I'm John Batsch you with Ernesto Arruja and Joseph U Meyer discussing the affairs of the Americas as outside actors increasingly play a routine place in the capitals of South America. One country though stands out right now that would be Argentina. The election of

haviar Malay these last weeks has led to some tension but also some surprising

headlines and Joseph ha, Javier Mille rejected the invitation by

bricks to join. He's now headed to the G7, we're told by headlines. The meeting in Italy joining other developing nations at the same

time back home were given headlines that it's wintertime in Buenos Aires that

the homeless population sleeping rough that means no place to stay has

increased in Buenos Aires what is your understanding of the left of center

governments and Ernesto just ran through several of them and they're

postured towards Ernesto, towards Haviar Malay. Are they invested in having Haviar Malay fail?

Do they not care?

Is he an indifference to them?

Is his media presence annoying?

How do they regard him collectively?

I think they regard Malay mostly as an obstacle.

Have your Malay has made a clear signal

an indication that he views himself and he views Argentina as a country

as part of Western civilization as part of the West and he's trying to align Argentina

back into the fold with Western Democratic nations.

It's why he supports Ukraine and the conflict with Russia.

It's why he's looking at aligning to his defense relationship close to United States States than China, who China has been making a lot of inroads in Argentina in the last decade or so.

And I think it's why he made that very impassioned speech at the World Economic's you know he's talking to a lot of Western nations at the World Economic Forum and he's telling them basically we've lost her way and we need to get back onto the road of prosperity through free markets.

And so in that I think that the message through free markets.

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