Milei sings ‘Burning love’ and laughs with Orban and Infantino in the USA, amid the general strike in Argentina; VIDEO

Milei sings ‘Burning Love’ and laughs with Orban and Infantino in the USA amid the strike in Argentina On a day of tension and general strike in Argentina, president Javier Milei appeared in a video that shows a relaxed atmosphere, singing the song “Burning love”, a hit by Elvis Presley, laughing with Viktor Orbán, Hungarian prime minister, and Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA. The scene took place in the United States, where Milei participates in the first meeting of the Peace Council created by Donald Trump, this Thursday (19), amid protests against the labor reform project in Argentina. Music was playing over the sound system at the event hosted by Trump. Milei, who was next to Orban, took the microphone to imitate Elvis hugging the Hungarian prime minister, with gestures of approval from Infantino. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp Target of protests in his own country due to the labor reform proposal he is trying to approve in Congress, Milei was one of the leaders who met with the US president in Washington and was praised by him in his speech. According to the AFP news agency, Milei offered Argentine troops to go to the Gaza Strip and help with the peace process, if necessary. Milei sings ‘Burning Love’ and laughs with Orban and Infantino in the USA amid the general strike in Argentina Reproduction / Social Networks General strike in Argentina The Argentine Chamber of Deputies begins discussing this Thursday (19) the labor reform project sent by Javier Milei’s government to Congress. The Senate already approved the text last week (see the main points). Argentina’s largest trade union federation, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), called the strike and, this Thursday, one of its leaders, Jorge Sola, celebrated what he classified as a “very significant” level of participation. The strike has “levels of participation never seen before under this government. There will be many who disagree, but the support is impressive, very significant,” the union leader told Radio con Vos. Argentine parliamentarians debate labor reform amid protests, in Buenos Aires Agustin Marcarian/Reuters In response to the strike, the Milei government ordered the press to follow “security measures”, which is an unusual attitude, and warned of “risk” situations in the protests expected in the coming days. “In order to reduce risk situations, it is recommended (to the press) to avoid positioning themselves between possible outbreaks of violence and the number of security forces deployed for the operation. In the face of acts of violence, our forces will act, said the Argentine Ministry of Security, in a statement. Protest in Argentina has confrontation between police and protesters Last Wednesday, thousands of people protested in the vicinity of Congress when the project was debated in the Senate. The demonstrations ended in clashes with the police and around 30 detained. The government’s expectation is that the proposal will be voted on in the Chamber plenary on February 25th and approved by March 1st, when Milei will open the period of ordinary sessions of the Legislature.

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