Argentine President Javier Milei delivered a speech at CPAC urging Americans to combat socialism. Milei's foreign policy aims to distance Argentina from China, offering the US an opportunity. His idiosyncrasies, including his cloned dogs, have drawn attention, overshadowing his radical platform items.
Though he has toned down his criticisms, Javier Milei’s skepticism of Beijing “was surprising in a region where nonalignment in the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China has become an article of faith,” I wrote in @WarOnTheRocks. https://t.co/foTC6zGSYc
Argentines must see advantages from the country’s unexpected pivot to the US. “The stakes are high,” I write in @WarOnTheRocks, “in a region where China’s influence has increased dramatically in recent decades.” https://t.co/foTC6zGSYc
Javier Milei’s skepticism of Beijing “promises a dramatic reordering of Argentina’s international relations” and “presents the United States with an unexpected opportunity to offer alternatives to Chinese trade and investment,” I write in @WarOnTheRocks. https://t.co/T18XIOPLv1
Javier Milei’s idiosyncrasies, including his cloned dogs, have overshadowed the most radical item on his platform — a foreign policy designed to distance Argentina from China, a top trading partner, I write in @WarOnTheRocks. https://t.co/T18XIOPLv1
"Milei later claimed to spiritually communicate with the animal, telling friends they first met in another life 2,000 years ago in a Roman coliseum when he was a gladiator and the dog was a lion." The pair had a "mission of one day ruling Argentina." https://t.co/O6d8iM0vrl
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, adores his five cloned English mastiffs. The peculiar relationship is providing fodder for opponents as Milei tries to tackle the world’s highest inflation. https://t.co/mUhqRO15sM https://t.co/mUhqRO15sM
Most presidents are happy to be seen with their dogs to show they’re not so different from the plebs. Not #Argentina's Milei, who keeps his five cloned English mastiffs out of the hyperpoliticized public arena. @DubeRyan finds out it's a prickly topic. https://t.co/SPEtM59ZCE
During a @WSJ interview, President Milei said he didn't see a contradiction of having a lion as his political symbol when he’s clearly a dog person. In cinema’s early days, he said, movie crews put wigs on English mastiffs to make them resemble lions. https://t.co/qxDDwYV092
While other politicians hold babies and press the flesh with human voters, Argentina's Javier Milei makes a beeline for dogs, even stopping his inauguration-day parade to pat a tail-wagging golden retriever. https://t.co/aytPqXu53J @WSJ
A few years ago, Argentina’s up-and-coming political rabble-rouser, Javier Milei, didn’t hesitate when asked on TV whether he liked people or dogs more. “Dogs,” Milei said. Now he's president and the opposition thinks his is a bizarre infatuation. https://t.co/JiRS2mJyYo @WSJ
'Don't let socialism advance': Javier Milei sounds clarion call for freedom at CPAC Argentine President Javier Milei has urged American conservatives to combat the advancement of socialism and its "murderous agenda" during an impassioned speech at the Conservative Political… https://t.co/UF42bZeBLE
“Bukele’s popularity is complicating efforts to counter his corrosive effect on democracy, with implications beyond El Salvador,” former @StateDept special envoy Ricardo Zúniga writes in our @LATAMProg newsletter. Subscribe here, https://t.co/MCqwx5Nxcw https://t.co/sqpolGexjm
“US relations with Latin America and the Caribbean are troubled by massive asymmetries,” @rfeinberg2012 writes in the @wilsonquarterly. “US hegemonic power—economic, military, demographic, cultural—can generate fear and distrust in the region.” https://t.co/btDz6lr3KC
US-Argentina relations will survive Milei’s CPAC speech and his pull-aside with the leading opposition candidate. On the other hand, importing El Salvador’s security strategy, reliant upon the suspension of civil liberties and mass arrests, would be poorly received in Washington. https://t.co/OcqCk1zXpO
Javier Milei urges Americans at CPAC to 'fight for your freedom' https://t.co/orrMQzrbVU
Argentina touts libertarian ‘social justice’ to Blinken before Javier Milei visits CPAC https://t.co/BEAGf6vXOt https://t.co/BEAGf6vXOt