Milei makes snap trip to Ushuaia to meet Southern Command Chief Richardson
Friday, April 5th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Argentine President Javier Milei made a snap trip to Ushuaia late Thursday to meet US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson after Governor Gustavo Melella refused to welcome her and insisted she was “persona non grata.”
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During a press conference in the wee hours of Friday, Milei highlighted that Richardson's presence in the country was key “to strengthening alliances” because “we Argentines as a people have a natural affinity with the United States, we both belong to the Western tradition.”
“A tradition that has at its base the ideas of freedom, the defense of life and private property,” Milei added. Milei also thanked US President Joseph Biden's support to his administration before addressing the problem of illegal fishing in Argentine waters in addition to criticizing Communism.
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According to Infobae, “the scenario of the President's meeting with General Richardson is not a coincidence: [Chinese President] Xi Jinping is pushing for the construction of a port in Tierra del Fuego which would allow Beijing to monitor the bioceanic passage and place an enclave of its own at the gates of Antarctica.”
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