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The former Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica questioned President Javier Milei, whom he criticized not only for his political postulates but also for the current economic situation and the increase in poverty in Argentina. “Milei is more difficult than a headwind”, ironically expressed the leader of the Frente Amplio (FA).
As mentioned The Country of Uruguay, the former head of state historically questioned the figure of “capitalist anarchist,” and assured that in the past anarchists were against the State and property. “I’ve never seen anything like it. This one (by Milei) embraces property and is against the State,” he analyzed.
Likewise, he was concerned about the situation in Argentina and considered that it is mainly important as it is a neighboring country with which trade ties can be generated. “How can I not worry, brother?” he launched and continued: “It is convenient for us to have an Argentina that is doing well, that the porteñada comes to attack Punta del Este, that spends money”.
This is not the first time that the Uruguayan refers critically to President Milei. In May 2024, the 89-year-old former president had drawn a kind of parallel between the contexts that gave rise to the triumphs of Javier Milei and Adolf Hitler. “This is what happened to the Weimar Republic in the 1930s. The most cultured, most developed people in Europe ended up voting for Hitler. A crazy, crazy thing. They are also wrong. People can make mistakes because hyperinflation makes people desperate. And so he is able to bet on anything that is against him,” he said.
In a newspaper interview Folha de S. Paulo in which he analyzed the political situation in Latin America, he took the opportunity to question Kirchnerism’s lack of self-criticism to explain the current context in Argentina. “They don’t take charge. The worst thing is that there is no self-critical vision because that did not happen by order of the gods, it happened due to human errors.“, he expressed, about the responsibility of the previous administration regarding the triumph of the liberals in the November elections.
Prior to this, in April, he had described him as “impulsive and rushed.””and also considered that this attitude is what “screwed up” the relationship with Brazil, in reference to when the President had called the current president, Lula Da Silva, a communist and corrupt, during an interview that Milei had with the journalist Jaime Bailyin November 2023.
“I am very sorry that Milei screwed up because it relaxed Lula. She has every right to think what she wants, but a man at the head of a country cannot say that about a neighboring country. The relationship has been screwed,” she said in an interview. In addition, he reiterated his wishes that Argentina do well, since much of the tourists’ money is spent in the neighboring country. “The Argentine middle class that comes to spend the summer here can leave behind a lot of money, work and everything else. That’s a value. A balanced Argentina suits us,” she expressed.
In this way, he hoped that the government project of the leader of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) “gives results and puts Argentina on trial.”
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