Emmanuel Macron in Latin America, a trip that looks like catching up – Libération

After a visit to Brazil in March, the Head of State's trip to Argentina, Chile and the G20 in Rio marks a renewed interest in a region that was once very Francophile, but long neglected, and with which links have been strengthened. distended.

Six days in three South American countries: this is the longest official trip abroad by the French president since his first election in 2017. The presence of Emmanuel Macron at the G20, the summit of countries among the most developed countries on the planet, Monday November 18 and Tuesday November 19 in Rio, Brazil, will be accompanied by a stay in Argentina, Saturday and Sunday, and another in Chile, Wednesday and Thursday. The exceptional length of the trip feels like catching up. Aside from a visit to Buenos Aires, where the G20 was held in the winter of 2018, the host of the Elysée waited seven years to visit a country on the subcontinent: Brazil, in March. During this time, he received dozens of heads of state and senior officials from the region in Paris.

The new presidential trip is part of the dynamic of this visit to Lula, where the two leaders endorsed their common commitments on the environment and the green agenda. But without resolving their differences on international issues, Ukraine and Gaza and head. France celebrated the meeting with the former trade unionist as a reunion