While Wednesday’s editorial inclined toward the bribery scandal causing the suspension of Customs chief Juan José Gómez Centurión as being more a case of a rotten apple than the work of rogue intelligence services, the latter possibility would underline Macri’s problems in bringing that murky sector under control. Plenty has been written (both here and elsewhere) about the continuing chaos surrounding the clumsy bid to update utility rates but again Macri has lost his grip. But nor can Macri play to his strengths in his original domain. In short, an absolute mess. Needless to say, a struggling economy is far more important than a disoriented sport but for a man who reached the presidency via soccer management, going back to basics might have a different meaning.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 26, 2016 04:19 UTC