Villarruel, who is the Upper House head, claimed she had no say in the matter and called for a session to discuss the issue

In recent months, the vice president has also missed Milei’s landmark May Pact and made controversial comments about France days before the president’s meeting with Macron

Javier Olivera Ravassi reportedly brokered a meeting between LLA legislators and several dictatorship-era war criminals at Ezeiza prison in July

Argentina’s vice president said the Fernández government’s pandemic measures meant she couldn’t empathize with the former first lady’s descriptions of violence she allegedly suffered

The vice president said that she only intended to ‘defend the national team’ and brushed aside what she called ‘other interpretations’

Manuel Adorni clarified that the VP’s words were her ‘personal opinion’ and not the government’s position

The move proved divisive within the ruling coalition, earning widespread condemnation and a criminal complaint from human rights groups

The controversy around Argentina’s men’s national side continues with the president firing an official calling on Messi to issue an apology

The march is part of the government’s attempts to reinvigorate the Armed Forces and distance itself from Kirchnerism