Addressing the major event, the libertarian leader echoed Donald Trump’s diatribes against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, calling him a narco-terrorist who heads “an atrocious and inhumane dictatorship that casts a dark shadow over our region.”

In this regard, he emphasized that his government “welcomes the pressure from the United States and Donald Trump” and hinted at his desire for the Bolivarian government to be overthrown, stating that “the time for a timid approach on this matter has run out,” and invited the other Mercosur members to support this position.

He reiterated his support for opposition leader Corina Machado, who has repeatedly called for military intervention in her country, and called for the release of Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, who was detained a year ago by Venezuelan authorities as he attempted to cross from Colombia and was accused of participating in a subversive plot against the government.

He also asked that the bloc’s members provide permanent and unwavering support for “the sovereign rights of the Argentine Republic over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the surrounding maritime areas illegally occupied by the United Kingdom since 1833.”

As he did at the meeting of the mechanism in Buenos Aires, Milei reiterated his criticism of the group, arguing that institutions must be evaluated on their results and recalling that Mercosur was created with the mission of “promoting trade, increasing prosperity, integrating markets, and raising the competitiveness of our societies.

And none of those central objectives have been met,” he asserted. He criticized the bloc for being held back by protectionism, bureaucracy, and complacency, saying they “have sunk us into stagnation,” and demanded a change in its rules to allow for greater flexibility, enabling its members to agree to bilateral trade pacts like the one it is negotiating with the United States outside the bloc.

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