{"id":165933,"date":"2025-08-28T14:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/rio-negro-following-a-turbulent-agreement-with-lla-the-pro-continues-to-support-milei-but-withdraws-its-candidates\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:35:17","slug":"rio-negro-following-a-turbulent-agreement-with-lla-the-pro-continues-to-support-milei-but-withdraws-its-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/rio-negro-following-a-turbulent-agreement-with-lla-the-pro-continues-to-support-milei-but-withdraws-its-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00edo Negro: Following a turbulent agreement with Lla, the PRO continues to support Milei but withdraws its candidates."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Political Tensions in Patagonia: The PRO’s Strategy Against Milei’s Candidates<\/h2>\n
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Juan Mart\u00edn, president of the PRO in the province of R\u00edo Negro<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The political landscape in Patagonia is heating up as the \u00a0PRO\u00a0 (Propuesta Republicana) is charting a complex course ahead of the upcoming elections. \u00a0Juan Mart\u00edn\u00a0, the president of the PRO in \u00a0R\u00edo Negro\u00a0, has made clear that while his party supports the policies of President \u00a0Javier Milei\u00a0, they will oppose the candidates chosen by the Casa Rosada, which will likely lead to tensions within the region as elections draw near.<\/p>\n

Mart\u00edn has reaffirmed his party’s commitment to support President Milei’s economic policies, emphasizing that while they aim to align with the national government, they are preparing for a \u00a0confrontation\u00a0 with candidates from the ruling party in upcoming elections. His explicit remarks underscore the divide between the party structure and the endorsed candidates for the \u00a0October elections\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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Juan Mart\u00edn, the head of the PRO – rionegrino<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The situation is slightly different across various provinces in \u00a0Patagonia\u00a0. In \u00a0Tierra del Fuego\u00a0, Mart\u00edn noted that his party has managed to incorporate some candidates into their coalition. However, in \u00a0Neuqu\u00e9n\u00a0, \u00a0Black River\u00a0, \u00a0Chubut\u00a0, and \u00a0Santa Cruz\u00a0, the situation is more fragmented with each force opting to run their own candidates.<\/p>\n

In \u00a0R\u00edo Negro\u00a0, the initial unity between party lines was short-lived. The agreement that was struck only lasted a matter of days before the Casa Rosada selected \u00a0Lorena Villaverde\u00a0, a national deputy, as the leading candidate for the Senate under the \u00a0violet ballot\u00a0. Mart\u00edn, who had ambitions to head that list, declared the end of their cooperation and expressed the need to contest the elections separately.<\/p>\n

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Lorena Villaverde, the candidate for national senator for La Libertad Avanza<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The \u00a0PRO’s strategy\u00a0 for the next elections seems well-defined: to support the \u00a0economic model\u00a0 fostered by President Milei while simultaneously battling against the \u00a0representatives\u00a0 selected by the ruling party within \u00a0R\u00edo Negro\u00a0. This strategy includes targeting not just Villaverde but also \u00a0An\u00edbal Tortoriello\u00a0, who is seeking to retain his position in the lower house after previously winning with the PRO’s banner.<\/p>\n

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An\u00edbal Tortoriello, will try to hold the bank in the lower house<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

In evaluating weaknesses, the PRO team has flagged the \u00a0frequent changes\u00a0 within the national party as a concerning factor, alongside the legal troubles facing Villaverde regarding her real estate management on the \u00a0Costa Rionegrina\u00a0. These vulnerabilities could potentially be leveraged during campaigns.<\/p>\n

The landscape in \u00a0Santa Cruz\u00a0 also reflects ongoing tensions. \u00a0Sergio Torres\u00a0, a former member of the libertarian ranks, is now the \u00a0lead candidate\u00a0 for the PRO and is set against \u00a0Jairo Guzm\u00e1n\u00a0, who serves as the Operational Manager of the \u00a0PAMI\u00a0 (National Agency for Social Security) in Santa Cruz. This rivalry is underscored by past allegations of corruption against Guzm\u00e1n, which Torres vowed to bring up during the campaign.<\/p>\n

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Jairo Guzm\u00e1n, Operational Manager of the PAMI in Santa Cruz and candidate for national deputy for La Libertad Avanza<\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Though Torres’ legal complaints were dismissed, they will undoubtedly play a role in how he conducts his campaign against Guzm\u00e1n. The accusations suggest that Guzm\u00e1n pressured his agency’s employees to contribute financially to support the political activities of \u00a0La Libertad Avanza\u00a0, indicating that behind the scenes, tensions are bubbling just beneath the surface. With the political stakes rising and accusations taking center stage, the battles leading up to the elections in \u00a0Patagonia\u00a0 are shaping up to be contentious.<\/p>\n


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Political Tensions in Patagonia: The PRO’s Strategy Against Milei’s Candidates Juan Mart\u00edn, president of the PRO in the province of R\u00edo Negro The political landscape in Patagonia is heating up as the \u00a0PRO\u00a0 (Propuesta Republicana) is charting a complex course ahead of the upcoming elections. \u00a0Juan Mart\u00edn\u00a0, the president of the PRO in \u00a0R\u00edo Negro\u00a0, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10,528,189,34628,18764,13426,24353,9177,554,28870,4161],"class_list":["post-165933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mazagine","tag-agreement","tag-candidates","tag-continues","tag-lla","tag-milei","tag-negro","tag-pro","tag-rio","tag-support","tag-turbulent","tag-withdraws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}