The former Argentine ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Carlos Raymond analyzed by 750 the dismissal of Diana Mondino of the Argentine Foreign Ministry and stated that the decision of the national government represents “one more link in the chain of foreign policy nonsense”.
Mondino was fired after having voted at the UN in against the blockade in CubaArgentina being one of the 186 countries that supported the claim of the Caribbean island, with the exception of USA, Israel and Moldova.
Raimundi explained that in no way could this vote have taken diplomatic staff by surprise, since it is a non-binding process that It has been going on for 30 years.
“You know when it is. You would have to be minimally prepared. Making a vote like this and after five minutes not having another chancellor is another sign of improvisation “That makes Argentine foreign policy not taken seriously in the world,” lamented the former national deputy. But he also said that “It is a sign to the empire.”
“I want to imagine the reasons the chancellor had for voting the way she did. She was already losing internal power. I had not been to the G20 meeting. They had made him modify a number of things that had been working on. His internal power within the Foreign Ministry was very weak,” Raimundi said. Therefore, he maintained, there are reasons to believe that It was Mondino herself who could have “forced an estrangement.”
Meanwhile, the former Argentine ambassador to the OAS was critical of the threat by the national government to go for the career diplomatic officials for this vote: “The second issue is that diplomats have a history. Argentine diplomacy is a formed body. And they swear and study and prepare to defend Argentine interests,” he noted.
“One reason for voting in favor of Cuba is that Cuba has played a role in the decolonization committeewhere Argentina has the Malvinas cause. Having rejected this vote weakens us in the Malvinas cause. “It’s a disaster,” added Raimundi.
“He Diplomatic personnel swear to defend the interests of the Argentine nation, not of a president or an ideology“, he said, while pointing out that possibly “a part of the diplomatic corps that voted for Milei is experiencing the same thing as the rest of the people,” that is, going through deep disappointment.
“They took it as a lifeline, believing that because they were angry we could change course and now they are realizing the consequences. “I don’t think such a crazy policy can be carried out for much longer,” he said.
