“We want to become the freest country in the world so that capital can move freely,” declared the Argentine president
The Argentine government is going to work to achieve a free trade agreement with the United States. “This, which seemed like a pipe dream,” is also on the agenda of the American president-elect, declared Javier Milei on Thursday at the annual dinner of the Federalism and Liberty Foundation in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán.
“One of the men who works with Donald Trump said that advancing the agenda of freedom with Argentina is on the agenda,” said the Argentine president in reference to the free trade agreement between both nations.
“The truth is that it is not enough for us to occupy the 70th place in the index of economic freedom. And that is why we want to become the freest country in the world, so that capital can move freely in our country and we can be an example of prosperity and growth for posterity,” he said.
Milei pointed out that in order to achieve these goals, there are 3,000 pending reforms to be implemented in the coming years and that the task of “returning freedom to Argentines is not an undertaking free of costs and risks, because it necessarily implies taking away privileges and benefits.” to politics, to his friends and to his clients.”
“Without a doubt, we are going to make the country the freest in the world,” he promised.
Ecuador clarifies that it is not in “negotiations” with Venezuela to grant a safe-conduct to Jorge Glas
The Ecuadorian Presidency stressed that the Noboa Government will not allow “sentenced officials” to evade justice, as occurred in “previous administrations”
The Presidency of Ecuador clarified that it is not in “negotiations” with the Government of Venezuela with the objective of granting a safe-conduct to the former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas, who has been held in a maximum security prison since last April, after being kidnapped by soldiers who assaulted the Mexican Embassy in Quito, where he was protected under asylum conditions.
Through a statement released on Wednesday, the Government of Daniel Noboa indicated that such “negotiations,” on the “alleged proposal” proposed to Quito, “would never have a place” with that Administration.
This position of Ecuador arises as a reaction to the recent statements of the Colombian foreign minister, Luis Gilberto Murillo, who said that the Venezuelan authorities had proposed a safe conduct for Glas and the release of another person, in exchange for Venezuelan opponents who are seeking asylum in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
The Ecuadorian Presidency added that the Noboa Government will not allow “sentenced officials” to evade justice, as occurred in “previous administrations”, but rather ensures that impunity is not made impossible.
“Citizen Jorge Glas Espinel, like other people responsible for crimes that have affected Ecuadorian families, will continue to serve their sentence in prison, in strict compliance with what is established by law,” she said.
For her part, the Ecuadorian foreign minister, Gabriela Sommerfeld, told the local press that her country is not “in favor of impunity” or “corruption” and that it is not an ally of the Venezuelan Government.
“There are three principles that are clear for Ecuador,” said Sommerferld, and pointed out that the aforementioned proposal has been discarded for Quito and that it had been proposed between August and September of this year. “There was a proposal from Venezuela. Colombia and Brazil transmitted it. They wanted to be intermediary countries,” said the minister.
