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What's on Javier Milei's mind?

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The Brazil rupture deepens 25% Building his own regional bloc 17% · newPope Leo's visit looms 14% · newCan the growth actually last? 11% · neweverything else 33%

Ties downgraded with Lula, warships welcomed anyway

Buenos Aires and Brasilia formalize a diplomatic downgrade in the same week Brazil's navy sails into Argentine waters for a joint exercise.

Lula, Milei's Feud Prompts Diplomatic Downgrade

조선일보 · 2026-08-09

our translation

he'll fight lula loudly in public and let the admirals keep talking quietly in private — the feud is for the base, the drills are for the budget

Diplomatic downgrade formalized this weekvery sure · 2 sources

Colombia swings right and the bloc suddenly has a north coast

new — Colombia's new president joins the wavepretty sure · 2 sources

Pope Leo XIV is coming, and the sermon writes itself

new — Papal trip to Argentina now imminentpretty sure · 1 source

The dollar is calm; everything underneath it is not

new — Stability narrative questioned at homepretty sure · 2 sources

tuesday, august 11

Rehearse a papal greeting with zero mention of the chainsaw(reported)

Check that Brazil's navy is still smiling in Argentine waters(reported)

Ask Caputo why a stable dollar still isn't enough(reported)

Post the American op-ed praising his balanced budget(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Pope Leo XIV heads to Argentina as Church clashes with Milei over austerity

news.google.com · 2026-08-11

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