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President Milei to Visit Italy and Attend Davos Forum in Early 2025

Argentine President Javier Milei will visit Italy in mid-December and participate in the Davos Economic Forum in Switzerland in January, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced on Tuesday.
“It is likely that he will depart from Buenos Aires to Rome on December 13 and return on the 15th, though this may be subject to logistical adjustments,” the spokesperson said during a press conference.
He also confirmed that “the president will attend the (economic forum) in Davos,” scheduled for January 20-24, 2025, though the exact travel date has not been finalized.
According to local media, the visit to Rome comes at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to participate in the Atreju Festival, organized by her party, Fratelli d’Italia.
Milei has met with Meloni multiple times during his first year as president, most recently in Buenos Aires on November 20.
The Italian Prime Minister stated that they agreed to jointly draft an “Italy-Argentina 2025-2030 Action Plan” to identify key areas of bilateral collaboration.
The ultraliberal Milei highlighted his strong alignment with Meloni, saying, “We were both chosen to lead our nations by addressing, with courage, truth, and transparency, the central issues of each of our countries.”
Milei also called for an “alliance of free nations” that includes Italy and Argentina. “Today, the West is under a shadow of darkness, and those of us who defend freedom, even if we are still few, must cast light and show the way,” he declared.
In January 2024, during his first international appearance as president at the Davos Economic Forum, Milei warned that “the West is in danger” due to socialism.
International
Paraguay summons Brazilian ambassador over Itaipú espionage scandal

Paraguay summoned the Brazilian ambassador in Asunción on Tuesday to demand “explanations” and called its own representative in Brasília for consultations following Brazil’s acknowledgment of an espionage operation. The Brazilian government, led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, attributed the operation to the previous administration.
The surveillance effort aimed to uncover Paraguay’s position in now-suspended negotiations with Brazil regarding the pricing of electricity from the binational Itaipú hydroelectric plant, according to reports in the Brazilian press.
The Brazilian government “categorically denied any involvement in the intelligence operation,” stating in a Foreign Ministry communiqué on Monday that the espionage was carried out under former President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration (2019-2023).
“The operation was authorized by the previous government in June 2022 and was annulled by the interim director of the (state intelligence agency) ABIN on March 27, 2023, as soon as the current administration became aware of it,” Brazil’s government asserted.
Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez announced that Brazilian Ambassador José Antonio Marcondes de Carvalho was summoned “to provide detailed explanations” regarding the operation. Additionally, Paraguay recalled its diplomatic representative in Brasília “to report on aspects related to the intelligence activity conducted by Brazil regarding Paraguay’s government affairs.”
International
Elon Musk to step down as government advisor, per Trump insiders

President Donald Trump has informed his inner circle that Elon Musk will be stepping down from his role as a government advisor, according to a report by Politico today.
Citing three individuals close to Trump, Politico states that the president is pleased with Musk’s leadership at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where he has implemented significant budget cuts. However, both have agreed that it is time for Musk to return to his businesses and support Trump from a different position outside the government.
A senior administration official told Politico that Musk will likely maintain an informal advisory role and continue to be an occasional visitor to the White House. Another source warned that anyone thinking Musk will completely disappear from Trump’s circle is “deluding themselves.”
According to the sources, this transition is expected to coincide with the end of Musk’s tenure as a “special government employee,” a temporary status that exempts him from certain ethics and conflict-of-interest regulations. This 130-day period is set to expire in late May or early June.
International
Milei vows to make Argentina so strong that Falkland Islanders “choose” to join

Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed his country’s claim over the Falkland Islands (known as the Islas Malvinas in Argentina) and praised the role of the nation’s armed forces during a ceremony marking the “Veterans and Fallen Soldiers of the Malvinas War Day,” commemorating 43 years since the 1982 conflict with the United Kingdom.
Argentina continues to assert sovereignty over the islands, arguing that Britain unlawfully seized them in 1833.
“If sovereignty over the Malvinas is the issue, we have always made it clear that the most important vote is the one cast with one’s feet. We hope that one day, the Malvinas residents will choose to vote with their feet and join us,” Milei stated.
“That is why we aim to become a global power—so much so that they would prefer to be Argentine, making deterrence or persuasion unnecessary. This is why we have embarked on a path of liberation, working to make Argentina the freest country in the world and once again the nation with the highest GDP per capita on the planet,” he added.
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