After it went viral on Twitter a video of the chancellor santiago cafiero when he gave a speech in English during ExpoDubai – for which he received a barrage of criticism due to his pronunciation – the government of Horacio Rodriguez Larreta In Buenos Aires city posted a matching message about bilingual education.
In his Twitter account, the Buenos Aires chief of staff, Philip Michael, commented today: “In the City there is compulsory English from first grade and this year the first bilingual public schools began.”
However, Miguel made it clear to THE NATION that with that tweet he only sought to give information about the educational management of the City and that “in no way does it refer to any national official.”
The message, just a few hours after the video of the Minister of Foreign Affairs was broadcast at the international fair that began in October and will end on March 31, It could be read, according to dozens of users of the social network, as a dart towards the national administration.
The Buenos Aires official used to share meetings with Cafiero when the now chancellor served as chief of staff, especially during the first stage of the pandemic of coronavirus. At that time, there was greater fluidity between the national and capital governments, something that even earned Rodríguez Larreta criticism from his partners.
With the relationship strained between both parties, this message was published on Twitter by Miguel, an official who normally maintains a measured profile within the cast of Larretista officials, but who is a usual spokesperson for Uspallata when there is friction with the Casa Rosada.
The Foreign Minister’s speech in English at the United Arab Emirates was at ExboDubai, a fair that seeks to generate collaboration between nations for development and innovation, under the slogan Connecting minds, creating the future [por “Conectando mentes, creando el futuro”, en inglés].
“In a world marked by Covid, this exhibition was a light at the end of the tunnel”, said the Argentine representative, while reading that speech in which he also named the former ten of the Argentine soccer team, Diego Maradona, who was coach of Al Wasl and Fujairah FC in Dubai, where he spent seven years.
Meanwhile, the foreign minister -one of the president’s most trusted officials Albert Fernandez, who arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year- He still did not refer to the questions he received for his diction.