The government, and those responsible for this, have worked in the last hours to assume this Javier Miley will attend the G20 summitThe weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of this month in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is Miley’s second commitment as president of the forum, which brings together the world’s 20 major economies, both developed and emerging. It is a testimony that Argentina holds almost by accident. However, it is one of her most precious possessions.
last night, Presidency sources confirmed to PERFIL that Miley will not be going to South Africa. Sherpas, the president’s summit guide, Federico Pinedo and Foreign Minister Pablo Cuerno will do so. A diplomatic source who participated in organizing the same forum meeting in Argentina in 2018, the only time it was held here, warned of the president’s absence. “It would be a disrespect to the whole of Africa.”.
A year ago, Miley participated in the G20 meeting in Rio de JaneiroWhere he had his first and fleeting contact with Brazilian President Lula da Silva, in addition to a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. A few weeks before that encounter, Miley discovered the importance of taking care of her relationship ChinaMain destination for Argentine exports: In an interview with Susana Giménez, he dropped his previous attacks on Beijing and said they amounted to… “Very interesting business partner, because they don’t ask for anything“They’re just asking not to be disturbed.”
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Doubts were raised about Miley’s attendance over the weekend, after Donald Trump confirmed that the concert The United States will not send a delegation to the summit. Trump accused the South African government led by Cyril Ramaphosa, a member of the historic African National Congress, of caving in Serious human rights violations Of the Afrikaner minorities, the center of the apartheid regime that dominated South Africa until 1994, whites are descended from Dutch settlers, but also from the French and Germans.
He added: “It is a complete disgrace that the G20 summit is being held in South Africa. Africans are being killed and slaughtered Trump denounced in a post on his network, “Truth Social,” saying: “Their lands and farms are being illegally confiscated.” He added: “No government official will provide assistance as long as these violations continue.”
Spokesmen for the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs described Washington’s decision as “unfortunate” and said so Summit success ‘will not depend on one member state’. It remains to be seen whether it will depend on two member states….
There is no doubt that Miley’s absence from Johannesburg was affected by this controversial decision taken by the US President. How could you not think about it? The commitments made with the United States for financial rescue are unknown. From the North American Treasury, which averted a currency crisis on the threshold of the midterm elections. This, according to various analyses, contributed (as did the active intervention of Donald Trump) to the victory of the ruling party.
Miley was more inclined toward private party events, preferably in the United States, than global forums. He is an active member of what Juan Gabriel Tokatalyan rightly called the “reactionary international”. But its introduction into the world is underway Increasingly mediated by Washington.
What is happening in South Africa
Trump had filed his complaint about human rights violations on the occasion of the elections Ramaphosa’s visit to the White Houselast May. In what analysts do not hesitate to describe as an “ambush” (which Volodymyr Zelensky also suffered from), Trump showed a videotape to the President of South Africa in which a controversial leader expelled from the ruling party in South Africa was seen threatening white minorities (“Shoot the Boers”). Trump showed Ramaphosa articles on land seizures and other crimes and abuses He even used the word “genocide.”.
There is no evidence It indicates that genocide is being committed against the white minority in South Africa, according to the world’s major media. No opposition party, including those representing white minorities, denounced it. Versions, they agree, are part of Disinformation campaigns that often spread among far-right groups. the InsecurityHowever, it is a tragedy in that country. It affects whites and blacks alike. Report on ABC News Yesterday, quoting South African experts on this subject, he confirmed that the reason for the violent attacks on what we call shakarious here is theft, not racism. In 2024 they sign up 26 thousand murders: Only 37 were on farms. To give you an idea, there were 1,800 murders in Argentina last year, according to data from the Ministry of Security.
Trump’s hostility towards Ramaphosa may have other motives. South Africa accuses Israel of “genocide” before the International Criminal Court Because of his behavior in Gaza, which left tens of thousands dead. Ramaphosa compared Israel’s actions to… Apartheid.
G20
he G20 It is a very important forum for Argentina. As for the country, it has also begun to do so The importance of trade in South Africa.
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico They are the only three countries in Latin America that participate in the group. Our country was called in 1994 as one of the major debt-incurring countries, at a time when the economic reforms of minima were progressing. Well-known music. In the words of Guillermo Nielsen, former Finance Minister Argentina was invited “not by virtue but by default: excessive debt.” that have accumulated and the risks this entails for emerging economies.”
The G20 is a key scenario for coordinating Argentina’s foreign relations with major global powers. It is known that Miley doesn’t find pluralism attractive. Vivid examples: he did not travel to the climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon, which discusses the devastating effects of global warming, because he rejects its assumptions (and neither does Trump, although Lula invited him personally); Miley also did not participate in the CELAC-European Union summit held last weekend in Colombia, due to his ideological differences with Gustavo Petro.
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As for South Africa, it is The fourth destination for Argentine exports to the African continentmainly of agricultural and energy origin, but also refrigerators, cars and vaccines. The trade has taken place Historically in favor of Argentina. The Foreign Office announced in October 2024 that South Africa had recognized requirements to purchase bovine and porcine hemoglobin powder from our country, “representing a valuable trade opportunity for Argentina,” they noted at the time.
As we can see, it is difficult to justify the absence of the Argentine president from South Africa. Perhaps what lies behind the decision is just a situation Imitation with Trump.
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