The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, stated that Donald Trump’s government’s priority is not to seize Venezuela’s oil, but to “redesign the world order” and called for an end to “murderous socialism” in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
“It’s very interesting because Trump is redesigning the world order, and we stopped thinking in terms of globalization and started thinking in terms of geopolitics. And part of the geopolitical discussion is to end murderous socialism. Whether in Venezuela, Cuba or Nicaragua,” Milei declared on Tuesday night (6) to the channel Nerves.
The Argentine leader made a separation from the current global political context and trade agreements between the countries, emphasizing that he does not intend to break Argentina’s ties with China.
Asked about the US intervention in Venezuela, Milei said: “It’s stupid when they talk about wanting to take over the oil”, adding that, in any case, the relevance of controlling the oil is “cutting off the supply to the communists”.
“All these people who are so worried about Venezuela’s oil didn’t say a word when, for example, Cuba was consuming it. Or when it was going to Iran and the terrorists. It’s strange,” declared the president, pointing out that “the reason the US is removing Maduro from Venezuela is the relationship with drug trafficking.”
Furthermore, he reiterated his accusations against Chavismo for its “deep links with the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and Podemos”, for alleged electoral interference in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Bolivia, and for its “strategies of meddling and infiltration in countries to generate destabilization”.
Milei also reiterated his accusations that the Venezuelan regime was financed by drug trafficking, that it was involved in money laundering operations and that it had links with Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and groups such as the ELN and the FARC in Colombia.
“It is a narco-terrorist state, which exports terrorism. Today, the facets of terrorism have different variations. And it finances politicians, journalists, media outlets and businesspeople. That is why so many people are concerned about what is happening in Venezuela,” he added.
Milei was one of the first world leaders to express his support, on Saturday (3), for the US attack on Venezuela and the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro. Argentina also emphatically defended the Trump administration last Monday (5) before the United Nations Security Council, arguing that Venezuela’s dictatorship represents a direct threat both to its own country and to the entire Latin American region.
