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Milei assures that the battle for freedom “is not won” and asks not to “go down”

Argentine President Javier Milei said this Thursday at the Davos Forum (Switzerland) that the battle of political leaders who fight for freedom “is not won” and that it will not end until most Western countries “embrace the ideas of freedom.”

“Our battle is not won,” Milei said in a speech before the plenary, in which he said that it will not come to an end until most Western countries “embrace the ideas of freedom,” and assured that until then they should not “go down”.

Milei participates for the second time in the World Economic Forum (WEF), which he attended in 2024 just a month after his inauguration, and recalled that, since then, he no longer feels alone because the world “has embraced Argentina” and his country has been “a global example of fiscal responsibility”, “of how to end the problem of inflation”, and of a new way of doing politics.

Also, he added, because throughout this year he has found “companions in this fight for the ideas of freedom in all corners of the planet,” among whom he has cited the “wonderful” Elon Musk, the “fierce Italian lady” Georgia Meloni, the Hungarian Viktor Orbán, the Salvadoran Nayib Bukele and the Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, in the United States.

“Slowly an international alliance has been formed of all those nations that want to be free and that believe in the ideas of freedom,” he added.

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In front of a practically full auditorium, in whose front row was sitting his sister and general secretary of the Argentine Presidency, Karina Milei, the president accused the Davos Forum, but also supranational organizations such as the European Union, of promoting the ‘woke’ ideology, which he described as “sinister and murderous”.

“No one can play innocent here. They have worshiped a sinister and murderous ideology for decades as if it were a golden calf and they have moved heaven and earth to impose it on humanity,” he said.

At the same time, he said that he assured that multilateral credit agencies “have been an extortionative arm” and many national states, and in particular the EU, “have been and are an armed arm.”

In his speech he addressed the leaders of the world, both business and politicians, to whom he assured that the political formulas of recent decades “have failed” and “are collapsing on themselves” and “the script of the last forty years has been exhausted”.

“It’s time to get out of that script and the time to be bold and encourage yourself to write your own verses, because when the ideas and texts of the present say all the same and say wrong things, being brave consists precisely in being extemporaneous, consists of going back, not being dailled,” he added.

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After assuring that that is what Argentina is doing, “return to liberalism,” and trusting that this is what Trump will do in the United States, he invited all the great free nations of the world to do so, which he asked to “stop in time what, in all lights, is a path that leads to catastrophe.”

“What I am proposing is that we make the West great again,” he concluded, alluding to the slogan of the Republican president.

International

Lula invites Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay to BRICS Summit in Brazil

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has invited Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay to participate in the next BRICS summit, which will take place in Brazil this July.

“I am inviting all these countries here—Uruguay, Colombia, and Mexico—to take part in BRICS in Brazil. Even if they are not official members, it is important for them to participate because this is a time for global discussion,” Lula stated.

Strengthening Multilateralism and Free Trade

While attending the presidential handover ceremony in Uruguay, Lula emphasized the importance of including these countries in the conversation, given that BRICS represents nearly half of the world’s population and global GDP.

“It is crucial that at this BRICS summit, we truly strengthen two fundamental pillars: multilateralism and free trade. Without trade freedom, there is no multilateralism, and there is no democracy,” he declared.

Lula also proposed drafting a serious document to present at the summit in Rio de Janeiro in July, reaffirming the commitment to respecting multilateralism and promoting free trade.

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Navy warship saves lithuanian adventurer caught in Pacific Storm

An Australian warship rescued a Lithuanian rower on Monday after he encountered a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California.

Aurimas Mockus was brought aboard the Royal Australian Navy landing ship HMAS Choules, where he underwent a medical checkup, Vice Admiral Justin Jones said in a statement.

“Due to the highly unfavorable maritime conditions, Mr. Mockus’ vessel could not be recovered, except for two oars and some personal belongings,” stated the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which coordinated the rescue.

Three Days Adrift in the Coral Sea

The 44-year-old adventurer spent three days adrift in the Coral Sea, approximately 740 kilometers (460 miles) east of Mackay, a coastal city in Queensland. He had rowed non-stop from San Diego in a closed vessel, aiming to reach Brisbane.

Mockus began his 12,000-kilometer (7,500-mile) journey in October and was only days away from Brisbane when he encountered the storm, which is expected to make landfall in Australia soon.

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Brisbane is located 800 kilometers (500 miles) south of Mackay in a straight line.

Mockus activated an emergency beacon on Friday after rowing into stormy seas and 80 km/h (50 mph) winds generated by Tropical Cyclone Alfred, according to the rescue authority.

A rescue aircraft established radio contact with Mockus on Saturday, where he reported feeling “fatigued,” the authority said.

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UK investigates TikTok over teen data use in content recommendations

The UK’s data protection office announced on Monday that it is investigating how TikTok uses teenagers’ personal information to generate content recommendations on the social media platform.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) expressed growing concerns about how social media platforms use data generated by children’s online activity to fuel their recommendation algorithms. This raises the potential risk of exposing young users to inappropriate or harmful content.

The regulator stated that it aims to assess the strength of TikTok’s safety procedures regarding the personal data of users aged 13 to 17.

“It’s about what they are collecting and how their systems work,” said Information Commissioner John Edwards. “I expect to find that there are many benign and positive uses of children’s data in their recommendation systems.”