The public: At his daughter’s wedding in July, demonstrators changed “Hijo de puta” (loosely translated as “s.o.b.”) and pelted the newlyweds’ car with eggs.
The IMF: Cavallo told all and sundry that the IMF would come up with a $1.3 billion bailout–without confirming first with Washington. He didn’t get the bailout, and last week the IMF was fuming again, this time for not being informed in advance of Argentina’s plans to freeze bank deposits.
His cabinet: Cavallo has grown accustomed to ministers’ telling him to “shut up.” But last week cabinet minister Chrystian Colombo took the insults to new heights. “Bring back something concrete,” he told Cavallo before his trip to Washington to soothe the IMF’s ruffled feathers. “If not, go screw yourself.”
Team Cavallo: Several Economy Ministry officials have resigned over the past months. Daniel Marx. his Finance secretary, refused to accompany Cavallo to Washington until President de la Rua begged him to go. But on Thursday, Marx resigned, too. Is Cavallo next?
