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Milei's Latin America diplomatic tour

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei began a two‑day diplomatic tour of Latin America on 6 August 2026 with a visit to Quito, Ecuador. He and President Daniel Noboa paid tribute at the Plaza de la Independencia before and held a bilateral meeting President Daniel Noboa at the Palacio de Carondelet, where discussions covered an update to that produced a suite of agreements covering the 1933 extradition treaty, expanded security cooperation, new automotive sector (preferential tariffs of 0‑10 % for vehicles and zero for more than 140 auto‑parts categories), air links, services, extradition, peaceful nuclear‑energy cooperation, cyber‑defence and trade. a joint declaration on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The agenda automotive protocol is projected to double Argentine vehicle exports to Ecuador and marked the first Argentine presidential trip to Ecuador since 2007. Milei’s delegation also included meetings met with Argentine automotive industry representatives and the opening of opened an economic forum at the Swissôtel, culminating in Swissôtel. After the signing of several cooperation agreements. Ecuador stop, Milei then flew travelled overnight to Cali, Colombia, to attend the inauguration of president‑elect President‑elect Abelardo de la Espriña. He Espriella on 7 August. In Cali he held a bilateral meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and a separate discussion with de la Espriña, reinforcing Espriella, underscoring the tour’s broader regional outreach amid heightened tensions diplomatic tension with Brazil. Later that day Milei returned to Ecuador to formalise a trade pact with President Noboa, deepening the economic partnership announced earlier. In Noboa and, in parallel, Argentina added the Ecuadorian criminal group known as the Chone Killers to its terrorism‑related registry, Public Registry of Persons and Entities Linked to Terrorism, signalling a coordinated security dimension to the bilateral relationship. The tour highlights Argentina’s push to deepen economic and security ties with like‑minded governments across the region.

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