In an extraordinary act of kindness, President Javier Milei thanked the Brazilian government his diplomatic efforts to protect Argentine workers and the Venezuelan refugees living in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
“I really appreciate Brazil’s willingness to take over the custody of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela. “the president wrote on his social networks, after the safe behavior that made it possible for the Planalto Palace to maintain the integrity of the workers ordered by Nicolás Maduro to leave the country.
Lula’s decision is not a small one. He accepted the request of the Casa Rosada to represent his interests in Venezuela and to protect the colleagues of the extreme right Corina Machado that Milei’s government granted asylum from March 20.
This is the first time that Milei makes a positive reference to the government of Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, because he asked excuse for the disqualifications he dedicated to him and Brazil for ideological reasons.
At the same time, it is the second chance Brazil builds a rapprochement bridge with Argentina, despite Milei’s promptings. The first one was in April last year, when the administration of Lula made an emergency deal possible to avoid gas shortages in Argentina.
In any case, the president Milei never asked for the apology that Lula asked for nor did he voluntarily return the gesture of friendship. Only the volatile Venezuela and the defense of the opposition of the Bolivarian government thanked him.
“The bonds of friendship that unite Argentina with Brazil are very strong and historic”wrote the Argentine president through a short text in which he took the opportunity to criticize the Venezuelan president.
Argentine diplomatic staff “He was forced to leave Venezuela as revenge by the dictator Maduro for our criticism of the fraud they committed last Sunday.”, he accused her. “I have no doubt that we will soon open our Embassy in a free and democratic Venezuela.”
What is special is that in the early hours of the morning, Before thanking Brazil, he had fired a shot at Lula: He described the Colombian Gustavo Petro and the Mexican Manuel López Obrador as “imbeciles” for not openly criticizing Maduro. “These idiots are supporters,” he said.
“Stupid ‘right thinking’ progressives with your love of centrist lukewarmness will accuse you of being fascist because they are so brutal and incompetent when you draw the dividing line they don’t differentiate is the line artificial (fascism) or real/conceptual. (values)”he assured the head of state.
The statement from the Argentine Foreign Ministry
For his part, The Argentine Foreign Ministry also thanked the “generosity of the Brazilian government” that accepted the requirement to protect diplomatic staff and asylum in Caracas.
“The Federal Republic of Brazil shall be responsible for the maintenance of the Argentine mission building in Caracasincluding the Embassy and the Official Residence, its assets and archives, as well as the protection of the interests and interests of Argentine nationals in Venezuelan territory,” he said in a note.
He then said that “the Argentine diplomatic, consular and defense officers who worked at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas. They will leave the country as a result of a notification from the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela made on the 29th of July last.”
The ministry led by Diana Mondino pointed out that The support of Lula’s government is “part of the historic ties of friendship” between Argentina and Brazil.
