Macri in Uruguay: what are the reasons for this lightning trip?

In what has been described as a bilateral "agenda-based" meeting, the heads of state of Argentina and Uruguay will meet from noon in the national park. Anchorena, located in the city of Colonia.

For the moment, the Uruguayan government has provided only official information, which only underscores the fact that after the meeting, a statement will be issued.

However, beyond the absence of a pre-established agenda,At the international level, the suddenness of the meeting and the figure of President Macri clearly show that the bilateral meeting will have the case of Venezuela on the agenda.

The international situation responds to the deepening of the multidimensional crisis that has raged for years in the country ruled by Nicolás Maduro.

After the inauguration of this January 10, the truth is that the political difficulties have worsened with the rise of the head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó.

Regarding the role of Mauricio Macri as Argentine President, the first thing to emphasize is that The idea of ​​change posed since his arrival was based on the reconstruction of the identity inherited from the previous government.

To this end, Macri's first message on foreign policy was overwhelming. A few days after taking office, the Argentine President spoke at the MERCOSUR summit in Asunción, condemning the repeated violations of human rights in Venezuela.

After the suspension of the Maduro-led country from this economic bloc, Cambiemos continued to express rejection, being one of the main promoters of the self-proclaimed Venezuelan president, Juan Guaidó.

The role of Uruguay in this case is ambiguous. Although, at first, Mexico wanted to maintain a position of "neutrality", at the end of the meeting of the "International Contact Group" held in Montevideo last Thursday, The country chaired by Tabaré Vázquez has adhered to a statement in which he calls the elections "free, transparent and credible".

It is from this that we can think that, in agreement with the United States and the principal powers of Europe, the Argentine president will seek to position itself as a political reference of a region reconfigured again towards a neoliberal order.