Diplomacy: Javier Milei partly rejects G20 final declaration

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.

“Without obstructing the declaration of other leaders”, the ultra-liberal and libertarian president does not endorse themes such as “the promotion of the limitation of freedom of expression on social networks” and “especially the idea that “Greater state intervention is the way to fight hunger,” according to an official statement.

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.

Virtues of “free market capitalism”

Even before the publication of the text, Argentina announced that it “signed the presidents’ declaration by dissociating itself in part” from its content. The “international cooperation system”, which was intended, “among other things, (to) safeguard the basic rights of people”, is “in crisis”, believes the Argentine presidency.

Against poverty, he defended the virtues of “free market capitalism”, while Lula launched on Monday, 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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