“I would have no problem” in adopting diplomatic sanctions against Venezuelasaid in an interview with CNN the president of Argentina, Javier Mileiwho would even be willing to convince other countries to support this same measure.
“Yes, I would be willing to do it, because the carnage that is Venezuela is truly unprecedented; the same as the prison island of Cuba”, said the Argentine head of state during an interview given to journalist Andrés Oppenheimer, the first part of which was broadcast in full this Sunday.
“Then there are other cases that are on the way, such as the case of Colombia, with Mr. (Gustavo) Petro. Well, you can’t expect much from someone who was a terrorist murderer, a communist.”Milei added in a part of that interview that was already previewed last Wednesday.
As a result of these statements, the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement stating that the expulsion of diplomats from the Argentine Embassy in that country was ordered.
“The expressions of the Argentine president have deteriorated the confidence of our nation, in addition to offending the dignity of the president.” Petrowho was democratically elected”, said the Colombian Foreign Ministry, which communicated its decision through “institutional channels” to the Argentine diplomatic representation.
Last Monday, the Governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay issued a joint statement in which they expressed their “serious concern” regarding complaints from the Venezuelan opposition about the obstacles to registering their candidate.
The support of Buenos Aires for this declaration represents “an advance,” according to Milei, because “the previous Government (chaired by the Peronist Alberto Fernandez) “I would not have condemned any of those dictatorships,” he assured.
Asked about the Mexican president’s critical opinions towards him, Andrés Manuel López Obradorand of the official candidate and favorite in the polls, Claudia Sheinbaum, the Argentine president responded: “It is a compliment that an ignorant person like López Obrador speaks badly of me, it exalts me.”
And he added: “It is a problem for Mexicans if they elect socialists (…), I feel sorry for anyone who has to suffer a socialist regime.”
“There is no need to pressure the Pope”
About an eventual trip by Pope Francis to ArgentinaJavier Milei He considered that “there is no need to put pressure on him,” and pointed out that it is a decision that corresponds to the Supreme Pontiff.
“I offered to accompany him and be by his side, I would almost say like a human cane (…), but he is the one who must make that decision to face so much physical burden,” he added.
After asserting that “the left in its different versions is the cancer of humanity,” Milei considered that, in effect, the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, and the Brazilian, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvahave been democratically elected, but added that “every day they move more towards individuals towards more collectivist solutions.”
The Argentine president maintained that the wish he conveyed to former United States President Donald Trump (2017-2021) for him to return to the White House “in protocol terms does not count,” because it was made in a chance meeting during the Political Action Conference. Conservative (CPAC), held a month ago in Maryland (USA).
“I am more in line with the ideas of the Republican Party (…), it is true and that is known, but my priority is to be an ally of USA. That is, my international allies are the United States and Israel and in that I am absolutely consistent.”he emphasized.
Regarding the criticism from the presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Chile that Israel’s military response to the Hamas terrorist attack is a genocide, Milei stated: “I find it reprehensible that they make that type of condemnation.”
“Israel received a brutal attack and these types of things require exemplary responses. And in fact, everything Israel is doing, it is doing within the rules of the game. That is to say, Israel is not committing a single excess,” he concluded.
Source: Gestion
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