The solidarity of Luis Inasio Lula da Silva with Christina Fernandez de Kirschner acts as a background of the two -day summit of Merkosur, which began on this environment in Buenos -Aires. The visit of the Brazilian leader to the former president, who meets house arrest in his department, was authorized by Argentine justice and adds tension with the leading Havier Miles. Both rulers have antagonistic visions about foreign policy and the integration of the regional bloc.
Miley is preparing to accept his peers from Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay on Thursday at the San Martin Palace, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The bilateral meeting is not expected with Lula and Silva, to whom the president of Argentina will be held by a professional in the presidency of Merkosur. This is his first visit to the country with the leader of the ultra -request in power. It is known that they are antagonistic ideological visions and that the president of Argentina is priority for his relations with Donald Trump, Jerome Bolsonaro and other emergency rights in the world. The contact will be limited by the removal of the protocol.
Nevertheless, the expectation of the visit planned to this Thursday, from Lula to San Jose 1111 Grows, where Christina Fernandez serves the prison of the House of Representatives, since Judge Horge Gorge authorized the petition represented by the lawyers of the former president. “Let him know that strict observance should be given a rule of conduct in order to refrain from accepting behavior that can violate the calmness of the region,” says the judicial text, known at noon.
Shape and background differences
Lul and Miley never had a direct dialogue, and they overcame strong criticism, especially the insults of Ultra Argentino, with the subsequent call to the attention from the leader of the working party. The fan of Trump, Miley, called the “thief” and “corrupt” Lule, who replied that the Argentine was saying “a lot of nonsense”.
In recent months, the tone softened, and diplomatic relations calmed down, but both leaders have avoided several times, despite the fact that over the past year and a half they coincided with the forums, including G20 in Rio de Zhanero. The efforts of their corresponding cabinets were to overcome a bilateral strategic connection.
The poor setting goes back to the support, which Lula expressed to the candidate from Peeonist Sergio Mass, the former Minister of Economy of the Government Alberto Fernandez. The latter visited Lula when he was imprisoned.
The current head of the state of Brazil was also convicted and imprisoned as part of the cause of corruption, which left him from the presidential race in 2018. Later, the Supreme Court rejected the reason for the consideration of its control, Lula restored his freedom, and then defeated Bolsonaro in the presidential election of 2022.
Two models in the fight
Lula and Milei represent two international insert models in the fight. One relies on regional integration, and the other offers to weaken Mrankur to make it more open to the world. The United States with good eyes will see that paragraph 32 was eliminated, which forces South America to negotiate with other countries or blocks.
From the very beginning, the head of Miley demonstrated his vision agreed with Washington, says Miguel Ponce, Konomist and foreign trade expert. “Miley, before Trump suggested, has already increased the need for the Argentine free trade agreement with the United States. Why? Because he understood that Merksur was a castle, difficulties in the development of Argentina, and that, therefore, he even thought that it was necessary to leave the block. Although the Lula is not a privilege not to use diplomatic links, so it will not be a privilege that align it with Trump.
At the current executive executive director, Argentina quit to enter the Brix (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the block to which Argentina was invited. In this regard, Ponse adds. “The abandonment of BRICS came from this definition of Miles in favor of Israel and the United States. Obviously, Lula was located on the other side of this scheme. ”
Despite the inconsistencies between the two largest economies in Mercosur, the founders -founders (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) agreed to increase products to a regular external tariff for 50 products for the country.
On its side, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina reported that Merksur and this (Iceland, the Principality of Lichtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation) completed negotiations on a contract that would create a free trade area of almost 300 million people, with a total gross domestic product of more than 4.3 trillion of dollars.
The meeting of the presidents also intends to confirm the importance of Merksosur in an agreement on free trade with the European Union (EU), signed in December last year after 25 years of negotiations, but which should be ratified by European countries and is faced with opposition to France.
Brazil will strive to advance to this Agreement, while the Miles government opposes greater resistance in accordance with Paris. An important characteristic of the contract is that if the EU approves it, it can then apply in practice unilaterally with any of the Mercosur members.
