Argentina was one of the 50 signatory nations to the United Nations Charter at the San Francisco Conference in June 1945, as World War II was drawing to a close. It managed to make that historic commitment despite active opposition from the United States, which distrusted the de facto government of Edelmiro Farrell and the United Officers’ Group (GOU), whose vice-president was Juan Domingo Perón. Argentina eventually abandoned its stance of neutrality, which had leaned towards the Axis, declared war on Germany and Japan and – with the backing of several other Latin American countries – succeeded in overcoming US reluctance.
Eighty years later, Javier Milei might have experienced his own founding moment this Thursday in Davos, with Argentina’s formal accession to the 'Board of Peace' promoted by Donald Trump.
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