Le président argentin Milei reçu pour la première fois par le pape François

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Le président argentin Javier Milei est reçu pour la première fois lundi au Vatican par le pape François, natif comme lui de Buenos Aires, une audience destinée à aplanir leurs relations alors que l'Argentine connaît une situation économique explosive. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 President Ravier Millet was welcomed for the first time on Monday in the Vatican by Pope Francis,

00:05 native of Buenos Aires,

00:07 an audience destined to flatten their relationship while Argentina is in an explosive economic situation.

00:13 The 53-year-old ultraliberal economist,

00:16 who intends to rebuild Argentina, a world power at the cost of deregulation and privatization,

00:21 made his first official visit to Rome, two months after taking office.

00:26 Accompanied by his sister and the President's Secretary General,

00:30 as well as two ministers,

00:32 he arrived on Monday at 9 a.m., 8 a.m. GMT, at the Vatican Palace,

00:36 where he was received with honors reserved for heads of state,

00:39 said the AFP.

00:41 During their interview,

00:43 the two men ideologically at odds should discuss a possible trip of the Pope to Argentina,

00:48 where Rory Bergoglio has not returned since his election to the head of the Catholic Church in 2013.

00:54 After accusing the Pope of political interference last year,

00:57 Mr. Millet softened the tone, encouraging him to go to Argentina.

01:02 Accustomed to provocative and impulsive outings,

01:05 Ravier Millet had, during his electoral campaign,

01:08 treated the Pope as a "bad guy",

01:10 an "idiot" who promotes communism or "representative of the clever" on earth,

01:15 before radically changing his tone,

01:17 presenting him with his "excuses" and ensuring respect.

01:21 In November, however, François had called the newly elected president to congratulate him,

01:26 making fun of the latter in his own way,

01:29 and had sent him a rosary.

01:31 On Sunday, the two men appeared all smiling at a mass held in the Basilica of St. Peter

01:36 for the canonization of the First Saint of Argentina,

01:39 the religious and missionary of the 18th century Maria Antonia of San José,

01:43 known as Mama Antula.

01:46 Mr. Millet gave a "french accolade" to his 87-year-old compatriot who was moving in a wheelchair.

01:52 As tradition dictates, he will give the Pope several gifts,

01:56 including traditional Argentine biscuits with lemon and milk jam,

02:00 very much appreciated by the pontiff sovereign,

02:02 to indicate the government's spokesman.

02:04 He will also meet with the deans responsible for the Holy See

02:08 and will meet later in the day the Italian President Sergio Mattarella

02:12 and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

02:14 Inflation at more than 200%

02:17 This meeting comes at a time when Argentina is in a tense political context,

02:22 marked this week by the reversal of the Parliament of deregulation

02:25 at the foot of the charge of the economy wanted by Mr. Millet.

02:28 Structurally indebted and strangled by an inflation of more than 200% in 2023,

02:34 the third economy of Latin America is threatened with a recession in 2024,

02:38 under the effect of the first austerity measures decreed by Mr. Millet,

02:42 the devaluation of the PESO of 50%, the end of price control,

02:46 and that, step by step, of subsidies to transport and energy.

02:51 Everything seems to separate the libertarian and his extreme right-wing postures

02:54 from the Jesuit who take the most disadvantaged people's aid

02:56 and denounce the drifts in financial markets.

02:59 On the ecology, a strong theme of the pontificate,

03:02 Mr. Millet assures that climate change is not a responsibility of man,

03:06 where the Pope denounces the impact of man on the common house.

03:10 The two men radically diverge on the way to fight poverty,

03:14 which affects 40% of the Argentine population.

03:18 Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has not stopped pointing out

03:22 the inequalities generated by the market economy

03:24 and calling to protect the most vulnerable in society.

03:28 This diplomatic tour has previously led the Argentine president to Israel,

03:32 where he announced his "project" to move the Argentine embassy to Jerusalem.

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