Obsessed with flaunting and criticizing the tariffs charged by municipalities, the Minister for Business, Luis “Toto” Caputo published a website where Details on how much each district in the country charges. He received criticism from mayors, but the crusade continued on social networks and they responded with a reference to a hypermarket slogan: “Toto, I know you”.
On the map published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, municipal tariffs are divided into five categories, including “large markets”. Entering this article in the province of Buenos Aires Lanús appears in red as the one who earns the most, 6%.
The conflict erupted in September last year when Lanús implemented the increase and the supermarkets passed it on to their prices. “The residents of Lanús, suffering from the inefficiency of their mayor, pay higher prices than in other municipalities. Well, the supermarkets declare that the price increase is only in Lanús,” Caputo published at the time.
The mayor at the time Julian Alvareza member of La Cámpora, replied: “The decision I made in Lanús not only benefited the more than 500 grocers in the neighborhood, but also served to expose the lobbying you do on behalf of business groups when?”
But now that the map had been distributed, Caputo entered the fray again. The Minister of Economic Affairs again posted a user questioning the municipal leader: “He introduced you to Julián Álvarez, the mayor of Lanús (PJ). As you can see, he steals 6% of the food from the poor of Lanús.”. But Caputo also added: “The ‘progressives’ are responsible for advancing themselves and their friends at the expense of those who have less.”
Minister, serial debtor and social hunger, I am a Peronist. My desire is to change the lives of every Lanusense and I work every day to reduce the damage you cause by governing and adapting to every family in Argentina. I’m doing it despite the intense defunding… https://t.co/gR3iINJzFE pic.twitter.com/epvSRiHPEm
— Julián Álvarez (@aJulianAlvarez) December 19, 2025
The answer then came from Álvarez, who used the slogan of the Coto hypermarket chain. “Minister, serial debtor and social hungry, I am a Peronist. My desire is to change the life of every Lanusense and I work every day to reduce the damage that you cause by governing and adapting to every family in Argentina. I do this despite the strong deficit that we face both towards Lanús and towards all communities,” the camper posted.
“Since you want to talk about food, I tell you that in these two years the food rations that we cover in our neighborhoods from the municipality have doubled due to their hunger policies,” the municipal leader added.
And he concluded: “Toto, don’t forget, I know you. And the most important thing is that my neighbors in Lanús do too. If you care so much about the people of Lanús, I suggest that you send Lanús some of the dollars that you and your friends are missing out on instead of standing up for those who take everything and tweet nonsense.”
And this Saturday came the response of the Minister of Economy in network Chicana mode to the mayor: “You have more replies showing yourself than likes. I’m not very skilled in X, but I’ve never seen this before…”
The hypermarket tariff is currently levied in 35 of the 135 districts of Buenos Aires Province. Lanús is the municipality with the highest proportion at 6%.
Pilar follows with 4.5%; Quilmes with 3.74%; Lomas de Zamora, Escobar and Bahía Blanca with 2.7%.
Moreno achieved 2.6%; La Plata 2.5% and San Martín 2.2%. Libertarian districts such as Vicente López and San Isidro are also on the list today with 1.5%.
The person who earns the least is President Perón with 0.30%. In Merlo, however, it increases from 0.40% to 1.20%; in Tres de Febrero from 0.50% to 0.925%; in San Miguel from 0.50% to 1.50%; in Morón from 0.30% to 1.40%; in Ezeiza from 0.90% to 1.20%; in Hurlingham from 0.98% to 1.44%.
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