Facundo González Sembla, public affairs senior consultant at Llorente y Cuenca: “The appointment of Sergio Massa in Argentina’s economy ministry, unifying the former ministries of agriculture and production, and gaining control of the strategic energy secretariat, responds to President Alberto Fernández’s need to politically strengthen the management of an economy in worrying deterioration. To this end, he leaned on Massa, one of the three partners in the coalition he formed with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and who had sought to join the cabinet since Martín Guzmán’s resignation, either as chief of staff or economy minister. By giving him more power than previous economy ministers, the president agreed to Massa’s requirements for taking charge of the country’s economy. The new minister is convinced that his political future, as a candidate for president in 2023, depends on the results he produces. To this end, he asked to control all…”