Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel was the main speaker at a ceremony in Ushuaia marking the 43rd anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War. Her participation at an event separate from the one headed by President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires transpired internal differences within the once successful electoral ticket.
2 commentsThe April 2 Malvinas War Veteran's Day holiday will showcase the rift in the Argentine Government much more than it would highlight any question of sovereignty and patriotism. While President Javier Milei will head the ceremony in the Buenos Aires district of Retiro, where a cenotaph remembers thhose fallen in the 1982 conflict, Vice President Victoria Villarruel -who was not invited- is to attend an event in Ushuaia to join a group of former combatants, which her late father also was.
13 commentsArgentina Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni posted on X Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel was to be briefed shortly that she was to take over the Executive Branch given President Javier Milei's trip to Washington to attend Donald Trump's inauguration and to Davos for a World Economic Forum (WEF) convention, among other engagements.
Argentine President Javier Milei insisted from Italy that Thursday's session during which Senator Edgardo Kueider was expelled from the Upper House after being arrested in Paraguay with US$ 200,000 of undeclared cash was not valid because it was chaired by Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who, at that time, was in charge of the Executive. Other analysts shared that view.
Buenos Aires dawned Friday with posters of Vice President Victoria Villarruel apparently launching a political movement of her own, which further stirred the political momentum amid tensions between her and President Javier Milei. The phenomenon sparked a series of accusations as to who was behind the initiative, of which the Senate Speaker's Office denied any knowledge.
Argentine President Javier Milei admitted implicitly in a TV interview Wednesday that no love is lost between him and Vice President Victoria Villarruel. The Libertarian leader acknowledged that the Senate's Speaker decided no longer to participate in cabinet meetings and claimed that she belonged to the so-called “red circle” of power, which we call “the caste.”
Argentine President Javier Milei said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would like to be the one “to put the last nail in the coffin of Kirchnerism with Cristina inside.” By “Cristina” he meant two-time former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).
Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel met Monday in Madrid with her Senate Speaker colleague Pedro Rollán on the opening day of her first trip abroad since her inauguration last year.
The South Atlantic understanding, (and by extension to the Falkland Islands), agreed this week between the Argentine foreign minister and the UK foreign secretary has triggered quite strong reactions, reflecting an atmosphere of disarray in the Argentine political system.
Vice Presidents Beatriz Argimón of Uruguay and Victoria Villarruel of Argentina met in Buenos Aires during an international workshop where the Venezuelan crisis after the controversial July 28 elections was discussed, among other topics. Both Senate Speakers agreed on a proposed summit to discuss the case.