The Argentine president Javier Milei expressed his hope that Cuba and Venezuela will soon achieve the "American Dream" promoted by Donald Trump.
His words belong to the speech he delivered this Wednesday at the 29th Global Conference of the Milken Institute, held in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, in front of businessmen and financial leaders.
"Today the American dream extends from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, to make all of America great again. We hope this soon reaches our beloved Cuba and Venezuela, who have suffered so much, and that the model of freedom reaches the last refuge of the continent," said Milei.
The Argentine leader was the first speaker at the inauguration of the new Center for the American Dream of the institute, at an event where he was introduced by the founder of the forum, Michael Milken.
Milken did not hold back on his praises: "When we decided who would be the keynote speaker at the inauguration of the Center for the American Dream, the choice was easy: President Milei. If he is successful, he could change all of Latin America," said the businessman.
In his speech, he also mentioned the regime in Havana and warned that Cuba has been without freedom for 67 years.
Milei defended that the American dream "is not dead" and that "it is being reborn in two places at the same time": in the United States with Trump and in Argentina with his own government.
"Once again, I invite you to bet on Argentina; not to replace the American dream, but to make it even bigger, to expand it throughout the Earth," the president insisted.
The statements come at a time of heightened pressure from Washington on Havana. On May 1, Trump signed a new executive order imposing sanctions against the Cuban dictatorship, which includes secondary measures against foreign banks and companies that conduct business with Cuban entities in strategic sectors.
On that same day, Trump stated at a private dinner in Florida that the United States will "take control" of Cuba "almost immediately" and described the scenario of stopping the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier off the coast of the island to force the regime's surrender.
Miguel Díaz-Canel responded on May 2, describing the threats as "dangerous and unprecedented," and appealing to the international community, while stating that no aggressor will find surrender in Cuba.
Milei has a consistent history of opposition to the regime in Havana. Following the protests on July 11, 2021, he recorded a video supporting the Cubans in which he described Díaz-Canel's government in explicit terms and promised to travel to the island if the dictatorship were to fall.
Upon assuming the presidency in December 2023, he explicitly excluded Díaz-Canel from his inauguration and did not appoint ambassadors in Cuba, Venezuela, or Nicaragua.
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