Argentina’s President Javier Milei has fired his foreign minister after the country voted for a resolution at the UN condemning US economic sanctions against Cuba, as the libertarian leader pushes an ideological realignment of the South American country’s foreign policy.
Diana Mondino will be replaced by Argentina’s ambassador to the US, Gerardo Werthein, the president’s office said on Wednesday. Werthein is a businessman who is an influential figure within Milei’s government.
Earlier in the day Argentina had voted with 186 other countries to back the UN’s 32nd resolution condemning the US economic embargo on Cuba. Only the US and Israel voted against it.