Former Argentine president blames left-wing government for mass exodus from country

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri warned on Sunday that the “flood of emigrants” leaving the Andean nation implies a “fracture in Argentine history” caused by the failed policies of the government of left-wing President Alberto Fernandez.

"We are facing the largest exodus of Argentines in history,” said Macri in a letter published on Facebook.

Two hours after publication, the former leader’s post already had more than 2,000 shares and nearly 4,000 comments, Chilean news outlet Biobio Chile reported.

Macri’s letter continued to lament the fact that thousands of Argentines are leaving the country, causing a massive brain drain.

There are “thousands of young people leaving -- families with their children, newlywed couples, recent college graduates, business giants, corporate employees, traders, entrepreneurs, technicians, specialists, workers and operators,” he wrote.

"This flood of emigrants is undoubtedly a fracture in Argentine history” because each emigrant creates a void in the economy “that will take many years – or even decades – to fill.”

Macri, a member of Argentina’s leading opposition coalition, Together for Change, blamed the government of Alberto Fernández for the mass exodus by failing to create a future for Argentines at home.

"It is indisputable that the authorities have been determined to close any door that could bring relief or at least some sense that there is a destiny for all Argentines," Macri wrote. "We cannot resign ourselves to decadence and dullness."

Macri ended his letter by stating that Argentines who remain in the country are responsible for building a better future together, in what appears to be a reference to the role of the opposition in the 2023 presidential elections.

“We cannot allow ourselves to feel that we live in an unviable country, resign ourselves to mediocrity, decadence, clumsiness, gluttony for power, fanaticism and let systematic lies dominate us,” the former president stated. “We cannot accept that this erratic government pushes us every day to despair."