Argentina Won’t Join China-Led BRICS, Says Member of Milei’s Transition Team

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Argentina will not be joining the BRICS bloc of developing economies next year as scheduled, a senior official in President-elect Javier Milei’s team said Thursday.
“We will not join the BRICS,” Diana Mondino, who Mr. Milei picked as foreign minister once he is sworn into office on Dec. 10, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The move appears to be a preview of the drastic shift in foreign policy that will be implemented in Argentina once right-wing Milei takes office.
Mr. Milei, a libertarian, harshly criticized the Chinese communist regime while on the campaign trail and threatened to break diplomatic relations with the country, saying in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that “I am not going to do business with any communist.”…