President Javier Milei of Argentina has dismissed Foreign Minister Diana Mondino. The decision came after Argentina voted to lift the U.S. embargo on Cuba at the United Nations. This move contradicted Milei’s pro-U.S. foreign policy stance. Gerardo Werthein, the former Argentine ambassador to the U.S., will replace Mondino. Milei, a libertarian economist, took office in […]
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