The Brazilian ambassador tells how, despite the enmity between President Javier Milei and Lula (they are still not on speaking terms), the bilateral relationship continues to “function normally.” Brazil and Argentina’s link is “universally perceived” as important, he argues, over and above the ideological dictates of the Casa Rosada and Planalto presidential palaces, as sealed by Brasília’s ratification of support for the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands sovereignty claim and by the negotiations with the Nicolás Maduro administration in Venezuela over Argentina’s detained Border Guard Nahuel Gallo. It’s obvious that President Milei has a very different world-view but the relationship is too important to depend on that. President Lula has instructed me very clearly: the relationship between the countries is more important than the personal relationship between their presidents. And that’s the orientation. I’ve heard a top Argentine official say that President Milei thinks the same way.
April 6, 2025
SOURCE: BUENOS AIRES TIMES