アルゼンチンも「再び偉大に」 ミレイ大統領、トランプ氏と意気投合

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】アルゼンチンのハビエル・ミレイ大統領が２４日、米首都ワシントン近郊で開かれた保守系政治集会「保守政治行動会議」に出席した際、ドナルド・トランプ元米大統領と共に「アルゼンチンを再び偉大に」と気勢を上げる場面があった。（写真は米首都ワシントン近郊で開催された「保守政治行動会議」の会場で握手するドナルド・トランプ前米大統領〈左〉とアルゼンチンのハビエル・ミレイ大統領〈右〉。アルゼンチン大統領府提供）
　特徴的な頭髪から不規則発言、伝統的な政治手法に否定的なことでも類似する両者はそれぞれの演説後に面会。写真撮影に臨む際、トランプ氏は自身のキャッチフレーズ「アメリカを再び偉大に」をもじり、「アルゼンチンを再び偉大に」と語った。
　ミレイ氏も演説の際、世界は社会主義のせいで「危機」に直面しているとし、「『アルゼンチンを再び偉大に』することを諦めない」と強調した。
　右派のミレイ氏は昨年行われた大統領選で、数十年続く経済危機に対する国民の怒りを追い風に当選。大規模な規制緩和や通貨ペソ切り下げ、各種補助金の削減などの経済改革を断行している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/02/27-18:51）

Argentine President Javier Milei and former US president Donald Trump made calls to make Argentina great again, as the right-wing firebrands met at a conservative conference on Saturday.
Known for their distinctive hair, spicy oratory and rejection of traditional political norms, the two men met behind the scenes at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, which they addressed separately.
And both were keen to repurpose Trump's electoral sales pitch -- Make America great again -- for the South American country.
Make Argentina great again, Trump said as they posed for photos backstage, while Milei rasped his famous Spanish-language slogan: Long live freedom, damn it!
Despite myriad legal woes, Trump is gearing up for a probable rematch with President Joe Biden in November's elections, having lost to the Democrat in 2020.
And he was very much on home turf at CPAC, where he is wildly popular.
During his speech, Trump said Milei has achieved a lot, he is a great gentleman, he is MAGA, noting that the acronym for his famous tagline works with either country's name.
Elected last year on a wave of anger over decades of economic crisis, right-winger Milei has embarked on massive economic deregulation by presidential decree.
He also has devalued the peso and cut state subsidies.
Milei too invoked MAGA in a speech.
We are not going to give up on making Argentina great again, he said, during an address in which he warned that the world is in danger due to socialism.
He ended with a plea: Do not give up your freedom, fight for your freedom because if you do not fight for freedom it will lead you to misery.