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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Lula visits former Argentinian president under house arrest in snub to Milei

a man and woman pose side by side
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva poses with Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in Buenos Aires. Photograph: Ricardo Stuckert/Brazilian Presidency/Reuters

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has eschewed a one-on-one meeting with the Argentinian president, Javier Milei, during a trip to Buenos Aires, instead opting to visit Milei’s political rival, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who is under house arrest.

Lula was in the Argentinian capital on Thursday to attend the Mercosur summit.

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