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

‘Proxy for Trump’ Milei tours Latin America to meet far-right leaders

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Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on 16 July. Photograph: Mariana Nedelcu/Reuters

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, is not particularly fond of travelling to multilateral forums – it is not unusual for him to skip Mercosur summits, as he did a few weeks ago.

But on Saturday he begins a tour of Latin America to meet far-right leaders, starting in Brazil with the launch of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign against the leftwing incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ahead of October’s election.

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