Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero replaced this Tuesday at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, President Alberto Fernández, who was treated by health personnel for an episode of hypotension and dizziness suffered.
During the speech, Cafiero assured that it is necessary “restore peace and contribute to global recovery” and that “food security means ending world hunger”.
The statement from the Presidential Medical Unit reported to the press at 11:16 local time (0:16 in Argentina) indicates that “on this day the President of the Argentine Nation, Dr. Alberto Ángel Fernández suffered an episode of hypotension and dizziness”.
“For this reason, it was decided to carry out the rigorous diagnostic studies in order to preserve his health and avoid complications,” indicates the report signed by Dr. Federico Saavedra.
“This team will keep public opinion informed of the medical evolution of the President of the Nation,” the letter completes.
? The President (@alferdez) was treated by health personnel at the G-20 for an episode of hypotension and dizziness, reported the Presidential Medical Unit pic.twitter.com/QaDJ740Ot7
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Cafiero’s speech in Indonesia
In a three-minute speech delivered at the I Plenary Session on Food and Energy Security, at the Candi Ballroom, the Convention Center, Cafiero recalled that on November 11, while Alberto Fernández was officially visiting Paris, his “dear friend” French President Emanuel Macron invited him to witness “the commemorative ceremony of the 1918 armistice,” and noted that “an estimated 10 million people died in the First World War.”
“Still, a century later, we have no way of quantifying the devastating effects that hit the rest of the world due to such a war event,” said the foreign minister, adding that “It seems incredible that, when we are still not over the shock caused by a pandemic, Russia unleashes a military invasion of Ukraine, putting world peace in crisis.”
“I have no doubt that nothing is more revolutionary at this time than demanding peace. It will sound naive to the ears of many, but it is very risky for the world for the ‘logic of military escalation’ to be tolerated as a valid mode of conflict resolution,” he added.
Cafiero remarked that “the effects of war affect the whole world” and pointed out that “in the northern hemisphere the merchants of death negotiate lethal weapons, but in the southern hemisphere food becomes more expensive or lacking and what ends up killing is not bullets or missiles but poverty and hunger”.
“It seems incredible that, when we are still not over the shock caused by a pandemic, Russia unleashes a military invasion of Ukraine, putting world peace in crisis” santiago cafiero
“It is imperative that we join efforts so that the parties involved return to the negotiating table. We must assert the force of multilateralism even though some want to ignore it. Our peoples need to develop with social justice, in a world that finds peace in diversity”indicated on the Argentine position.
In this regard, he maintained that “Argentina, part of the southern hemisphere, is no stranger to this enormous tension that we are experiencing. So far this year, this war has cost my country almost 5,000 million dollars. Who will repair such damage?” . “We need to restore peace and contribute to global recovery,” he added.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship stated that “in recent years, Argentina has produced millions of tons of soybeans, wheat, corn and sunflower oil”, and “this production, for the most part, was intended for the foreign market.
“We will continue working in the same direction because Argentina wants to be part of the construction of a more supportive world that guarantees food security,” he contributed and emphasized: “Food security means ending hunger in the world.”
“If that is what we are looking for, let’s start by putting an end to the intolerable inequality that economic concentration causes,” he said.
“I must admit that, contrary to my expectations, After the pandemic, the world seems to want to show its worst face. The costs we have paid are enormous and what the war imposes on us now become intolerable.“, he pointed out.
Cafiero said that “Latin America and the Caribbean faced the worst economic contraction in its history in 2020”, in which “Cepal (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) calculated a setback of 27 years in the levels of extreme poverty” .
In that way, “Latin America and the Caribbean became the region in the world that lost the most years in life expectancy.” “Now we must face the effects of the war,” insisted the Foreign Minister.
“Our peoples need to develop with social justice, in a world that finds peace in diversity” santiago cafiero
“At the last Summit of the Americas, I proposed to organize continentally not only food production, but also the development of our enormous energy potential and critical minerals for the ecological transition,” he developed.
“Only in Argentina, we have the second unconventional gas reserves in the world. With Chile and Bolivia we constitute the “lithium triangle” in which more than 60% of the world’s reserves of this mineral are concentrated. We are developing production of green hydrogen”, he pointed out.
For Coffee, “it is our duty to build a more just and predictable world. Let’s give peace a chance. Let’s look at how hunger and poverty spread in the south of the world while in the north weapons accumulate dead. It can’t be that we haven’t learned from so much pain.”
“History is a magnificent teacher who accumulates experiences. But its teaching only transcends when we are able to listen to it. Only in this way can we avoid falling into the same errors that humanity fell into in the past,” he concluded.
