The Argentine president questioned the political background of his Brazilian counterpart and recalled the role of both leaders in the creation of the São Paulo Forum, an organization that brings together Latin American left-wing parties and movements.
Argentine President Javier Milei launched new criticisms
against his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, questioning his
political trajectory and his historical ties to the late Cuban leader Fidel
Castro.
In his statements, Milei referred to the Brazilian president
with strong ideological labels and pointed to his political relationship with
Castro, with whom he shared initiatives to coordinate left-wing forces in Latin
America.
"The socialist dictator Lula da Silva is the father of
the São Paulo Forum along with the sinister Fidel Castro," the Argentine
president stated, in a declaration that once again highlights the profound
ideological differences between the two leaders.
The São Paulo Forum was created in 1990 at the initiative of
Brazil's Workers' Party, then led by Lula, and with the participation of Fidel
Castro. Its objective was to promote dialogue and coordination among left-wing
parties and organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean, following the
international political changes that occurred at the end of the Cold War, with
the aim of establishing left-wing governments on the continent.
Since assuming the Argentine presidency, Milei has
maintained a critical stance toward various left-wing governments and political
movements that he sees as destroying countries, while Lula represents a
political current historically linked to the defense of the left.