Official dismissal of the Vice President of Uruguay in light of the crisis between Javier Miley and Victoria Villarroel

What happened on Thursday to the Vice President of Uruguay, Beatriz Argemon, would not have attracted attention if the relationship between the government of Luis Lacalle Pue and Javier Miley had been as smooth as expected.

But it is not. Argemon arrived in Buenos Aires for a few hours on Thursday To give a reading on “Challenges Facing Women in Politics in Latin America,” On the dates around March 8, she was involuntarily affected by the crisis between Miley and her Vice President Victoria Villarroel during the Senate session and the treatment of the DNU.

The star guest at the Eastern Embassy was VillarroelBut he missed. Of course, he apologized and apologized.

It was the highlight of the reception A photo of the two vice presidents at the diplomatic headquarters run by political leader Carlos “Pajaro” Enciso.

Clarion He was at the cocktail party in Uruguay where everyone was present except Villarroel. Argemon was also unable to see Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, without giving a reason, who had just gone on a working trip to Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan.

From what this newspaper was able to learn, Uruguayans understood Villarroel's mistake as part of the country's political and economic emergency. They understood Mondino because ultimately, it was the State Department that would come in, and they adequately addressed the lack of presidential interest in the neighborhood.

In fact, after many detours, they sent diplomat Martin García Moritan as ambassador to Uruguay. And they did it very quickly. The last and great gesture they appreciated in Montevideo was that the libertarian government gave the green light to Uruguay Increased dredging to 14 meters in the Río de la Plata channel leading to the port of its capital.

But all those who attended the Enciso cocktail party on the occasion of Argemon's arrival spoke everywhere about it President Miley's rudeness towards Lacalle Pou, And to the region. In this regard, he did not speak to anyone on the phone and never responded “yes” or “no” to the invitation of the President of Uruguay to have a barbecue at the Ancorina presidential residence in Colonia.

President Lacalle Pou invited him to Miley on December 10 at a kissing party in Casa Rosada, during the presidential inauguration of the economist, who, unlike what he did with other presidents, did not give him a double.

The only person who was different was Santiago Peña, who boarded his plane and came to visit him a few weeks ago to address bilateral issues of concern to him. But it is the newly elected president who must travel.

It is true that Miley has a style that is 180 degrees different from politicians in internal and external matters. As we have seen, he insults those he considers communists. He boarded a plane to see Donald Trump at a conference of extremist speakers in the United States at the end of last February, and wished him to win the presidency next November. He did so hours after receiving Antony Blinken, Joe Biden's secretary of state, in Buenos Aires. For Democrats, all of this was seen as “treason.”

The president ultimately maintains a working relationship even with those he considers enemies, but he has a special way that will be reflected in his upcoming trip to Europe. With the exception of the scheduled visit to France and Ukraine, these are private visits and not official visits. He seems completely indifferent to the connection with Latin America, starting with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. But there is mutual rejection.