The president is the one who gives directives and shapes the country’s foreign policy. However, unless changes are made to the constitutional or other order, there are issues that remain State policy.
In this sense, the historical line of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inside and outside the country, has been warning Chancellor Diana Mondino in recent weeks, and the intervenor placed by Casa Rosada as a condition for her continuation in the position, the lawyer specializing in Family Law , Ursula Basset, that the ultraconservative and disruptive policy that Javier Milei’s government will take this week to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), which will meet in Asunción, Paraguay, not only contradicts the national legal system (Argentina has laws on divorce, equal marriage and abortion), but also contradicts the international legal system to which Argentina is committed.
As if that weren’t enough, Basset, who came to office on the recommendation of presidential advisor Santiago Caputo, has the mission of updating the libertarian crusade against the so-called 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Poverty, Hunger and food security, Health, Education, Equality of gender and women’s empowerment, Water and sanitation, Energy, Decent work and economic growth) and against the recognition of climate change in all multilateral bodies in which Argentina participates.
The problems have now exploded because the new Argentine ambassador to the OAS, Sonia Cavallo -, Basset and Mondino – will take this speech to the OAS General Assembly, this week in Paraguay.
The mission of the three women is to eliminate any mention of Argentina’s commitments on gender issues, human rights, the LGBTI agenda and climate change in an assembly whose central theme – proposed by Santiago Peña’s own government – is “Integration and security for sustainable development Of region”.
The warning goes to the effect that this ideologized policy, but opposite to the also ideologized K agenda – which they despise as a “progressive” and “socialist” agenda – actually harms the policy of the Argentine State, and puts at risk the partnership with your allies.
By the way, there have already been clashes between Domingo Cavallo’s daughter and the United States government in the OAS debates, especially with regard to the social and gender perspective in the crisis in Haiti. All of this makes the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, this year’s host of the OAS, uncomfortable, as Argentina is the only country that raises objections to the 2030 Agenda in this Assembly. In the future, this position may affect the interest of some States in following votes in favor of Argentine demands.
According to Clarín in Spanish, the traditional line of the Chancellery – diplomats from all areas – also warned Basset and Mondino that opposing the 2030 Agenda in the government’s current terms is also contradictory to similar texts that are already within the scope of the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a body of which Argentina hopes to be part. The position also contradicts Mercosur’s negotiations with the European Union to reach a free trade agreement. And it is also contrary to texts already in force in the G7 and G20, of which Argentina is a member. Furthermore, the country has commitments made to different UN agencies, where Basset is expected to continue its intervention.
After the OAS, the same speech will be defended at the UN and in Geneva, where the country is already being heavily questioned. There are even those who warn that Argentina could end up in the same position as countries like Russia, China or theocracies like Iran, where ultraconservative agendas similar to libertarian discourse are imposed.