The ANDIS (Agencia Nacional de Discapacidad) national disability agency is in the midst of a deep institutional, administrative and human crisis that is having direct repercussions on the lives of those who most need their services.
Under the government trusteeship of Dr Alejandro Vilches, installed after the eruption of a corruption scandal involving leaked audio recordings alleging bribes, the agency is facing a growing list of denunciations for underfunding and irregularities.
Along with Gianfranco Scigliano, now officially appointed as ANDIS deputy executive director, Vilches is facing up to the thousands of children who are being forced to go without scholastic accompaniment or essential therapy.
The backdrop to this awful state of affairs is a political scandal – voice messages attributed to former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo broadcast by local media implicate President Javier Milei’s sister and Presidential Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei in presumed illegal manoeuvres that form part an alleged bribery scheme.
Beyond the political infighting, the bi
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