Out of Time: The Rise and Fall of Manuel Adorni
Sympathy for the Spokesman
Welcome Avatar! In December 2023, a former accountant stepped up to a podium in Casa Rosada and announced Argentina's exit from BRICS. In June 2026, that same man is a political pariah whose swimming pool fountain gets more airtime than the country's inflation numbers.
Manuel Adorni went from Milei's most trusted messenger to his biggest liability in under three years, and the story of how that happened and how it ended tells you more about Argentine power politics than any textbook could. Onwards.