He President Gabriel Boric greeted the far-right Javier Milei for his electoral victory this Sunday, which makes him the next president of Argentina.
«I salute Javier Milei for his victory and Sergio Massa for his worthy recognition of defeat,» the Chilean President reacted through a tweet on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
«I wish the Argentine people the best and know that they will always have our respect and support. As President of Chile, I will work tirelessly to keep our sister nations united and collaborating for the well-being of all,» he promised.
Today the Argentine people had a democratic day to elect their President for the next four years.
I salute Javier Milei for his victory and Sergio Massa for his worthy recognition of defeat. I wish the Argentine people the best and know that they will always have…
— Gabriel Boric Font (@GabrielBoric) November 20, 2023
On the other hand, the former president Sebastián Piñera He dedicated an effusive message to Milei’s «great presidential triumph» and «to the Argentine people for a beautiful democratic day.»
«May the ideas and forces of freedom guide and lead Argentina along the paths of freedom, justice and progress.«, he expressed.
Congratulations to @JMilei for his great presidential victory and to the Argentine people for a beautiful democratic day.
May the ideas and forces of Freedom guide and lead Argentina along the paths of Freedom, Justice and Progress.
— Sebastian Piñera (@sebastianpinera) November 20, 2023
Meanwhile, the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvawished «good luck and success» to the new Argentine Government, in a message on his social networks in which he recognized that «democracy is the voice of the people», although he didn’t mention Mileiwho won the elections in the neighboring country against the Peronist Sergio Massa.
«Argentina is a great country and deserves all our respect»wrote Lula, who during the campaign in Argentina was branded by Milei as «communist» and corrupt»to add that «Brazil will always be available to work with our Argentine brothers.»
Democracy is by voice of the people, and it must always be respected. My thanks to the Argentine institutions for the conduct of the electoral process and for the Argentine people who participated in the electoral day in an orderly and peaceful manner.
I wish good fortune and success to the new government. TO…
— Lula (@LulaOficial) November 19, 2023
USA INVITES TO WORK TOGETHER ON ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT
For its part, the United States congratulated Milei on his victory and invited him to work together on the economy, human rights, democracy and combating the climate crisis.
«Congratulations to Javier Milei and the Argentine people! We look forward to working together on shared priorities that benefit the people of our two countries.«, the United States ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, published on social networks.
The diplomat cited as possible areas of cooperation «the protection of human rights and the democracythe fight against climate changethe improvement of the climate of investments and investment in middle class«.
This was the first reaction of the US Government after the Peronist candidate Sergio Massa publicly acknowledged his defeat in the Argentine elections even before the official results were known.