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Argentine Lawmakers Visit Brasília to Distance Congress from Milei

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A nine-member Argentine delegation met officials in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government and Brazilian senators in Brasília.
  • The lawmakers said Milei’s insults toward Lula did not represent Argentina’s Congress or most of the country’s political leadership.
  • Brazilian officials expressed interest in restoring bilateral ties while avoiding moves that could raise tensions before Brazil’s October 4 election.

Nine Argentine legislators from seven parliamentary blocs arrived in Brasília with a message they repeated in meeting after meeting: Javier Milei’s insults toward Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva do not speak for Argentina’s Congress or most of its political leadership.

The delegation met José Guimarães, Lula’s minister of institutional relations, and Celso Amorim, the president’s special adviser for international affairs. It also met Vice Foreign Minister María Laura da Rocha at Itamaraty and senators at the Brazilian Senate. The Argentine lawmakers viewed the meeting with Amorim as one of the day’s strongest signals because he oversees Lula’s foreign policy.

No one wins with this tension.

— Nelsinho TradThe Brazilian senator described the costs of tensions between Argentina and Brazil.

Brazilian officials said they wanted to restore bilateral relations, but also believed Brazil’s electoral process, scheduled for October 4, should proceed without moves that might create new friction. Senator Nelsinho Trad, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the delegation after a closed-door meeting that “No one wins with this tension.” He said ideological disputes should not affect trade, investment or cooperation in energy and defense.

frank and cordial

— ItamaratyBrazil’s Foreign Ministry characterized its meeting with the Argentine legislators.

The delegation included Nicolás Massot, Germán Martínez, Victoria Tolosa Paz, Martín Lousteau, Maximiliano Ferraro, Oscar Herrera Ahuad, Eduardo Falcone, Esteban Paulón and Senator María Florencia López. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira had also delayed his departure for Montevideo the previous day to meet four legislators who had already arrived. Itamaraty later described that conversation as “frank and cordial.”

The Argentine lawmakers said the reception exceeded expectations, citing lengthy meetings and the presence of full Brazilian government teams. Massot, one of the trip’s organizers, described the visit as a gesture of “brotherhood and redress.”

brotherhood and redress

— Nicolás MassotMassot described the purpose of the Argentine delegation’s visit.
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