Argentina's Stance on Brazil's Affairs

Argentina "will never interfere" in Brazil's internal affairs, the chancellor of Javier Milei's government said while visiting the neighboring country, after the libertarian president offered himself as an ally to Elon Musk in his legal battle in Brazilian justice.

Musk is being investigated in Brazil for a lawsuit linked to his platform X, formerly Twitter, after he accused a supreme court judge of censoring social media, calling him a "dictator."

The owner of the electric car maker Tesla and space rockets SpaceX also promised to disobey rulings that block users from spreading posts that supposedly encourage misinformation.

"The internal and judicial issues of each country are specific to each country," said Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, along with her Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira, after a bilateral meeting in Brasilia.

"The Argentine government will never intervene in the democratic processes or in the judicial processes of each country. We trust in the justice of each country. We defend freedom of expression in every sense," she added, at a press conference.

The diplomat thus responded to a question about a meeting between Milei and Musk in the United States. The ultraliberal Argentine president then offered to be an ally of Musk in his legal battle in Brazil, according to a spokeswoman.

The judge of the Supreme Federal Court Alexandre de Moraes, spearhead of the fight against disinformation in Brazil, included Musk in an investigation against "digital militias", accusing him of a "criminal instrumentalization" of the X platform.

That investigation revolves around accusations that former far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and his inner circle illegally used public resources to orchestrate disinformation campaigns on the internet during his presidency.