“Donald Trump asked me to come help his friend Javier Maile.”That’s how strong the description he gave was US Ambassador to Argentina Peter Lamelasfrom the personal bond that the North American president maintains with his Argentine counterpart.
He did so at an end-of-year cocktail party organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AmCham), which was attended by important figures in the libertarian government such as Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni; Foreign Minister Pablo Cuerno; Counselor Santiago Caputo; Interior Minister Diego Santilli; Security Minister Alejandra Monteoleva; Health Minister Mario Lugones; And the head of the House of Representatives, Christian Ritondo. He appeared for the first time in his first appearance Diplomatic activity as Minister of Defence, General Carlos Presti, Who was wearing a suit and tie and was accompanied by his wife, Veronica Beltramino.
“Trump asked me to come to help his friend Javier Miley, and he did not ask me to come to help any government or any party, but he told me directly to come here to help my friend,” said Lamelas, who is always accompanied by his wife, Stephanie Lamelas, as expressive as Trump’s new representative in Argentina who appeared before the guests on Thursday, very proud of his Cuban origin and humble origins. An anti-communist who later became an American citizen from Florida, he made a fortune in the United States where he held all the positions in medicine, and today he is an entrepreneur in this sector.
In this regard, it became clear in the middle of a sometimes read, sometimes improvised speech, in which he indicated that he knew he had to be “neutral” but that he “didn’t” have to “do it.” “I have the luxury that when I was young, we left communism (because of my family) and that is the democratic, pro-market ideology. Not the socialist ideology. I worked in the United States, my parents worked. We didn’t have anything. I have enough money now and I can do what I want. I’m retired and the president called me. I’m here to do a job that needs to be done here,” he said.
Then he stressed, as Trump himself said: “We have to support this government.” He said they should accompany companies and industries located here. “I’m not here to get involved in domestic politics,” he explained, without giving details of what that means because last July he said in Congress that he would travel to the provinces with a strongly anti-China and “corruption” speech, which caused Beijing to respond with refusal.
He stated in his speech that the trade agreement that was announced weeks ago would be signed “soon.” He indirectly confirmed that he was hoping that Donald Trump would pay a visit to Argentina, which is in fact the wish of every ambassador. Lamelas was also accompanied by two and three members of the embassy, Heidi Gomez and Lydia Barraza.
Among the various guest conversations, two relevant pieces of information emerged from Miley’s international agenda: In January, the President will once again participate in the Davos Forum, accompanied by the Chancellor. Kernow will also travel with the president in March to New York to meet with business leaders.
Very active, the Chancellor, accompanied by his wife, was congratulated by many present as they confirmed that he had reopened the doors of the Palace of San Martin, integrating the Ministry into the rest of the Cabinet. Clarion He also learned that the advisor was right Details of the Mercosur Presidents’ Summit in Brazil in the next few days.
The US ambassador referred to Argentina on several occasions as a country that “will be great again.”
From the US Chamber of Commerce, Alejandro Diaz was among the many authorities. Among the businessmen present were Manuel Santos Uribelaria (owner of MSU), Facundo Gomez Minujín (CEO of JP Morgan), Martin Genesio (CEO of AES), Andrea Previtali (President of Tenares Cuno Sur), and Carlos Mundin Jr. (Owner of BTU). From politics, Senators Carolina Losada and Maxi Abad.
Lamelas said so Trump wants to help Argentina “because it is a government that understands that we need capitalismMarket and support businesses so they can make money.