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| Chapadmalal Presidential Residence | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Chalets |
| Address | 549 Provintial Route 11 |
| Town or city | Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires |
| Country | Argentina |
| Coordinates | 38°12′13″S 57°41′19″W / 38.203649°S 57.688686°W |
| Construction started | 1947 |
The Chapadmalal Presidential Residence is the official summer residence of the President of Argentina.
History[edit]
The Chapadmalal Presidential Residence was comissioned by Juan Perón in 1947 as a summer retreat for the President of Argentina.[1][2] It is located in the lot of the Chapadmalal Tourist Unit, a hotel complex of the Argentine state designed for low-income families. The land was acquired after Perón nationalized over 10,000 hectares in Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires, that previously belonged to the Martínez de Hoz family.[2]
Numerous instances of the presidents at the residence have been documented. Juan Perón visited Chapadmalal with First Lady and Vice President of Argentina Isabel Martínez de Perón on March 25, 1974.[3] Martínez de Perón stayed at the Chapadmalal residence and the Naval Base Mar del Plata for three weeks in January 1975. She was accompanied by her Minister of Social Welfare José López Rega.[4][5] In February of the same year, she visited Chapadmalal with her friends, including Raúl Lastiri and hairdresser Miguel Romano with their wives.[6] She also stayed on the residence on October 24 and November 1, 1975.[7][8] The holidays of Jorge Rafael Videla at Chapadmalal were featured in an article of magazine Gente.[9] Raúl Alfonsín visited the residence in several occasions.[1] Carlos Menem became one of the most frequent visitors at Chapadmalal, hosting several official meetings and playing golf at a local course. He also made several renovations during the 1990s, including an expansion of the pool and the creation of a fishing pier of 200 metres.[2] Menem stayed at the residence in January 1997.[10] Fernando de la Rúa travelled to Chapadmalal with his family on January 7, 2000.[11] During his term, he was often seen at the private beach and appeared in photo spreads on the property for magazines.[1][2]
Following De La Rúa's resignation amidst the December 2001 riots, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá was chosen as the new president by the legislative assembly on December 23, 2001.[12] However, only five days after his inauguration, the riots and cacerolazos resumed.[13] Rodríguez Saá called for a summit with Peronist governors on the Chapadmalal residence on December 30, 2001.[14] Then-Governor of Santa Cruz Néstor Kirchner suggested the location for the meeting, instead of Casa Rosada or Quinta de Olivos, to avoid protests.[15][16] The summit was hosted by the president and the Governor of Buenos Aires Carlos Ruckauf on chalet N°3, but only six out of the fourteen governors attended as most of them chose to boicot.[14] Rodríguez Saá felt affronted, left the residence and resigned from the presidency that night.[17][18] During the meeting, a group of approximately 30 locals gathered outside the residence to protest the shutdown of the Chapadmalal Tourist Unit due to the economic crisis.[19][20]
Rodríguez Saá was succeeded by Eduardo Duhalde on January 2, 2002.[21] He usually visited the property with First Lady Chiche Duhalde and used the fishing pier during the weekends; Then-Secretary of Tourism and Sports Daniel Scioli and then-wife Karina Rabolini were regular guests at the property.[2][22]
Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina Fernández did not spend much of their presidencies at Chapadmalal, as they preferred their private home in El Calafate, Santa Cruz. They first visited the residence during the weekend of November 7, 2003, with their children Máximo and Florencia. The couple visited Chapadmalal for the second time for a week starting January 2, 2004, with Florencia, her friends and Máximo with his girlfriend. The president, however, left after three days.[1][2] For her first time as president, Fernández visited the residence with Florencia during a weekend in January 2008. Florencia later stayed at Chapadmalal with friends during the summer of 2009 and 2010.[1]
En este momento, Cristina Kirchner está visitando por cuarta vez la residencia oficial de verano, es su segunda vez en carácter de Presidenta. [1]
Property[edit]
The main presidential residence consists of fifteen chalets.[23] The main chalets are located along a circular road with a small sqaure in the middle.[24]
Chalet N°3 is known as the most comfortable house of the residence.[25] One of the bedrooms with twin beds has floral where he decided he would resign from the presidency.[26]
exclusive fishing pier of 200 metres, tennis and paddle tennis courts, heliport.[23]
The house is owned by the Argentine state, andh
and the staff are supported by the Ministry of Tourism of Argentina.[2]
heliport[2] 200 metres dock[2] Para su alojamiento eligieron la casa de Chapadmalal, que cuenta con jardines, un privilegiado mirador con vista a la costa y una pacífica playa privada. Security for the residence is provided by the Argentine Federal Police and the Argentine Naval Prefecture.[2]
The residence is located 30 kilometres away from the city of Mar del Plata.[2] The two closest airports are the Miramar Aerodrome and the Astor Piazzolla International Airport, which are 14 and 40 kilometres away from the residence, respectively.[27][28] The president usually travels from the airport to the residence in a car or a helicopter.[2][28] The Miramar Aerodrome was reconditioned in 1997 by Carlos Menem to have a shorter commute to the property.[28]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Staff, Writer (January 20, 2012). "Chapadmalal: la opción de descanso para los presidentes [Chapadmalal, the choice of rest for presidents]". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nicosia, Leonardo; Palacios, Rodolfo (February 2, 2007). "La inútil residencia que pagamos todos [The useless residence that is paid by everybody]". Perfil (in Spanish). Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ^ Duarte 2014, pp. 169.
