The president of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA), Nicolás Pino, was the victim of an attempted attack on Thursday with a letter bomb that exploded and caused minor injuries to the secretary Pamela de Souza who opened it. Three other people were also taken to hospital by SAME, although without injuries.
“It was a homemade explosive that He sought to attempt against the life of the president of the entityNicolás Pino,” said the latest statement from the Rural Society. “Pino, along with four members of the staff, are isolated in the Fernández Hospital due to toxicological protocols, carrying out the corresponding tests to determine or rule out possible toxic substances contained in the explosive,” the text added.
Technician in Agricultural Production Graduated from the Catholic University of ArgentinaPino is 59 years old and is a farmer. He breeds, rears and fattens cattle. He also sells animal genetics on farms located in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos.
He has a brother (Esteban) who was a combatant in the Malvinas, which prompted him to pay tribute to those soldiers from 2022 onwards at each opening ceremony of the Palermo exhibition.
Pino became president of the SRA after winning the elections against Daniel Pellegrina in May 2021 (after the postponement of the vote in 2020 due to the pandemic) with the support of Luis Miguel Etchevehere, his predecessor in the direction of the entity and who was Minister of Agroindustry in the government of Mauricio Macri. His vice president was Marcos Pereda, president of the powerful Bermejo Group.
In September 2022, SRA partners ratified Pino y Pereda as President and Vice President for two more years after defeating Cordoba producer Alejandro Ferrero in the elections.
Y This month there will be elections and once again the Pino-Pereda formula will be a candidate to lead the reins of the entitybeing a single list. It will be the last election that he will be able to participate in after the changes in the statute of La Rural that were made in 2023, when the duration of the president was limited (it was indefinite).
Pino is also a member of the Group of 6 (G6) as president of the SRA, which includes other important business entities such as the UIA, the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC), the Chamber of Construction (Camarco), the Association of Argentine Banks (Adeba) and the Argentine Stock Exchange.
Statement from the Rural Society following the attack.
Pino has a close relationship with the President Javier Miley and the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei. The President participated in the opening ceremony of the Rural de Palermo And this Monday, Pino met again with Milei at the headquarters of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), within the framework of the Industry Day. There, the President praised the agricultural sector. “To protect the industry, the countryside was robbed,” said the head of State, who later sought out Pino to greet him.
Then, on Tuesday, Pino met with his colleagues from the liaison table at the headquarters of the Rural Society. Carlos Castagnani (CRA), Elbio Guía (Agrarian Federation) and Elbio Laucirica (Coninagro) were present.
“The leaders addressed the problematic issues facing the sector and made an analysis of the future. They agreed that producers are going through a difficult year, like the rest of the sectors in the country,” said La Rural.
Later, Pino was at the 90th National, Livestock, Industrial and Commercial Expo of the Rural Society of Río Cuarto, Córdoba. “It is a pride to see how this show continues to grow and create a meeting space for those of us who live off the countryside and industry. You can visit it until September 8,” he had posted on his social network.
This Thursday, as he was able to find out Rural Clarinhad internal meetings in the building of La Rural SA, where the attack took place. And this Friday he traveled to General Madariaga to meet with rural leaders and on Saturday he was going to visit the rural house in Viedma (Rio Negro). At the moment, it is unknown if he will maintain the scheduled agenda.
It should be noted that today he suspended the meeting he was going to have with the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos.
