Alberto Fernandez participated in the Puebla Group meeting with Vice President Maduro in Bolivia

Former Argentine president Alberto Fernandez Agree on Bolivia With the Vice President of Venezuela Delcy RodriguezAn ally of the regime he heads Nicolas Maduro. Both were part of the symposium “The New Regional Financial Architecture. Challenges for Better Integration in a Changing World”, held in Santa Cruz de las Sierra, where key members participated in the so-called Puebla groupwith center-left references from Latin America.

The presence of the former president at this event was attended by the President of Bolivia himself. Luis Arcewho posted a photo on social networks in which he appears, in addition to Fernandez and Rodriguez, the former Spanish president, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapateroamong other space leaders.

In the meeting with the Venezuelan leader The United States accused “to commit”Economic and social genocideAgainst his country.

Rodriguez stated that the international financial system is currently “ruled by the United States, in a way that makes it one of the most brilliant tools of economic aggression possessed by the ‘hegemon’ in the world today.” The leader considered the design of a new regional financial structure “necessary” so as not to be “exposed” to what happened to her country, which in five years was subjected to “one of the most horrific siege operations.” According to the Venezuelan Vice President, more than 26,000 “unilateral coercive measures” have been applied in the world, 930 of which have affected Venezuela.

For his part, Ars celebrated the meeting. “We had an interesting meeting in Santa Cruz with the sister Vice-President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, and the brothers, former presidents and Latin American leaders of the Puebla Group, where we shared their experiences and conclusions from the symposium. “We share the results of our productive and community-based socio-economic model,” commented the Bolivian President. Via his account on X.

According to the Bolivian portal PotosiThe presence of Latin American progressivism leaders also had the goal of mediating the tense relationship between Arce and his predecessor, Evo MoralesThis is within the framework of a strong internal campaign ahead of the upcoming elections.

“Before this event, people around the so-called Puebla Group indicated that one of the goals of the visit to Santa Cruz was to meet separately with the leaders of the Movement Toward Socialism,” the Bolivian publication said regarding the photo among members of the Socialist Movement. Leaders. . Both Morales and Arce – who was economy minister during the presidency of his now political rival – maintain an intense power struggle in Bolivia.

In the photo published by Arce you can see the former leaders of Spain, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero; From Colombia, Ernesto Samper, and from Argentina, Alberto Fernandez; Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America – People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Jorge Arreaza, and Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, among other regional leaders, according to the portal.

Alberto Fernandez has repeatedly expressed his sympathy for Bolivian leaders. The former Argentine president claimed that he intervened to save the life of Evo Morales, when the political crisis that resulted from his re-election attempt occurred and ended with his overthrow in 2019. “In Bolivia, a coup was carried out,” the then Argentine president said on that occasion: “as a result of the combined actions of violent civilians and police officers.” Who imposed self-quarantine and army passivity.” Later, Evo Morales obtained asylum and lived in Argentina for months, before the institutional exit that the crisis took place in that country.

At the beginning of 2023, in another sign of compatibility with the neighboring country, Alberto Fernandez proposed including Bolivia in the nomination list of countries in the region to organize the 2030 World Cup.

“Our Argentine national team has brought the World Cup to our continent, and we will be pleased if after 100 years the World Cup returns to where it all began: South America. This nomination comes from the entire continent. For this reason, I would like and will propose that our sister country Bolivia be part of the “This dream.”