Overview
- Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced on X that Uruguayan economist Ernesto Talvi joined his advisory staff at the Palacio de Hacienda on March 7.
- Caputo said Talvi’s experience will help consolidate Argentina’s economic recovery, framing the move as a boost to policy capacity.
- Officials presented the hire as support for the external agenda, including modernization of foreign trade and work on the long-delayed Mercosur–EU agreement.
- Talvi is a Chicago-trained economist, a former Uruguayan foreign minister and senator, and has held research roles at Brookings and Spain’s Real Instituto Elcano, with a recent visiting post at Georgetown University.
- Vice minister José Luis Daza publicly welcomed the addition; separate reports suggest he could be considered for Chile’s incoming cabinet, a possibility that remains unconfirmed.