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Argentina’s economic change underlines president’s weakening

President Alberto Fernandez, right, and new Economy Minister Silvina Batakis smile after Batakis´ swear-in ceremony at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, July 4, 2022. Batakis will replace Martín Guzmán who quit unexpectedly Saturday, posting a seven-page resignation letter on Twitter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Francisco Leiva, 28, poses for a photo from inside a garbage container while recycling cardboard, plastics and metal to sell in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, July 4, 2022. About four of every 10 Argentines are poor. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) FILE - Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, right, and Vice President Cristina Fernandez, attend a ceremony celebrating the 100th anniversary of the state-run oil company YPF, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 3, 2022. The abrupt resignation of Argentina’s economy minister over the weekend first week of July 2022, engulfed the country in an all-too familiar feeling of crisis and amounted to yet another sign of isolation for President Alberto Fernández who appears to be quickly losing allies in the governing coalition while Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gains ground. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File) Argentina´s new Economy Minister Silvina Batakis smiles before being sworn into office at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, July 4, 2022. Batakis will replace Martín Guzmán who quit unexpectedly Saturday, posting a seven-page resignation letter on Twitter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Roman, 28, from Colombia, plays the violin inside the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, July 4, 2022. Argentina's new Economy Minister Silvina Batakis will replace Martín Guzmán who quit unexpectedly Saturday, posting a seven-page resignation letter on Twitter. ( AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Argentina´s new Economy Minister Silvina Batakis smiles before being sworn into office at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, July 4, 2022. Batakis will replace Martín Guzmán who quit unexpectedly Saturday, posting a seven-page resignation letter on Twitter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) FILE - Argentina's Economy Minister Martin Guzman walks outside of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, building during the IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington, April 21, 2022. Guzman announced his resignation on Saturday, July 2, via twitter. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)