Weekly Report - 16 July 2026 (WR-26-28)
Milei clashes with Church in contrasting independence addresses
Argentina’s President Javier Milei commemorated the 210th anniversary of the country’s independence in the north-eastern province of Tucumán on 9 July with an address designed to draw a direct parallel to his administration. The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge García Cuerva, meanwhile, delivered a homily in Tucumán cathedral during a service attended by Milei, which was punctuated by thinly veiled criticisms of the head of state’s polarising discourse.
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