The President Javier Milei I will be leaving this Monday evening Oslo to take part in the award ceremony Nobel Peace Prize to the Venezuelan leader Maria Corina MachadoLeader of Vente Venezuela and opponent of the government of Nicolas Maduro. The invitation had been sent personally to Milei days ago and his presence was confirmed over the weekend. His return is scheduled for Thursday evening.
The stay will be short given the upcoming legislative plan: on Wednesday the 10th the sessions of the extraordinary period begin, during which the 2026 budget and the package of labor, tax and pension reforms will be debated. The Secretary General of the Presidium, Karina MileiHe would be his only companion for the time being.
Machado was honored in October by the Norwegian Nobel Committee “for her tireless work to promote the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for her fight for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” The ceremony will take place on Wednesday at Oslo City Hall and will be attended by leaders such as Santiago Pena (Paraguay), Daniel Noboa (Ecuador) and José Raúl Mulino (Panama), in addition to the Venezuelan opponent Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiareceived by Milei at Casa Rosada in January.
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From those around the president, they emphasize the political gesture of the trip. “Argentina is on the right side of history. For peace and freedom,” said the Undersecretary of State for Press, Javier Lanariby confirming the President’s participation.
Relations between Buenos Aires and Caracas are in one of the most tense chapters since Milei came to power in 2023. The most recent conflict occurred on December 8, 2024, when Argentine Gendarme Nahuel Gallo was arrested in Venezuela on charges of espionage. The case triggered a difficult diplomatic dispute and renewed criticism from the Argentine government about the human rights situation in the Caribbean country.
Almost a year after the arrest of the former security minister Patricia Bullrich He assured that Gallo’s repatriation was “an active commitment” and that they were working “non-stop” to make it possible. His comments coincided with a new presentation by Argentina to the International Criminal Court to speed up its intervention in the face of the “deterioration” of Venezuelan institutions, a gesture that aimed to Caracas responded with accusations of “hypocrisy” and “double standards”.
The international escalation is also increasing the pressure: the United States – a country towards which Argentina’s foreign policy is aimed – has tightened its position in recent days with the closure of Venezuelan airspace and warnings of possible military action, thereby exacerbating the climate of regional insecurity.
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The rapprochement between Milei and Machado is not new. In 2024, two days before Venezuela’s elections, both claimed a Telephone conversation in which the leader thanked the Argentine president for his support of her candidacy and the democratic cause. Milei then pledged to maintain his support for “democratic values and freedom,” a line he reaffirmed with his presence in Oslo.
Although Machado claims to live in secret and be under constant threat, his leadership has managed to assert itself at the international level. The Nobel Prize now gives her the award Center of a global scene which Milei seeks to accompany, even amid a hectic internal agenda and an open diplomatic front with Caracas.
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