President Mauricio Macri’s Neo-Liberal Orthodoxy: Keeping Argentina Firmly in America’s Backyard

‘Mauricio Macri became president of Argentina on November 22, 2015 when he defeated his opponent, Daniel Scioli, by capturing 51.4% of the vote in the second-round runoff election. He will make his first official visit to the White House on April 27th.
Macri was born into a very wealthy and elite family that owns one of Argentina’s most important corporate conglomerates, Sociedad Macri (Socma)[1], which dominates the country’s construction, automobile, postage and food industries. Socma benefited greatly from the military dictatorship that ruled the country from March 24, 1976 to December 10, 1983 on account of a close relationship between Francisco Macri (Mauricio’s father) and Jorge Rafael Videla[2] (1925-2013), who headed the junta for most of that period.Prior to the military coup that seized power, Socma owned only 7 enterprises; by the time the dictatorship had ended, this figure increased to 46 enterprises, many of which operated in Argentina’s the most important sectors.’
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