摘要：据美联社2025年9月7日在阿根廷报道，阿根廷人早已对本国政治体系中的腐败习以为常，就连数十年来主导阿根廷政坛的民粹运动庇隆主义支持者者也用一句宿命论式的格言来形容本国政客：“他们贪腐，但办事”。
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以大刀阔斧改革的电锯总统著称的阿根廷总统米莱身陷亲信受贿丑闻
一、围绕阿根廷总统米莱亲信的受贿丑闻不断升级
据美联社2025年9月7日在阿根廷报道，阿根廷人早已对本国政治体系中的腐败习以为常，就连数十年来主导阿根廷政坛的民粹运动庇隆主义支持者者也用一句宿命论式的格言来形容本国政客：“他们贪腐，但办事”。
但过去两周，一场不断升级的贪腐丑闻吸引了全体阿根廷人的目光，这场丑闻将自由派总统哈维尔·米莱的核心亲信卷入其中。这位发型不羁的经济学家在2023年阿根廷大选中获胜，部分原因在于他以“局外人”身份展开竞选，对抗他称之为“特权阶层”由庇隆主义主导的腐败的精英阶层，称该阶层毫无节制的开支是导致阿根廷经济危机的重要原因。
当前阿根廷正处于极度财政紧缩时期，有关米莱权势显赫的妹妹、总统府秘书长卡琳娜·米莱在阿根廷残疾人机构的贿赂案中牟利的指控突然登上头条。这一指控可能在10月底全国中期选举前损害政府声誉，而米莱本人否认了这些指控。
布宜诺斯艾利斯圣安德烈斯大学社会科学系主任尤金妮亚·米切尔斯坦表示：“这起丑闻似乎与阿根廷其他多起腐败丑闻极为相似，这玷污了:（米莱）‘与众不同、不属于‘特权阶层’’的形象。”
作为特朗普的粉丝，米莱不仅未能大赚，却因支持米因币而受到指控
二、泄密录音曝光的爆炸性内容
这起丑闻于上月爆发：当地流媒体频道“狂欢节”发布了几段秘密录音，录音据称显示当时的国家残疾人机构负责人迭戈·斯帕格诺洛描述了从药品分销商瑞士阿根廷公司收取回扣的计划。
录音中据称是斯帕格诺洛的声音称，多名高级官员包括米莱的妹妹卡琳娜及其高级助手爱德华多·“卢莱”·梅内姆收受了50万美元和80万美元的贿赂，以换取政府药品合同。该声音还表示，卡琳娜·米莱收取合同金额3%至4%的回扣。
录音中可听到据称是斯帕格诺洛的人说道：“我跟他（米莱）说，‘哈维尔，你知道他们在贪腐，你妹妹在贪腐’。”
目前尚不清楚录音是谁录制的和何时录制的。当地媒体根据录音中提及的政治事件推断，这些对话发生在2024年8月起的几个月内。
泄密时机似乎经过精心选择，以求达到最大影响：在阿根廷人口最多的省份，也是庇隆主义反对党传统据点布宜诺斯艾利斯省9月7日（周日）举行省级选举前，给米莱政府造成冲击。
此外，就在米莱否决提高残疾人福利的提案后不久，这些录音便被曝光。米莱当时称，提高残疾人福利会危及他备受吹嘘的财政盈余。
阿根廷政治分析师、华盛顿战略咨询公司GBAO合伙人安娜·伊帕拉吉雷表示：“在经济匮乏时期，腐败丑闻往往会产生更大影响。这严重打击了米莱扩大选民基础的可能性。”
米莱的政策激起阿肯廷的抗议浪潮
三、米莱的应对为何激起更大反对声浪
向来言辞激烈的米莱在录音曝光后的六天里，对录音内容始终保持沉默。
泄密事件发生后几小时内，米莱解雇了兼任他私人律师的斯帕格诺洛。一名联邦法官下令搜查斯帕格诺洛及瑞士阿根廷公司高管的办公室和住所。
在压力之下，米莱政府官员对录音的真实性提出质疑，并指控政治反对党策划这起丑闻，以破坏政府的选举前景。
9月3日（周三），在一场竞选车队活动中，米莱被记者追问此事时情绪失控，对一名记者说：“（斯帕格诺洛）说的全是谎言。”随后抗议者向他的车队投掷石块，集会陷入混乱。次日，米莱全力为妹妹辩护，称所有指控都是“政治闹剧”。
米莱的妹妹兼总统府秘书长掌控着米莱的日程与人事安排
四、米莱妹妹兼秘书长卡琳娜·米莱的私人办公室录音曝光
就在米莱似乎重新掌控舆论走向之际，卡琳娜·米莱在总统府玫瑰宫私人办公室内与官员交谈的录音又被曝光。
此前发布斯帕格诺洛录音的“狂欢节”频道记者，此次又发布了两段简短且无关紧要的录音：一段中可听到卡琳娜·米莱敦促同事“保持团结”，另一段中她抱怨自己每天从早上8点工作到晚上11点。
该记者毛罗·费德里科称，他手中还有50分钟的录音准备发布，这引发了总统府的全面恐慌。
米莱的发言人曼努埃尔·阿多尼表示，这些对话是“非法录制的”，并谴责泄密行为是“旨在破坏国家稳定的非法情报行动”。
警方突袭了“狂欢节”频道的办公室以及包括费德里科在内的多名记者的住所，查扣了笔记本电脑、手机和硬盘。应安全部的刑事申诉要求，一名联邦法官禁止媒体发布任何在玫瑰宫内录制的录音。
新闻自由组织对此表示强烈反对，总部位于巴黎的监督机构无国界记者组织称，该法院命令是“阿根廷恢复民主以来，对本国新闻自由最严重的威胁之一”。
这起泄密事件甚至一度演变为外交风波：阿根廷政府在申诉中暗示俄罗斯间谍可能参与其中，并提及过去在阿根廷的俄罗斯侨民“为俄罗斯地缘政治利益，实施影响当地民众的行动”的案例。
俄罗斯大使馆对此表示不满，称“到处都想看到‘俄罗斯间谍’的想法既不理性，也具有破坏性”。
米莱的妹妹卡琳娜是米莱当选总统的最大推手并对其影响至深
五、电锯总统会否对他心目中的“头儿”开锯
分析人士表示，限制米莱平息丑闻能力的关键因素在于卡琳娜·米莱的卷入。卡琳娜是米莱的妹妹，自童年起便是他的密友，如今更是他的“守门人”：负责筛选与米莱接触的人。米莱曾将她比作先知摩西，还常称她为“头儿”。
