Santiago Caputo, key advisor to President Javier Milei, has once again been in the center of the controversy. As we denounced last night, The incident occurred during the debate of candidates for legislators in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where Caputo starred in an intimidating act against Antonio Becerra, a photographer of the medium Argentine time. This episode not only highlights the position of the ruling towards the press, but also ignites the alarms on the use of power in the current political context.
🔴 The threatening gesture of Santiago Caputo in the previous debate of candidates for Buenos Aires legislators
❗️Aunque did not talk to the press, he took a picture of a photoperiodista card who wanted to document his entrance pic.twitter.com/Z0cLZO2yYg
– The uncover (@eldetapeweb) April 29, 2025
The incident occurred when Becerra tried to take photographs of the advisor, who He reacted covering the journalist’s chamber and photographing his credential as an apparent mafia warning. As it was learned, Caputo described the “misplaced” photographer and showed a threatening attitude. This action was backed by sectors of the ruling party, which in social networks tried to justify their behavior. This morning the same president Javier Milei went back to support himby sharing in their account of X several posts that defended Caputo and pointed against the reporter photo and the profession.
#FOPEALIBERTADDEEXPRESSION 👉🏻 Fopea repudiates the intimidating attitude of presidential advisor Santiago Caputo to the graphic reporter Antonio Becerra
📢 The Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA) repudiates the intimidating attitude of presidential advisor Santiago Caputo to 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/dP4Ic0zzIU
– Flaga (@ffia) April 30, 2025
However, the repudiation of the mafia attitude of Caputo and his attack on the photographer, seen as an attack on the press that the government is responsible for installing daily, has filled the portals of the main media, the mention of renowned journalists and has been a tendency in Network X. President Manuel Adorni’s spokesman tried to put cold clothsminimizing the fact “I wanted to know who the journalist was because he wanted to see if he had gone well or not in the photo … Santiago’s intention was to see how the photos had come out.”
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🗯️ “I wanted to know who the journalist was because he wanted to see if he had left … pic.twitter.com/DPuR32ShUB
— letter p (@pella_P) April 30, 2025
It is It is not the first controversial incident starring Caputo. In the past, President Milei intervened abruptly with the journalist Jonatan Viale, in addition to having an altercation with the deputy Facundo Manes. These actions, added to the president’s critical position towards the media, generate a climate of tension and hostility towards press freedom in the country.
Luis Novaresio was one of the many journalists who questioned the controversial gesture: “He is a public official, and the most important public official is an advisor, he has no charge which is serious, and the president said that he is the person who gives the OK prior to him. And I have bad news because we are in a republic, where we have to give an account of the acts publicly. I think we live in the time where we must explain that the water wets. It is very rare. The officials give explanations. It is in a public act. Photoperiodist must be respected.
The situation becomes more serious if the position of power occupied by Caputo is considered. This advisor not only has a significant influence on government decision making, but also controls sensitive areas such as the Secretariat of Intelligence and the Customs Collection and Control Agency. Its role within the so -called “iron triangle”, together with the president and Karina Milei, places it in a strategic position within the ruling party.
From The daily leftWe strongly repudiate this act of intimidation and reiterate the need to defend the rights of press workers. And we support the call at 3:00 p.m. to a “Camarazo” of Argra in repudiation of the presidential advisor.
This episode should serve as a warning call for the working people and for all organizations fighting for human rights.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
