2024-03-01 03:36:27
The national government made official this Thursday the appointment of the liberal economist Carlos Luis Pirovano as president of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (Incaa). After almost three months headless, statements of insult and threats of closure by the president Javier Miley and one Omnibus Law which endangers its self-financing, finally the non-state public entity has a person in charge. The designation, however, does not seem to be great news for the film community, considering the nulls artistic background of Pirovano: This is an economist specialized in microeconomics, finance and strategic planning, without any experience in cultural management. Pirovano is part of the political group Apertura Republicana, which promotes “liberal ideas within the PRO” and which In the last election he supported Patricia Bullrich as a presidential candidate.
Decree 202/2024 published in the Official Gazette, which appoints the liberal economist to head the Incaa, bears the signatures of President Javier Milei, and the Minister of Human Capital Sandra Pettovello. The officialization of Pirovano nullifies the interim task that the Secretary of Legal and Administrative Coordination of the Ministry of Human Capital, Jorge Maximiliano Keczeli, had been carrying out for months at Incaa. A function that in fact was purely administrative, without an artistic plan and that paralyzed the mother body of national cinematography.
Pirovano’s appointment as head of Incaa is not auspicious for the Argentine audiovisual world, given that when reviewing his resume he has no link with culture, much less with the film industry. Graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Buenos Aires in 1990, he was an adjunct professor at the UBA Law School, in a chair not coincidentally offered by Alberto Benegas Lynch (h), whom Milei considers a “hero of liberalism.” ” in Argentina. His business activity began at AFJP HSBC-Máxima, where he held management positions in the area of Economic Studies, Planning and Marketing.
At the state level, his experience was always with Mauricio Macri, whom he accompanied when he was Head of the City Government as Undersecretary of Investments, between 2007 and 2015. Already with Macri as president, Pirovano was part of the work team in the Ministry of Production that Francisco Cabrera commanded, during the management of Let’s change. From 2016 to 2018 he was vice president of the Investment and Foreign Trade Bank (BICE), of which he was later director until 2020. Until his appointment as head of Incaa, he worked at the Caece University as director of the Observatory of Productivity and Competitiveness .
The brand new official, who will carry out its task under the orbit of the Ministry of Culture led by Leonardo Cifelli, is a member of the Apertura Republicana group, within the ideological and political structure of the PRO. According to its website, Apertura Republicana defines itself as “a political group that vindicates the republican principles and values enshrined in the National Constitution, inspired by the values of Juan Bautista Alberdi, and that at the time made Argentina great.” Coining liberal ideas, the group has a decalogue that does not refer to any cultural policy, but does refer to the role of the State that it intends. “Promote an intelligent and dynamic state – states point 4 – that: a) respects budgetary discipline and reorganization of public spending, establishing priorities and focusing especially on its basic functions of Education, Security, Health and Justice, thereby achieving a state intelligent and dynamic; b) develop a tax reform that lowers individual tax pressure, extending obligation and compliance to a larger part of society, which will boost the path to growth.”