- ^ Yofre 2016, pp. 147.
- ^ Yofre 2016, pp. 148.
- ^ Yofre 2011, pp. 326.
- ^ Yofre 2011, pp. 367.
- ^ Yofre 2011, pp. 370.
- ^ Zanoni 2006, pp. 33.
- ^ Ibañez 2015, pp. 26.
- ^ Natanson, José (January 8, 2000). "Cada vez más cómodo en el poder [More and more comfortable in power]". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ Silletta 2005, pp. 66.
- ^ Silletta 2005, pp. 69.
- ^ a b Silletta 2005, pp. 70.
- ^ Reato 2015, pp. 15.
- ^ Ibañez 2015, pp. 54.
- ^ Silletta 2005, pp. 71.
- ^ Silletta 2005, pp. 72.
- ^ Reato 2015, pp. 27.
- ^ Ibañez 2015, pp. 55.
- ^ Staff, Writer (January 2, 2002). "Duhalde asumió como presidente [Duhalde was inaugurated as president]". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ^ Ibañez 2015, pp. 79.
- ^ a b Jastreblansky, Maia (February 20, 2015). "Chapadmalal: los secretos del refugio olvidado que Cristina utilizó para resguardarse [Chapadmalal: the secrets of the forgotten shelter used by Cristina to protect herself]". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ^ Yofre 2011, pp. 325.
- ^ Reato 2015, pp. 19.
- ^ Reato 2015, pp. 20.
- ^ Saralegui, Rafael J. (February 23, 1998). "El aeródromo de Miramar aún espera la inauguración oficial [The Miramar aerodrome is still waiting for its official inauguration]". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ a b c Bianchi, Alejandro (May 29, 1999). "Maquivial, una empresa víctima de los negocios con el Estado [Maquivial, a company victim of business with the state]". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved July 7, 2016.
Bibliography[edit]
- Silletta, Alfredo (June 2005). Salir del infierno: estrategia de un piloto de tormenta [Leaving hell: strategies of a storm pilot] (in Spanish). Editorial Biblos. ISBN 950-786-495-4.
- Yofre, Juan B. (April 1, 2016). 1976. La conspiración: 24 de marzo. Civiles y militares en el día que cambió la Argentina [1976. The conspiracy: March 24th. Civilians and military in the day that changed Argentina] (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 978-950-07-5529-0.
- Zanoni, Leandro (2006). Vivir en los medios: Maradona off the record [Living in the media: Maradona off the record] (in Spanish). Marea Editorial. ISBN 987-22181-7-X.
- Reato, Ceferino (May 1, 2015). Doce noches: 2001 [Twelve nights: 2001] (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 978-950-07-5203-9.
- Ibañez, Pablo; Schmidt, Walter (March 1, 2015). Scioli secreto: Cómo hizo para sobrevivir a 20 años de política argentina [Secret Scioli: How he survived 20 years of Argentine politics] (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 978-950075125-4.
- Yofre, Juan B. (September 1, 2011). Nadie fue (Edición Definitiva): Crónica, documentos y testimonios de lo últimos meses, días y horas de Isabel Perón [It was no one (Definitive Edition): Chronicle, documents and testimonies of the last months, days and hours of Isabel Perón] (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 978-987-566-745-7.
- Duarte, Juan Manuel (May 1, 2014). Entregado por nosotros: Montoneros y el asesinato del padre Carlos Mugica [Delivered by us: Montoneros and the murder of Father Carlos Mugica] (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 978-950-07-4750-9.