卡琳娜·米莱曾是媒体平台《照片墙》上的蛋糕师和塔罗牌占卜师，她成功主导了未婚哥哥的总统竞选活动，之后出任总统府秘书长。这一职位权限广泛，可掌控总统日程、挑选政府高层人员，并管理米莱所属的自由派政党。
这并非卡琳娜首次陷入丑闻。今年早些时候，米莱推广了一种名为“Libra”的迷因币，该货币在几小时后崩盘，导致投资者损失超过2.5亿美元，米莱的声誉也因此受损。
这种加密货币的创始人在短信中吹嘘，他向卡琳娜·米莱支付费用，以推动自己的加密货币事业。米莱及其妹妹否认存在任何不当行为，投资者提起的集体诉讼目前正在美国法院缓慢推进。
随着录音丑闻的影响不断扩大，卡琳娜·米莱日益成为公众愤怒的目标。上周在布宜诺斯艾利斯的两场连续竞选活动中，她都因抗议被迫撤离。
一首朗朗上口的短歌最近在阿根廷走红，这首歌最初在某热门流媒体频道以《关塔那摩姑娘》的旋律演唱，如今在布宜诺斯艾利斯的夜总会里随处可闻。歌词的副歌部分唱道：“大贪官，卡琳娜是个大贪官。”
美国彼得森国际经济研究所高级研究员莫妮卡·德博勒表示，这一系列事件表明，卡琳娜·米莱是总统的“阿喀琉斯之踵”（致命软肋）。她说：“从务实角度出发，他需要解除卡琳娜的职务。这也说明，像任人唯亲这类行为，最终往往会得不偿失。”
Secret audios, dramatic leaks, spying claims: A bribery scandal engulfs Argentina’s Milei. By ISABEL DEBRE, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP). September 7, 2025.
Argentines are so used to the corruption in their political system that even Peronists — supporters of the populist movement that dominated Argentina’s politics for decades — employ a fatalistic maxim to describe their politicians: “Roban, pero hacen,” or, “They steal, but they get it done.”
But for the past two weeks, Argentines have been riveted by a ballooning graft scandal drawing in close associates of libertarian President Javier Milei, the wild-haired economist who won Argentina’s 2023 election in part by campaigning as an outsider against the corrupt, Peronist-dominated elite — “the caste,” he calls it — whose unbridled spending helped precipitate Argentina’s economic crisis.
At a time of extreme fiscal austerity, the allegations that his powerful sister and secretary general of the presidency, , profited from a bribery scheme in Argentina’s disability agency have exploded onto the headlines here, threatening to sully the government’s reputation ahead of national midterms at the end of October. Milei denies the claims.
“It appears to be very similar to many other corruption scandals in Argentina, and taints his image as being completely different, of not being part of ‘the caste,’” said Eugenia Mitchelstein, the chair of the social sciences department at Buenos Aires’ San Andrés University.
Leaked audio reveals explosive allegations
The scandal broke out last month when local streaming channel Carnaval published secretly recorded audio clips purporting to show Diego Spagnuolo, then-director of the National Disability Agency, describe a scheme of kickbacks from drug distributor Suizo Argentina.
