Myriam Bregman is a candidate for national deputy for the left-wing Frente de Izquierda de los Trabajadores (FIT) in the upcoming October 26 midterm elections.
In an interview, she referred to allegations facing lawmaker and La Libertad Avanza (LLA) candidate José Luis Espert. Last week, documents from the United States surfaced linking him to a US$200,000 payment from Federico Andrés 'Fred' Machado, who has been accused of involvement in drug-trafficking.
Bregman recalled that her party had already denounced Espert for the same alleged links back in 2021, complaining that “no-one supported us.”
In an exclusive interview with Noticias Argentinas, in the midst of the election campaign, 'La Rusa' – as she is known by friends and supporters – spoke about the national government, Peronism, feminism as a movement of struggle and the importance of the FIT maintaining its seats in Congress and gaining more.
The FIT were the first to denounce Espert. Do you think you were ignored at the time and now the rest of the political forces won’t acknowledge it?
Nicolás del Caño was the first to say it, and in a very high-profile setting – the 2021 [televised] debate for deputies, in which both José Luis Espert and Nicolás were running as candidates in Buenos Aires Province.
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