Argentina Declines to Retaliate as Brazil Downgrades Diplomatic Ties

Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno confirmed on August 6 that Buenos Aires will not respond to Brazil's downgrade of diplomatic ties, which followed Milei calling Lula "a thief," "corrupt," and an "ex-convict" on television. The decision not to retaliate diverges from Milei's own stated doctrine: "whenever we receive a blow, we must raise the stakes and respond with three."