The alleged voice of Spagnuolo claims that top officials — including Milei’s sister Karina and her senior aide, Eduardo “Lule” Menem — accepted bribes of $500,000 and $800,000 in exchange for government pharmaceutical contracts. The voice says Karina Milei takes kickbacks of 3-4% of the contract price.
“I told him, ‘Javier, you know they’re stealing, that your sister is stealing,’” the alleged Spagnuolo can be heard saying.
It’s not clear who captured the audio or when. Based on references to political events in the recordings, local media have reported that the conversations occurred over several months starting in August 2024.
The leak appeared timed to have maximum impact, rocking Milei’s government before Sunday’s provincial elections in Buenos Aires, the country’s most populous province and a historic Peronist opposition stronghold.
The audio also surfaced soon after Milei vetoed an increase in benefits for people with disabilities, arguing it would jeopardize his much-vaunted fiscal surplus.
“Corruption scandals at times of economic scarcity tend to have a bigger impact,” said Ana Iparraguirre, an Argentine political analyst and partner at Washington-based strategy firm GBAO. “It’s hitting hard at Milei’s potential to grow beyond his base.”
The government scrambles for a response
The typically voluble Milei kept silent about the recordings for six days after their release.
Within hours of the leak, he sacked Spagnuolo, who was also his personal lawyer. A federal judge ordered raids at offices and homes belonging to Spagnuolo and Suizo Argentina executives.
Under pressure, Milei’s officials contested the veracity of the recordings and accused the political opposition of orchestrating the scandal to undermine the government’s electoral prospects.
Peppered with questions at a campaign caravan last Wednesday, Milei snapped, telling a reporter, “Everything (Spagnuolo) says is a lie.” The rally devolved into chaos as protesters threw stones at his motorcade.
The next day Mieli offered a full-throated defense of his sister, condemning all the allegations as political theater.
Recordings surface of Karina Milei in her private office
Just as Milei seemed to reclaim control of the narrative, recordings emerged of Karina Milei speaking to officials inside her private office at the Casa Rosada presidential palace.
The same journalist at Carnaval who released the Spagnuolo recordings published two brief and innocuous audio clips — one in which Karina Milei can be heard urging colleagues to “stay united” and another in which she complains of working from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. each day.
The journalist, Mauro Federico, claimed he had 50 minutes of recordings that he was prepared to release, prompting full-fledged panic in the presidency.
Manuel Adorni, Milei’s spokesperson, said the conversations were “illegally recorded” and denounced the leak as “an illegal intelligence operation intended to destabilize the country.”
Police raided Carnaval offices and the homes of several journalists, including Federico’s, seizing laptops, cellphones and hard drives. A federal judge barred media outlets from publishing any recordings made inside Casa Rosada in response to a criminal complaint by the Ministry of Security.
Press freedom groups were up in arms, with Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders calling the court order “one of the most serious threats to press freedom in the country since the return of democracy.”
The leak even briefly spiraled into a diplomatic incident after the government in its complaint suggested the possible involvement of Russian spies, citing past instances of Russian expatriates in Argentina “conducting actions to influence the population for Russia’s geopolitical interests.”
The Russian Embassy was not pleased. “The desire to see ‘Russian spies’ around every corner is irrational and destructive,” it said.
‘The boss’ in the limelight
Analysts say a key factor limiting Milei’s ability to quash the scandal is the involvement Karina Milei, his sister and close confidant since childhood who now acts as his gatekeeper. The president has compared her to Moses and regularly refers to her as “El Jefe,” the Spanish masculine form for “the boss.”
A former Instagram cake-baker and tarot card reader, Karina Milei successfully managed her unmarried brother’s presidential campaign before becoming general secretary — a catch-all title under which she controls the president’s agenda, chooses staff for top government roles and runs his libertarian political party.
It’s not the first time that she has been mired in scandal. Milei’s reputation took a hit earlier this year after he promoted a memecoin called Libra that crashed hours later, saddling investors with over $250 million in losses.
The coin’s creator bragged in text messages that he was paying Karina Milei to advance his crypto-ambitions. Milei and his sister have denied any wrongdoing. Class-action lawsuits filed by investors are crawling through U.S. courts.
As fallout from the audio scandal spreads, Karina Milei has increasingly become the target of public outrage — evacuated from two consecutive campaign events in Buenos Aires last week.
A catchy jingle — first sung on a popular streaming channel to the tune of “Guantanamera” — has gone viral, belted out at Buenos Aires nightclubs in recent days.
“Big bribe-taker,” the chorus goes. “Karina is a big bribe-taker.”
Monica de Bolle, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said the saga revealed Karina Milei to be the president’s “Achilles’ heel.”
“Pragmatism here would require him to remove Karina,” she said. “This is where you see why certain actions like nepotism don’t serve you very well at the end of the day.”
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