Why Latin America Is Divided on the Ukraine Invasion
It’s not about ideology
Yesterday, the number 2 trending topic on Twitter Argentina was #perdónRusia, or “sorryRussia”. On the very same day Russia slaughtered civilians trying to flee Kramatorsk and less than a week after the atrocities of Bucha started getting uncovered.
You can’t make this s**t up.
Who Do We Follow?
The hashtag was promoted by a radical sector of the governing Peronist party that responds to VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK for short). Her faction of the party is currently at odds with the conservative wing, led by President Alberto Fernández, over the vote in the UN General Assembly to expel Russia from the Human Rights Council.
The Argentinian government’s flailing over the issue of Russian aggression began about a month and a half ago.
Mere days after confirming a deal to pay back an IMF loan and after months of careful handling of the relationship with the United States, Argentinian president Alberto Fernández decided to do the exact opposite of what he was supposed to do.
Argentina “has to stop being so dependent on the Fund and the United States,” he said, in the middle of a tour to China and Russia. It’s a good point, though not the smartest in…
