Argentine leader to see rightwing Brazilian ex-president at conservative event as he trades barbs with leftist incumbent
A feud between Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is threatening to become a diplomatic crisis as the Argentine leader uses his first official visit to Brazil to meet not the Brazilian president, but his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. The expected snub as Milei heads to Brazil on Saturday comes days before a summit of the heads of nations in the South American trade bloc Mercosur, which Milei has said he will not attend.
“The truth is that Mercosur has been in a slow crisis for a long time, and Milei’s absence simply highlights its critical situation.” Federico Merke, a political scientist at the University of San Andrés in Buenos Aires, said that Milei had long been critical of the EU-Mercosur trade deal and viewed the bloc as an obstacle to unilaterally opening up Argentina’s trade. “Added to this is Milei’s general disinterest in strengthening ties with neighbouring countries,” he said.
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