Argentine President Javier Milei on Monday described his country’s recent vote at the United Nations against the economic embargo that the United States imposed on Cuba and which led to the oust the then chancellor, Diana Mondino.
“It cost him his job after 30 minutes,” said Milei about Mondino’s setback and his expulsion in an interview he gave to Amalia “Yuyito” González—his current partner—in the program that the latter hosts on the television channel Ciudad Magazine.
Milei, a libertarian who took power in December, appointed Gerardo Werthein, who left his ambassadorship in Washington, to replace Mondino.
Argentina was one of the 187 members of the United Nations that on October 30 demonstrated in favor of ending the economic embargo on the island, which was imposed by the United States in 1960 after the revolution led by Fidel Castro and the nationalization of properties. belonging to US citizens and corporations.
After taking office in December 2023, Milei made a drastic turn in the foreign policy of the South American country and aligned himself unconditionally with the United States and Israel, the two nations that voted against the resolution at the United Nations.
“I had defined that my alignment in the world was with the United States and Israel: you cannot go to a vote in which all the countries are on one side and the United States and Israel are on the other. And we had to be there, no of the other,” the president stressed.
Furthermore, in the interview with his girlfriend, the president referred to the “purge” he ordered in the chancellery. “All those responsible for this are going to be sued and fired. “They are traitors to the country,” he noted and continued: “We are looking at the legal format by which to throw them out. Foreign policy is set by the president, you cannot go and vote for anything because it is your opinion.”
Milei said that those foreign ministry officials who influenced Argentina’s vote — whom he did not identify — “are in love with international bureaucracy,” live “a parasitic life” and are a “set of fatally arrogant imbeciles who believe they can “manage life for the rest.”
When Mondino was fired, the government released a statement stating that Argentina “categorically opposes the Cuban dictatorship and will remain firm in promoting a foreign policy that condemns all regimes that perpetuate the violation of human rights and freedoms.” “individuals.”
A day after being fired, Mondino, who is an economist, pointed out that as chancellor he did “everything possible, with great effort and dedication” and did not target the president. “I know that he has firm ideas and above all that he has the courage to maintain them. I can only say that there is a lot of work ahead and I will accompany you from wherever you are,” he stated.
Mondino’s performance at the head of the chancellery had other surprises.
Days ago, this ministerial portfolio had to delete a statement about the Malvinas Islands after a scandal broke out for identifying them as “Falklands”, the name given by the English to the archipelago in the South Atlantic that is the subject of a dispute over its sovereignty with Great Britain. .
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