The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorruled out on Tuesday that he will meet with the Argentine president Javier Mileywho will travel to the country on August 24 to participate in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)although he said that “there is no problem” with his visit.
“No, no (I will not meet him), but there is no problem, he can come. When he has crossed into the United States he requests permission to use the airspace, this has never been denied to anyone.”the president emphasized during his morning press conference.
The Mexican leader was referring to the announcement made on Monday by the organizers of CPAC, the largest and most influential forum of right-wing movements in the world, that one of the main speakers confirmed for the forum in Mexico City will be Milei.
López Obrador said that these types of meetings are “normal” in Mexico, as it is a country of freedoms.
“Anyone can come, president, opposition leader, representative of the right-wing blocs that exist in the world and this is a free country, there is no censorship, there is no persecution, there are full freedoms”he settled.
However, he insisted that he will not meet with the Argentine president.
“Because I do not agree with his way of thinking and his way of being, however, he is free and one thing is the Government of Mexico, and another thing is the people of Mexico, and our people have always been very hospitable, fraternal and respectful.”he noted.
CPAC Mexico, organized by Mexican actor and activist Eduardo Verasteguisaid in a statement on Monday that Milei will attend the meeting to present “a firm message on the urgent need to continue fighting for freedom in Latin America and the world.”
The text anticipated that his speech will be one of “the highlights of the event, attracting the attention of conservative leaders and defenders of freedom throughout the region.”
The CPAC, of American origin, is an annual political conference of social actors who advocate conservative positions and is considered one of the political arms of the presidential candidate. Donald Trump.
Outside the United States, CPAC was founded in 2019 in Brazil, where Milei closed the event last July.
In 2022, it began in Mexico, where the most visible leader is the actor, producer and former presidential candidate Eduardo Verástegui, who has been characterized by his political alliances with Trump and promoting extreme right-wing and conservative discourse in the country.
The participation will occur amid the Argentine’s distancing from López Obrador, since in April Milei called him “ignorant” in an interview with CNN in Spanish, to which the Mexican responded: “I still don’t understand how the Argentine people, being so intelligent, voted for him.” EFE (I)
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