Argentina: Between Chaos and the Opportunity to Build a Future with Real Value

The diagnosis of a country trapped in its own contradiction — By Pablo Rutigliano

Argentina has become a broken mirror. Each piece reflects a fragment of reality, but none shows the whole picture. We live in a country where speeches multiply, where political announcements flood the media, where electoral promises seem endless; and yet, citizens walking down the street know that none of this translates into concrete improvements in their lives.

Today, the country is trapped in structural disorder. I am not just talking about inflation, unemployment, or insecurity. I am talking about something deeper: the lack of a clear direction. Argentine politics has lost its compass. The result is a territory where productive sectors clash with each other, where provinces compete instead of integrating, and where each industry is managed by small power groups that act as owners of what should be everyone's heritage.

The clearest example of this is the management of our natural resources. Lithium, copper, gas, wheat: all of these could be the foundation of a strong and sustainable Argentina. But instead, what we have is a country that has been plundered, with distorted prices, cartels, and monopolies that pocket the profits while local communities see no improvement in their quality of life.

Freedom is not a discourse: it is a concrete balance.

Many talk about freedom. But what does it mean to be free in a society where there is no security, where inflation destroys wages, and where public services are collapsing? Freedom is not just a right written into the Constitution. Freedom is balance, it is being able to plan for the future, it is having the certainty that personal effort will be recognized.

When a citizen works from dawn to dusk and cannot make ends meet, they are not free. When a small business goes bankrupt because there is no credit and no clear rules, it is not free. When a country produces lithium and does not even know how much it actually exports because it does not have its own benchmark index, that country is not free.

True freedom is built on foundations of transparency, sustainability, and justice. And those foundations in Argentina are corroded.

The role of innovation and technology

In today's world, technological innovation is the driving force behind major changes. Blockchain, artificial intelligence, asset tokenization: tools that enable traceability, control, and democratization of investment. While other countries are adopting them to build fairer and more open economies, in Argentina they are still being debated as if they were a threat.

The result? We remain tied to outdated models, incomplete production chains, and a financial system that excludes ordinary citizens. Meanwhile, cartels and economic elites celebrate supposed million-dollar investments in the newspapers that never reach the real economy.

A clear example: while a small producer in the interior cannot sell his harvest at a fair price, the media celebrates that a foreign mining company has invested $500 million in a project. What good is that celebration if the local merchant, transporter, or worker does not see a penny of that investment? That is the Argentina of stories: much ado about nothing.

Politics: between empty promises and arrogance

Argentine politics has exhausted its moral credit. Citizens no longer believe in speeches, because they know that behind every announcement lies a much harsher reality. Politics has failed to build value chains, failed to establish clear rules of the game, and failed to be accountable.

October 26, 2025 will undoubtedly be a turning point. The Argentine people, tired of arbitrariness, arrogance, and broken promises, will draw a line in the sand. And that line will not only be against those who govern today, but against an entire system that repeats itself over and over again.

But beware: if the people once again place their trust in structures that do not change, the defeat will be twofold. Not only will those currently in power lose, but ordinary citizens will lose once again, seeing their hopes dashed yet another time.

The real enemy: cartelization and looting

It is important to spell it out clearly: the enemy is not a particular political party or the government in power. The real enemy is the cartelization and monopolization that have drained the country for decades. It is the structures that prevent Argentina from having its own lithium index, that do not allow the price of copper or gas to be set transparently, that benefit from opacity, and that keep Argentina as a mere exporter of raw materials without added value.

Until we confront these entrenched interests, any change in government will be merely cosmetic. The country needs profound, structural, and lasting change.

An example to understand it

Let's think about something simple. Imagine that a citizen sells his used car. The logical thing to do is to check reference prices, look at the market, and compare offers. No one would accept a buyer coming along and saying, "I'll pay you what I want and I won't show you the contract." However, that is exactly what happens with lithium and other resources in the country. Thousands of tons are exported, multimillion-dollar figures are announced, but Argentine society does not know clearly how much they are really worth or how much money is coming into the country.

This lack of transparency is not a mistake: it is a system designed to benefit a select few. And as long as that system remains in place, Argentina will continue to lose out.

The future we can build

Argentina has everything it needs to rebound: strategic natural resources, human talent, technological capacity, and a society that, despite everything, remains hopeful. But that rebound will not come from empty speeches or grandiose announcements. It will come from a new model based on three pillars:

1. Real transparency: traceability of resources, own benchmarks, citizen control.

2. Added value:transforming our raw materials into goods and services that generate employment and regional development.

3. Political accountability: leaders who understand that the time for speeches is over and that society demands concrete results.

The road ahead will not be easy, but it is the only one possible. We cannot continue to rely on empty pockets or structures that repeat themselves over and over again.

Conclusion: the moment of truth

Argentina's future is at stake. We can continue to be a country subject to speculation, eternal debt, and dependence on foreign interests. Or we can decide to build our own path, based on real freedom, sustainability, and respect for citizens.

October 26, 2025, will be the date when the Argentine people will have the opportunity to make that change of course. But true transformation does not depend on a single day or an election: it depends on society's ability to demand, control, and actively participate in the country's direction.

Argentina is at a crossroads. And the time for empty rhetoric is over. It is time for real, profound, and lasting change.