Milei focuses on his domestic agenda after the Adorni reshuffle, forgoing a US trip
Key takeaways
- Argentine President Javier Milei will prioritize his domestic agenda in the coming days and will not travel to the United States for that country's Independence Day celebrations on July 4, official sources confirmed.
- The possibility of traveling to New York was weighed within the government but never came to be officially confirmed.
- The president thus resumes a ceremony he was absent from last year.
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Argentine President Javier Milei will prioritize his domestic agenda in the coming days and will not travel to the United States for that country's Independence Day celebrations on July 4, official sources confirmed. The decision comes amid a reshaping of his cabinet following the departure of his cabinet chief, Manuel Adorni, and marks the second time in a matter of days that the president has set aside an international commitment to focus on domestic matters.
The possibility of traveling to New York was weighed within the government but never came to be officially confirmed. Official accounts differ on its status: while some Casa Rosada sources held that the invitation existed but that Milei's attendance was never ratified, others said the trip was never on the agenda. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said that as of Wednesday no formal invitations had been received from the White House. Among the factors that complicated a possible visit, the sources cited the rescheduling of a gathering of business leaders and investors in Sun Valley and the absence of a confirmed bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Instead, Milei will lead the traditional vigil on July 8 at the Historic House in Tucum n, for the 210th anniversary of Argentina's Declaration of Independence, and the following day will take part in the Te Deum at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires. The president thus resumes a ceremony he was absent from last year. At the event he will coincide with Vice President Victoria Villarruel, invited by the provincial government, in a new joint public appearance by the two leaders.