Former President Alberto Fernández was accompanied during the interview he gave to The Country with the lawyer Mariana Arcein the midst of the turbulent case of gender violence that she faces after the complaint of her ex-partner Fabiola Yañez. The surprise was that after that talk with the Spanish media, the lawyer stopped accompanying him in less than 24 hours and did not officially assume the defense.
In the academic description on his LinkedIn profile, Arce, 31, highlights that She holds a PhD in Law with extensive experience in public administration, a path that began in 2011.
She lists having been a senior auditor at the General Audit Office of the Nation (AGN), collaborator on Human Rights issues for the UN, liaison for the Capacity Building Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), advisor on legal and juridical matters, advisor in the Administration and Finance management, head of the Administrative Commission (AGN), head of the Commission and Secretary of Minutes, and advisor at the Ministry of Economy.
He also has a high media profile.which includes a recent romance with a former Big Brother contestant. The 31-year-old lawyer is also remembered for having represented the country before the United Nations Human Rights Commission nearly a decade ago.
In recent days, his journey continued, for a few hours, alongside Alberto Fernández. “Accompanied by the lawyer Mariana Arce, Fernández gave this newspaper his first interview on Friday since the scandal broke out,” the newspaper said. The Country in the note that the former president granted to the Spanish media and that was published on Monday after long delays.
Mariana Arce, the lawyer who accompanied Alberto Fernández in an interview but did not take on his defense. Photo Instagram
But the connection between them lasted less than 24 hours. On Saturday, the former president introduced Silvina Irene Carreiras as his defense attorney in the case brought against him by Fabiola Yañez.
The name Arce recently orbited the planet Big Brother. Alan Simone, one of the contestants, was supposedly her partner before entering the challenge and then cheated on her with Sabrina Cortez, another contestant from the last GH.
“Pretending you don’t have a heart, to avoid having it broken…”, the lawyer had posted in an Instagram story, dedicated to her ex-partner. “She is devastated”they commented from those close to her when she found out about Alan’s new romance.
Mariana Arce, the lawyer who ultimately did not take on Alberto Fernández’s defense in the gender violence case opened by Fabiola Yañez.
As the issue of Alan and Sabrina’s private lives became known and began to heat up, in the following Big Brother programs the production reported that the former contestant tried to meet with Arce at the exit of the house to give her explanations, but the lawyer refused.
The candidate who was not: the Buenos Aires tour of Alberto Fernández’s almost-lawyer
That belongs to his personal profile, currently blocked on that social network. There is also a professional profile there, where he promoted – and, from a distance, documented for posterity – the Buenos Aires tour of her candidacy for deputy of the Province of Buenos AiresAnother story that, like the love story, was cut short.
Mariana Arce, during her time as a candidate for deputy of Buenos Aires province. Photo: Instagram.
In the different posts she used to promote her political campaign in 2023, Arce can be seen surrounded by neighbors and activists of Unión por la Patria, to whom she gave t-shirts with the inscription “Mariana Arce 2023.” She allowed herself to be photographed in the middle of solidarity actions on tours of the interior of Buenos Aires, in cities such as Ayacucho, Dolores, Tandil, Balcarce and General Belgrano, all of them in the Fifth Electoral Section.
“Politics is done by walking with the people, that’s why my idea is to go out a month and a half before to tour the districts and listen to the people first hand,” he said in one of the interviews he gave to local media during the electoral campaign.
Mariana Arce, when she was a candidate for deputy of Buenos Aires province.
As for her focus on gaining the trust of the neighbors, the lawyer said at the time that it was “the issue of education is fundamental and we must give it the space it deserves on our agenda, not only because it is a right, but because it is the future.”
Mariana sought to consolidate her presence as a political option in Buenos Aires. In addition to the T-shirts she handed out on some tours, she carried the “Mariana Arce 2023” to the roads: banners with that inscription were left hanging on the sides of the roads of Buenos Aires, as she took it upon herself to portray with her fingers in a v.
Mariana Arce, the lawyer who accompanied Alberto Fernández in an interview but did not take on his defense. Photo: Instagram.
The tour ended at the end of June 2023. Even before competing in the PASO, Arce He renounced his candidacy since, he said, he disagreed with the Massa-Rossi presidential formula that Unión por la Patria confirmed at that time.
“Publicly known events put us in the dilemma of accompanying a presidential formula that does not represent the militancy and personally and faithful to my convictions, it does not represent me,” the lawyer said in a statement.
Mariana Arce, the lawyer who accompanied Alberto Fernández in an interview but did not take on his defense. Photo: Instagram
He added: “After consulting with colleagues, I believe that the best option, even if we are leading the voting intention in the Fifth Electoral Section, is to let those who are comfortable with a distant representation of Peronism go and defend those who are circumstantially the candidates.”
Thus, with a stroke of the pen, Arce put his political career on hold.
That adventure had even made him postpone his activity as an occasional media panelist, for which in mid-2022 he anticipated that – due to the legal conflict with Camila Homs – Rodrigo de Paúl would miss “90%” of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The one who denied that version at the time was the footballer’s lawyer. That lawyer was Mariana Gallegowho now represents Fabiola Yañez in the case in which Arce – as he stated in the last few hours – refused to take on the defense of Alberto Fernández.
