Argentine President Javier Milley addresses lawmakers during the opening session of the 2024 Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1, 2024.
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Argentine President Javier Milley told the World Economic Forum on Thursday that the “global hegemony” of left-wing politics and ideology is “beginning to collapse”.
“What once seemed like the global hegemony of the ‘woke’ left in politics, educational institutions, media, supranational organizations and even forums like Davos has begun to collapse,” said right-wing leader Milley, who took office in 2017. Davos told business and political leaders.
The divisive term “woke” often refers to support for social justice issues and political activism.
The Argentinian politician, who has a profile similar to that of US President Donald Trump, said he has been forming alliances with other like-minded figures and leaders.
“Over the course of a year, I found allies in this fight for the cause of freedom in every corner of the world, from the amazing[tech billionaire]Elon Musk to the fierce Italian lady (Prime Minister) Giorgia Meloni, from (El Salvador’s President Nayib) Bukele to Hungary’s Viktor Orban,” he also mentioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Allies including Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump.
“Slowly, an international alliance is forming between all countries who want freedom and believe in the idea of freedom,” he said.
Milley’s comments represent a deep divide between leaders on the left and right of the global political spectrum, with the two camps making little effort in recent years to overcome or understand each other’s ideological differences and positions.
After President Trump was inaugurated on Monday Signed a series of executive orders reversing policies enacted by his predecessor, Joe Biden, Such as commitments to combat climate change. When Democrat Joe Biden takes the White House in 2021, following the first Republican president, he does the same with Trump’s policies.
Milley said he came to Davos to warn that “the battle is not won yet”.
“While hope has been rekindled, it is our moral obligation and responsibility to dismantle the ideological edifice of pathological wokeism,” he said.
Argentina’s president caused a stir at the World Economic Forum last year when he called on global leaders to reject socialism and instead embrace “free enterprise capitalism” to end world poverty.
In last year’s keynote speech, Mire warns ‘Western world is in danger’ “Those who are supposed to defend Western values are instead being co-opted by a worldview that inevitably leads to socialism and therefore poverty,” he said.
Milay, a liberal, is credited with restoring confidence in Argentina’s sluggish economy by implementing policies such as cutting public sector spending and energy subsidies. Inflation has also fallen from one of the world’s highest annual inflation rates of 289.4% in April to 117.8% in the year to December 2024, According to data from the country’s central bank.
Criticism of Mire’s austerity plan and cuts to government spending Still, he said poverty had increased during his tenure.
