Overview
- President Javier Milei and an adviser circulated a provincial growth map over the weekend to claim a nationwide economic rebound and to single out Buenos Aires for weak performance.
- The image contained clear cartographic errors, including the complete omission of Tucumán, the absence of the Falkland Islands, distorted provincial shapes and the exclusion of Rosario in Santa Fe.
- The IAE Business School at Universidad Austral issued a public denial on Sunday saying the map and its cited data were not produced by the school and do not appear in any of its reports.
- Fact-checkers and an internal government official pointed out that the mistakes match common flaws in AI-generated maps and warned against publishing graphics without verification.
- Despite the denial and criticism, the posts remain on Milei’s X account and allied accounts keep using the image, raising diplomatic sensitivity over the Falklands and broader concerns about political credibility and rushed digital communication.