Shortly before meeting with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in Buenos Aires on his first trip abroad after taking office for the third time, and hosting the seventh meeting of the CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), the Argentine leader, Alberto Fernández, stated that he foresees a difficult year.
"The real negative consequences of the War in Ukraine are now starting to become visible, and of the millions that the FAO [United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization] has anticipated that will go hungry, many of them may be Latin Americans," he says. "Apart from that, we have to worry about the institutions in our region. What is happening in Peru is very serious."
The Argentine leader also praised the way Lula reacted to the coup-plotting attacks in Brasilia and stated that something like this would very unlikely happen in Argentina, because the country has, according to him, "Armed Forces aligned with institutionality". "We must be alert, not allowing this to happen anywhere."
Translated by Cassy Dias