The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, celebrated this Saturday the robbery and aggression promoted by the president of the United States, Donald Trump against Venezuela, during the Mercosur summit held in Foz de Iguazú, Brazil.
Milei, a close ally of Trump, repeated the term “narcoterrorist” to refer to the Venezuelan State and called on the other countries of the regional bloc to support the White House policy.
The Argentine president’s position was rejected by the host president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who warned about the risks of armed intervention and denounced the US military presence in the vicinity of Venezuela.
Conflicting positions at the summit
While Milei asked for support for Argentina in the dispute with the United Kingdom over the Malvinas and at the same time celebrated the United States’ aggression against Venezuela, Lula stressed that the region cannot accept external interference.
“More than four decades after the Falklands War, the South American continent is once again harassed by the military presence of an extra-regional power. The limits of international law are being tested,” Lula said in his opening speech.
Regional tensions and alliances
Milei’s statement was supported by the governments of Paraguay, Panama, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, which in recent weeks have signed military cooperation agreements with Washington.
However, countries such as Brazil and Uruguay refused to sign the document, warning that the US military deployment in the Caribbean and off the Venezuelan coast constitutes a direct threat to regional stability and international law.
