President of Argentina Javier Milei on Wednesday condemned Brazil’s socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a “communist dictator,” reiterating his support of Flávio Bolsonaro in the upcoming presidential runoff election.
\n\nMilei also reiterated his support for President Donald Trump and his government’s disposition to work alongside the Trump administration to form a “true shield against socialism” in the region.
\n\nThe Argentine president travelled to the United States this week for a two-day trip to Washington that included his participation as a guest of honor at the Official Hispanic Heritage Gala, held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Wednesday night. During the Gala, Milei received the “Leadership and Global Impact in the Context of Hispanic Heritage” award.
\n\nAt the event, Milei delivered a roughly 20-minute speech in which he highlighted the changes that are happening in Latin America in the wake of the new conservative and right-wing governments that have risen in the region after years of widespread socialism and leftist administrations. Milei described his country as a “land of freedom” that not just applied drastic measures to avoid what would have been the worst economic crisis of its history, but as a country that adopted a “geopolitical…
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