Argentina's President Milei attempts to reclaim the political spotlight by issuing anti-foreigner decree
By announcing a decree targeting foreigners who have 'spread messages of hate' against the Argentine people, particularly during the World Cup, the president is tapping into the country's heightened patriotism in an effort to regain control of the political agenda after weeks away from the public eye.
President Javier Milei met Peru's newly elected president, Keiko Fujimori, in Lima on Tuesday. This encounter aimed to strengthen bonds between Argentine and Peruvian conservative governments in Latin America. It occurred just before Fujimori's inauguration at the Peruvian Congress, highlighting Milei's commitment to building a right-wing regional coalition and adding Fujimori as another ally to Argentina's circle of international partners.
Milei brought Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and his Chief-of-Staff, Karina Milei, to the meeting. The photograph of the two leaders together symbolized the return of Fujimori's Fuerza Popular party to power after 26 years. Fujimori will serve until 2031 after narrowly defeating left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez in Peru's presidential run-off.
She inherited a nation that has suffered political instability and witnessed eight presidents in office over the last decade. The cordial meeting in Lima stood in stark contrast to the diplomatic tensions Milei had in Brazil. During a political event in São Paulo, Milei called Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a "thief," which led to Lula's absence from Fujimori's inauguration to avoid a potentially awkward encounter.
In Buenos Aires, presidential spokesman Adrián Ravier tried to downplay the dispute, stating it is a "question between presidents" and not affecting Argentina-Brazil relations, which are the country's largest trading partners. After attending Fujimori's swearing-in ceremony alongside regional leaders such as José Antonio Kast of Chile, Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay, and Daniel Noboa of Ecuador, Milei continued his official schedule by receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of San Martín de Porres later that day.
The trip is part of Milei's broader foreign policy strategy to strengthen ties with conservative and libertarian governments in the region, despite his outspoken rhetoric creating diplomatic friction with leftist administrations.
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