It was the protocol act after the assumption of Javier Milei as protempore president of the bloc. Those close to the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, explained that he was in another meeting.
The Brazilian Lula da Silvapresident of the main partner of the Mercosur, He was absent this Friday from the traditional family photo at the regional summit held in Montevideo, after the Argentine president Javier Milei took office as protempore president of the bloc. Officially, it was reported that Lula had a meeting scheduled at the same time.
The family photo is a formal but important eventwhich means the formal closing of the Mercosur summit, where all heads of state usually participate. That’s why it was surprising that none other than Lula was there.
Something similar happened with President Javier Milei during the G20 in Rio de Janeiro. That time, the host was Lula da Silva himself. When it was time for the family photo to close the meeting, Milei was not there. Like Lula this Friday, they alleged from those around the Argentine that it was due to a scheduling problem.
Before the photo, the formal assumption of Javier Milei as protempore president of Mercosur. Upon taking office he gave a speech very hard against him block. “Mercosur ended up being a prison that does not allow countries to take advantage of their comparative advantages or their export potential,” he stated.
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Milei’s harsh speech against Mercosur
The president Javier Milei made his debut within the framework of the Mercosur leaders’ summit, where he asked his peers to accept “that this model is exhausted” and proposed loosening “the ties that today suffocate us instead of strengthening us.
“I would like to invite you, as brothers that we are, to let’s open our eyes and be intellectually honest; Let’s accept that this model is sold out and let’s look for a new formula that benefits us all, so that we can all trade more and better, because it is trade that generates prosperity and what will put an end to the great Latin American scourge, which is the abject poverty of our people.” Milei asked.
Along the same lines, he noted: “Let us gain autonomy, without ceasing to respect the agreements that unite us, and if those who bring us together trade freely among us, I propose that we loosen the ties that – today – suffocate us instead of strengthening us.”
Source: Ambito
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