCANDAL

Expired food scandal: a chronology of hunger which the government sought to silence

06-06-2024 14:41 Human Capital Ministry’s missteps over more than millions of kilos of food held back at warehouses has exploded into scandal. Audits galore, dismissals, denunciations and an official communiqué overtaken by the facts.

POLITICS

Adorni says Pettovello has Milei government’s ‘full backing’

03-06-2024 17:09 “We fully back minister Sandra Pettovello,” declares presidential spokesperson.

POLITICS

Police raid soup kitchens as government claims 47% ‘do not exist’

16-05-2024 17:21 According to the Human Capital Ministry, almost half of registered soup kitchens and emergency canteens surveyed presented irregularities such as ghost addresses. No details of full list, but government claims address of one was listed as residence in a gated community.

POLITICS

Crisis at Human Capital Ministry: abrupt exits and resignations

24-04-2024 16:18 Legal Secretary Maximiliano Keczeli not the first from Sandra Pettovello’s inner circle to quit post, but he is perhaps the most important figure to have stepped down. Milei’s ‘protective umbrella’ and administrative overspills.

by Ramón Indart

Politics

Posse and Pettovello, key Milei ministers, tussle for posts and influence

06-03-2024 09:45 Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello, two high-profile officials without previous political experience, are ramping up tensions in President Javier Milei’s government.

by Pablo Varela

EMPLOYMENT & WELFARE

Government eliminates Potenciar Trabajo job scheme, plans new dual system

29-02-2024 00:08 Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello issues decree with President Javier Milei eradicating job aid scheme in bid to cut out intermediaries; New dual system set up to replace it.

LIVING WITH POVERTY

‘Comedores’ in crisis: Emergency food aid at risk from cuts

15-02-2024 16:30 Milei government’s move to suspend aid to soup kitchens and introduce a new system to ‘cut out the middleman’ damages emergency food assistance efforts.

by Agustina Bordigoni

PROTESTERS CHALLENGE PETTOVELLO

Huge 'hunger line' in Buenos Aires challenges Milei's minister

06-02-2024 00:03 Sandra Pettovello’s claim she would attend to the hungry “one by one” backfires as hundreds of demonstrators form long queues outside her Human Capital Ministry, demanding greater state assistance in the face of a food emergency.

DEMONSTRATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES

Bullrich issues warning as picket groups forecast high turnout

20-12-2023 14:40 Security forces will be put under the spotlight later today when demonstrators deliver first challenge to Patricia Bullrich’s new anti-picket protest protocol.

POLITICS

Government says it will take away welfare from protesters who block streets

18-12-2023 17:54 Argentina's government warns against street blockades on eve of major demonstration; Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello warns that those who participate and receive welfare support will have it taken away from them.

NEW GOVERNMENT

Milei finalises Cabinet line-up ahead of inauguration

07-12-2023 21:15 At press time nearly all the members of new government had been revealed by president-elect’s team; One key gap remains the Health Secretariat, with speculation it may be separated from new ‘Human Capital Ministry.’

MILEI’S GOVERNMENT

Who will be in Milei’s Cabinet? Confirmed ministers, secretaries

22-11-2023 22:51 The libertarian government will have eight ministries, with Human Capital and Infrastructure the new innovations. Many previous ministries will become secretariats. A look at the confirmed and possible names in the next Cabinet.

ELECTION 2023

Rumours and confirmations: Milei assesses potential cabinet options

26-08-2023 00:27 Propelled by his PASO primary victory, the libertarian lawmaker’s team is hurriedly assessing its options. The presidential hopeful has already said who will be heading Ministries of Foreign and ‘Human Capital,’ the latter pooling sensitive areas under the leadership of a woman with an unknown background. Who might join a Javier Milei cabinet if he is elected as president: confirmed names and rumours.

by Giselle Leclercq