The same Federal Investment Council that appears linked to the journalist's consultant also covered the expenses of the governor's delegation in Spain.
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The same body that financed the work of Luciana Geuna's consultant also paid forthe travel expenses of Axel Kicillof and his entourage to Spain. This is the Federal Investment Council, the CFI, which was once again under the spotlight for the use of public funds in sensitive links with journalists, private consultants and leaders
of Kirchnerism.
The case exposes the functioning of a state structure financed with provincial public funds, but crossed by strong political interests. The CFI, led by Ignacio Lamothe, a leader linked to Kirchnerism and the environment of La Cámpora, manages resources formally allocated to regional development, technical assistance, productive projects
and international missions.
However, in recent days, the agency came under the spotlight due to two sensitive facts: on the one hand, the financing of work carried out by Fractal Arg S.R.L., the consultancy firm of which Luciana Geuna is a partner; and on the other, the payment of expenses related to the trip of Axel Kicillof and his entourage to Spain.
Kicillof's trip
Kicillof with the socialist Pedro Sánchez. The CFI covered the expenses of the trip of Kicillof and part of his entourage to Spain, where the Buenos Aires governor participated in a progressive summit led by Pedro Sánchez.
According to published information, travel expenses and accommodation were paid by the agency, while the tickets for the governor, Carlos Bianco and Cecilia Nicolini would have been
paid personally.
In the case of the rest of the entourage, the tickets would also have been paid by the CFI. The Buenos Aires delegation was composed of Kicillof, Government Minister Carlos Bianco, International Affairs Advisor Cecilia Nicolini, spokeswoman Jesica Rey, two other communication advisors and a person in
charge of custody.
In total, seven people traveled to a summit with a clearly political profile, where the governor tried to show himself alongside leaders of the regional left and project his figure towards 2027. The episode re-exposed how resources that should be oriented to federal development end up associated with international tours, luxury hotels and party
activities.
Geuna's consultancy firm
Fractal, Geuna's company. On the
other hand, La Derecha Diario revealed that Luciana Geuna is a partner of Fractal Arg S.R.L., a firm that recognizes work carried out with the CFI. These projects include studies related to green hydrogen in Tierra del Fuego, carried out within the framework of initiatives funded by the agency
.
This link opened up a debate about potential conflicts of interest between journalistic activity, private businesses and contracts with state agencies. The sensitive point is not only the existence of a consultancy firm, but its economic relationship with a public structure crossed by political interests
of Kirchnerism.
Because of Geuna's marked antimileist bias and his uninterrupted campaign to discredit the national government, his participation in a consultancy firm that works with an organization under the influence of Kirchnerism sparked a fundamental controversy: the questioning of the independence of journalism.
A political box under the spotlight
Ignacio Lamothe with Axel Kicillof.
The CFI does not depend on the national government, but is funded by the provinces and the City of Buenos Aires. In other words, it manages public resources that should formally be oriented to regional development, technical assistance, productive projects and
international missions.
The management of the organization has been in the hands of Lamothe since 2020, with the support of tough Kirchnerism. Its continuity was even driven by Peronist governors, including Kicillof himself, together with Gildo Insfrán and Ricardo Quintela. The fact makes the case uncomfortable: the governor who helped support the head of the IFC ended up benefiting from funding from the agency for his
personal tour.
While Kirchnerism questions the national government and presents itself as a defender of public resources, one of its bodies of influence appears to be linked to contracts with private consulting firms and to the financing of trips by leaders opposed to President Javier Milei.
