Argentine Leader Mauricio Macri Sets Up New Government Twitter Account
Argentina’s new right-leaning leader Mauricio Macri has a new official presidential Twitter account after a dispute with the former president over another account.
As previously reported, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the leftist leader who took office in 2007, decided to take the official presidential Twitter account as a parting gift when she finished her last term.
Fernandez, who was preceded in office by her late husband Nestor Kirchner, turned the social media account @CasaRosadaAR into a tribute to a dozen years of “Kirchnerism,” a time typified by widespread social programs and attempts to regain the Falklands Islands.
The 62-year-old politician was publicly upset that her chosen successor, Daniel Scioli, was narrowly beaten by Macri in November's runoff election. Aside from claiming the presidential Twitter account as her own, Fernandez refused to attend Macri’s swearing in ceremony.
Macri's new administration is now using @CasaRosada as their official Twitter handle.
Macri has used the account to note unification and change in the Latin American nation, BBC News reports
"Today the #CasaRosada finds us united. There's change in the air and we're ready to grow," one tweet reads in Spanish.
Since taking office on Dec. 10, Macri has demonstrated his desire to move his country away from the socialism of the last 12 years. The business-friendly Macri has already lifted the currency controls on the Argentine peso, as well as taxes on exports.
As previously reported, Macri has also requested that the socialist country of Venezuela release their right-leaning political prisoners.
Macri's conservative changes are affecting media as well. AFP reports that Macri has just signed a decree removing Martin Sabbatella, a Kirchner loyalist, from his position as the director of the Federal Authority for Audiovisual Communication Services.
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