Argentina’s ‘China-Bashing’ New President Reaches Out to Xi Jinping for Help: Report

Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, gestures from a balcony of the Casa Rosada government palace during his inauguration day in Buenos Aires on December 10, 2023. Luis ROBAYO / AFP

After bashing China during his presidential campaign and vowing to downgrade ties, Argentina’s new leader, Javier Milei, is reportedly reaching out personally to Chinese President Xi Jinping to request continued financial support as Argentina’s economic crisis worsens.

Leading conservative newspaper La Nación cited unnamed “high officials” in a report on Tuesday that Milei sent a letter to Xi “requesting support to accelerate the process and obtain the funds to face urgent maturities with the International Monetary Fund.”

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