The president spoke at the Latin American and World Jewish Congress, which included closing remarks by his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei.
President Luis Lacalle Pou demanded “responsibility” against terrorism, within the framework of the Latin American and World Jewish Congress, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the attack perpetrated against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA).
The event featured the closing of its pair of Argentina, Javier Milei, with whom he had previously met, in his first bilateral meeting since the president of the neighboring country took office in December of last year.
In his speech, Lacalle Pou stated that “violence, terrorism and attacks do not begin with a physical act” and contrasted: “They begin with the verb and generally have a petty purpose behind them.”
In this regard, the president considered that this issue “is not only violence, but also instill terror,” considering that due to the globalization “Terrorist actions at one end have an effect on the other.”
By stating that the antisemitism “It is a perverse way of seeing humanity,” the president said: “That is why it is important to be careful with the word, the attitude and to know that words spoken at the wrong time and in the wrong tone are triggers of violence, and we know where it begins but not where it ends.”
The closing, by Milei
The closing speech was given by Milei, who pointed to previous governments for the investigation of the attack on the AMIA pointing out that it was “three decades of impunity and a smokescreen to hide one of the worst atrocities in our history.”
“We are not here to do more of the same, we are here to make a break with what other governments have done,” said the Argentine president, who is promoting the law for trial in absentia that will allow “prosecuting officials of Iran “defendants” in the case.
“He Iranian terrorism It is a matter of national interest that directly affects the lives of Argentines,” Milei said and maintained that “it is the same” as the one seen on October 7, in reference to the attack of Hamas to Israel.
Source: Ambito
