Milei Takes His Far-Right Roadshow to Lula's Backyard in Brazil

Daniel Carvalho and Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg News

(Bloomberg) -- Javier Milei’s efforts to forge alliances with right-wing allies across Europe reveal a hard truth about his presidency: Back in a Latin America dominated by leftists, the libertarian Argentine is all alone.

This weekend, he visited Brazil with designs on sparking a far-right resurgence that will give him friends closer to home.

Milei headlined a conservative rally in southern Brazil on Sunday alongside right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro, the biggest gamble yet on an unorthodox foreign policy approach that’s already blown up Argentina’s relations with Spain.

The trip threatened to turn his feud with leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva into a full-blown crisis, and any fallout with Brazil — Argentina’s top trade parter — would risk spilling over to the already-battered economy Milei is attempting to resuscitate.

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