\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin accused Argentine President Javier Milei of interfering in Brazils elections and internal affairs \u201cin a gross manner,\u201d calling his conduct \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alckmin\u2019s remarks came after Milei insulted Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva while appearing at a political event in So Paulo on Saturday to support presidential candidate and Lulas main rival in the October 4 elections Flvio Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is unfortunate that the president of a neighboring, friendly country, and a fellow member of Mercosur, is doing a disservice to his own nation,\u201d Alckmin said, according to Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.<\/p>\n
\u201cA president should not get involved in another country\u2019s election. On top of interfering in Brazil\u2019s internal affairs, doing so in such a rude manner is unacceptable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Alckmin noted that Brazil is Argentina\u2019s largest trading partner and said Milei\u2019s remarks were particularly regrettable at a time when Mercosur was enjoying positive momentum. He made the comments during a round of trade talks between Brazil and South Korea attended by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.<\/p>\n
Alckmin is the highest-ranking Brazilian government official to respond publicly to Milei\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
Lula, meanwhile, chose to brush them aside. Asked by reporters on Tuesday about Milei\u2019s remarks, the Brazilian president replied with a laugh: \u201cWho is that guy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Milei\u2019s comments Milei attended a national convention of Brazil\u2019s Liberal Party on Saturday to support the presidential nomination of far-right candidate Flvio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n
During his speech, Milei called Lula a \u201cthief\u201d and a \u201ctotalitarian,\u201d and said Flvio Bolsonaro was the only candidate capable of defeating him and saving Brazil from \u201csocialism.\u201d While Milei has made similar attacks before, it was the first time he did so while visiting Brazil.<\/p>\n
He also criticized Lula\u2019s economic policies, saying: \u201cProfligacy, sooner or later, comes with a price, and let us hope the one who caused it pays for it by losing at the ballot box in October.\u201d<\/p>\n
Milei also referred to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as \u201cbald garbage\u201d for denying him permission to visit former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence under house arrest in Braslia after being convicted of plotting a coup and the assassination of Lula, following his 2022 election.<\/p>\n
You may also be interested in: Milei mistakes provocation for diplomacy<\/p>\n
Diplomatic crisis deepens Rather than soften his rhetoric, Milei continued sharing posts critical of Lula on X in the days that followed.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Argentine presidential spokesperson Adrin Ravier downplayed the dispute, saying that \u201cthere have always been insults from both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe this is a matter of ideological and political differences, but Argentina has never taken those differences into the diplomatic arena,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, Brazil recalled its ambassador to Argentina, Julio Bitelli, in response to Milei\u2019s remarks. Folha de S.Paulo reported that Brazil\u2019s Foreign Ministry will decide whether to return Bitelli to Buenos Aires depending on how relations with the Milei administration develop.<\/p>\n
Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported that local experts described the dispute as unprecedented in recent history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brazil\u2019s Foreign Ministry also said in a statement that it has no record of a foreign president repeatedly insulting a Brazilian president, the country\u2019s democratic institutions and the Brazilian people while on Brazilian soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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