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On Wednesday March 27, Colombia ordered the expulsion of Argentine diplomats. It’s on the front page of the Colombian and Argentinian press. Officially, we do not know the rank of diplomats who will be forced to leave the country. The newspaper The Spectator talks about the expulsion of the ambassador and his team. In any case, this decision was taken after insults uttered by Argentinian President Javier Milei towards his Argentinian counterpart.
During an interview with the channel CNNJavier Milei described Gustavo Petro as “ assassin ” and of ” terrorist “. The interview will be broadcast in its entirety next Sunday, CNN has already broadcast excerpts. According to the American channel, Javier Milei also attacked Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, calling him “ ignorant ».
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The consequences of the expulsion of diplomats
For the moment, it is impossible to say what the consequences of the expulsion of the diplomats will be, but the Argentine newspaper Clarin sees the two countries already on the brink of a diplomatic rupture. Clarin points out that this is not the first time that Javier Milei insults Gustavo Petro, who had already compared his Argentinian counterpart to Hitler. So the verbal attacks between the two leaders do not date from yesterday, recalls week. If the Colombian president’s supporters support the diplomatic sanction taken by Petro, the right-wing opposition describes it as ” burst of anger “. She questions the risk of a breakdown in relations with Argentina while the Colombian government continues to tolerate the political situation in Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro’s main rival for the presidential election has been disqualified. It can be read in The Spectator.
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Brazil criticizes the situation in Venezuela for the first time
Last Tuesday, the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed his concern over the impossibility for opposition candidate Corina Yoris to register her candidacy. This is an important change of tone, comments Folha de Sao Paulo, recalling that President Lula had until now always shown his support for Nicolas Maduro. For the latter, Brazil’s diplomatic shift seems to be ” dictated by the United States “.
A reaction ” hard “, writing Folha de Sao who, however, understands that Venezuela would not risk a major crisis with its Brazilian ally. An opinion shared by Itamary, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Venezuelan reaction to criticism from Brasilia is above all intended for Venezuelan opinion, therefore for internal use, according to a diplomatic source cited by the newspaper Sao Paulo State.
Haiti: Unicef’s cry of alarm
According to Catherine Russell, the director general of Unicef, cited by the Miami Herald, violence and instability in the country have created a health and food crisis that could cost the lives of countless children. The organization strongly condemned the attack on a school in Port-au-Prince which deprives more than 1,000 children of their right to education. According to Unicef, a total of 200,000 children have no longer been able to go to school since the outbreak of violence at the start of the year.
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