Pope Leo arrives in Milei’s Argentina as tensions loom over austerity and Iran

1What happened

Pope Leo arrived in Argentina from Uruguay on Sunday for the second leg of a 12-day tour across South America, ahead of a closely watched speech to Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian seen as a close ally of US President Donald Trump. South China Morning Post ↗

2What’s next

Leo's visit to Argentina is by far the most politically delicate of his three-nation South American tour, and a place where Leo will also confront the complicated legacy of Argentine Pope Francis, who never returned home during his 12-year pontificate. PBS News ↗

3Also reported

The visit to Buenos Aires is the first by a pontiff to the late Pope Francis’ homeland in nearly four decades. France 24 ↗

Sources

• Pope Leo arrives in Argentina and tells Milei that people, not the economy, should come first ↗PBS News
• Pope Leo arrives in Argentina amid divisions over Milei’s austerity ↗France 24
• President Milei welcomes Pope Leo during historic visit to Argentina ↗Al Jazeera
• Pope Leo arrives in Milei’s Argentina as tensions loom over austerity and Iran ↗South China Morning Post
• Pope Leo tells Argentina's Trump-ally Milei that leaders must know limits of power ↗Reuters