Argentina's president says he is working with up to 10 regional right-wing leaders to form a bloc that will "embrace the ideas of freedom" and tackle "the cancer of socialism."
President Javier Milei said he is working with his regional allies to create a new bloc that "embraces the ideas of freedom" and confronts "the cancer of socialism."
In an interview with CNN, Argentina's head of state said that around 10 countries were interested in forming an alliance to coordinate policies.
"We haven't given it a name yet, but there is already a group of 10 countries we are working with and will continue to move forward," Milei told the news network in an interview, without naming the nations.
Milei said the bloc would take on "the cancer of socialism in its different versions, whether 21st-century socialism or woke ideology – not to mention the more extreme versions."
The remarks were made during an interview Milei granted to journalist Andrés Oppenheimer. The full recording, which was taped last week at the Casa Rosada, is due to be aired on January 11.
Oppenheimer later said on social media that the interview includes Milei's views on the crisis in Venezuela, Argentina's relationship with China and whether he "wants to perpetuate himself in power."
Asked about recent victories for right-wing or centre-right presidential candidates in South America, such as José Antonio Kast in Chile, Rodrigo Paz in Bolivia or Daniel Noboa in Ecuador, Milei told CNN: 'It seems the region has woken up from the nightmare of 21st-century socialism – people are discovering that it is, in fact, a sham, that the whole veneer of supposed goodwill is nothing more than a sentimental, lying and deceptive narrative, designed so that a group of outlaws can seize power and impoverish the population."
Milei has shown great ideological affinity with rightist regional leaders, voicing support for Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and the recently elected Nasry Asfura in Honduras.
Outside the region, Milei has expressed his willingness to forge alliances with leaders including Donald Trump of the United States, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Viktor Orbán of Hungary and Giorgia Meloni of Italy.
During Meloni's visit to Argentina in November 2024, Milei said he wanted to create "an alliance of free nations, united against tyranny and misery," though that idea later lost momentum.
Milei is scheduled to take part in the World Economic Forum, which will be held in Davos, Switzerland, between January 19 and January 23.
– TIMES/AFP/NA
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