Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:38 UTC
The conflict had become public in April, when Nimo said on social media that Bunge had taken away the office where he received businesspeople interested in investing in Argentina
The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has dismissed Marcelo Alejandro Nimo as specialized attaché for Investment Promotion and International Trade at the Argentine embassy in Spain, ending an internal conflict the official had been engaged in with the ambassador in Madrid, Wenceslao Bunge Saravia.
The measure was formalized through Decree 588/2026, signed by Milei, Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno. The text bases the decision solely on the need to “achieve greater efficiency in the functioning” of the diplomatic mission. The decree refers to a “dismissal,” though Nimo said his departure was a “personal decision, agreed with the government,” prompted by his differences with the ambassador over the embassy's spending.
The conflict had become public in April, when Nimo said on social media that Bunge had taken away the office where he received businesspeople interested in investing in Argentina, a space he described as symbolic for Milei's supporters. In that message, the official criticized the ambassador for what he considered a “lack of commitment to shrinking the state and meeting the fiscal responsibility principles” promoted by the government. The dispute added to earlier friction over the separate agenda of meetings with businesspeople that Nimo pursued alongside the mission's institutional activity.
