At the G20 summit, Javier Milei partly rejects the final declaration on the first day

Argentine President Javier Milei during the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), November 18, 2024. PILAR OLIVARES / REUTERS

Argentina's President Javier Milei rejects “several points” of the final declaration expected at the end of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Argentine presidency announced on Monday, November 18. “Without obstructing the declaration of other leaders”the ultraliberal and libertarian president does not endorse themes like “promoting the limitation of freedom of expression on social networks” et “above all, the idea that greater state intervention is the way to fight hunger”according to an official press release.

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The summit of the largest economies on the planet opened Monday under the leadership of left-wing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with whom Javier Milei has terrible relations. A joint declaration is expected on Tuesday, following tough negotiations between delegations. Even before the publication of the text, Argentina indicated that it “signed the Presidents’ Declaration by dissociating himself in part” of its content.

The “international cooperation system”who had a vocation, “among other things, [à] safeguard people's basic rights »East “in crisis”estimates the Argentine presidency. Against poverty, he defended the virtues of “free market capitalism”while Lula launched, at the opening of the G20, a Global Alliance against hunger and poverty bringing together 82 countries. After refusing to join this initiative, Buenos Aires finally joined shortly after the launching ceremony.

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