Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who is serving a six-year sentence for fraud under house arrest, requested permission to host Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a visit. Lula will be in Argentina for a summit of the regional Mercosur bloc, which will also be attended by President Javier Milei. The already tense ties between the Brazilian left-wing stalwart and Milei, an ardent admirer of US President Donald Trump who has described Lula as a “corrupt” and a “Communist,” could be further strained if Lula meets with Milei’s arch-nemesis, Fernández de Kirchner.
SOURCE: BUENOS AIRES TIMES