Washington.- The government offered a tough answer to the Republican senator Ted Cruz After he asked the administration Joe Biden Sanction of the Vice President Christina Kirchner In a letter sent to the State Department for corruption. Ambassador of Argentina in Washington, Jorge Arguellosaid Cruz is “loud and controversial,” “thrives on conflict” and thrives on it “provoking a scandal” and expressing an “isolated position”, And ruled out any interference with the White House by saying that Biden is “in the antipodes” of the Texas senator.

Arguello’s message reinforced the foreign minister’s initial response Santiago Cafierowho called Cruz “ignorant” a day after Cruz called Christina Kirchner “kleptocrat” and “corrupt” And confirm that the evidence presented against the Vice President in the trial of the so-called road case is “public, reliable and now supported by the Argentine judicial system”. Prosecutor Diego Lucian requested that Christina Kirchner be sentenced to 12 years in prison and banned from holding public office for life. For Casa Rosada, Christina Kirchner is a victim of political persecution.

The crossover between Cruz and the government comes after an intense month of bilateral relations. Minister of Economy, Serge Massa, He is touring Washington and Houston in the first week of September to hold meetings at the White House, international organizations and with investors and executives of North American companies. At the same time, the government in Washington is waiting for a definition to conclude the postponed bilateral meeting between the President. Alberto Fernandez and Biden, which was originally scheduled for late July and had to be put on hold when Biden contracted Covid-19.

Demand for conviction of the vice president Christina Kirchner And its results in the so-called “Causa Vialidad” trial caused two different reactions in the United States. The State Department noted in response to the question ღ so “It’s an internal Argentine court issue”Unlike the presidents of Colombia, Mexico, and Bolivia, who joined the president in condemning the “unjustified prosecution.” Alberto FernandezIn accordance with the unified position shown by the All Front.

But in Congress the crossOne of the figures of the opposition, an ally Donald TrumpFormer presidential candidate and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, He asked the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Christina Kirchner and her family, similar to the sanctions it imposed on Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez. In Brazil, Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of President Jair Bolsonaro, came out in support of the request.

“One more ignorant than the other,” Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said earlier on Twitter, referring to both. “But there is something they emphasize: the prosecution of Cristina Kirchner is motivated by ideological interests that originated outside of Argentina. Let’s take care of our democracy. Anything and everything with Christina,” he added.

“The reason for the scandal”

A few hours later, in Washington, Arguello joined the official attack by announcing that Cruz was a senator “particularly vocal and controversial, with a style that tends to be popular.” “Thrives on conflict” and “feeds on scandal”. Arguello criticized Cruz, saying his letter did not warrant a diplomatic move in Washington because he expressed a marginal and isolated position.

Arguello emphasized that Cruz belongs to the most ultra-conservative space of the political spectrum, led the effort to delegitimize Biden’s victory by ignoring the results of the 2020 election and “He despises any government in the world that moves left of center. His extremity is such that he usually describes everyone, including Biden, as “communists”.

“I am in daily contact with the State Department and the White House, and I can assure you that there is no point in interfering with the government because Biden It is found in the Antipodes, which Cruz expresses. And I have daily contact with representatives and senators, and I can also assure you that this, as the single signature reflects, is an isolated position,” the ambassador said.

Arguello said the politicization of justice and the judicial review of politics takes place in all democratic societies, recalling that Cruz had self-published a book titled: “Corrupt Justice: How the Left Rewrote Our Legal System” which refers to the subject.

“Cruz believes that in one of the world’s most advanced democracies, justice can be used as a weapon by one ideological sector against another, but he makes light of the case of Argentina with absolute ignorance,” he said.

We’re talking about a letter from one lawmaker, which usually puts marginal positions on the secretary of state, not Argentina, so it’s basically a message from a representative to a US official. indicated the ambassador, who rejected the need for “official interventions in Washington”.