{"id":26371,"date":"2023-11-23T15:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26371"},"modified":"2023-11-23T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:50:04","slug":"argentine-president-caught-in-blunder-as-he-confuses-david-cameron-with-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/argentine-president-caught-in-blunder-as-he-confuses-david-cameron-with-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine president caught in blunder as he confuses David Cameron with director"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Argentina’s president-elect has confused the UK’s new foreign secretary with legendary filmmaker James Cameron.<\/p>\n

Javier Milei, the far-right former economist who was elected to serve as the country’s next premier earlier this week, referred to newly-minted Government minister and Lord David Cameron as James Cameron in a recent interview.<\/p>\n

Mr Milei’s radical politics have sparked discussions about how he intends to handle Argentina’s claim to the Falklands islands, forcing him into conversation with British officials.<\/p>\n

The president-elect, who is also known as \u201cEl Loco\u201d or \u201cMadman\u201d, sent a letter to diplomats and national leaders thanking them for congratulating him on his victory.<\/p>\n

But he made two embarrassing mistakes in an official note documenting his conversation with Mr Cameron.<\/p>\n

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Mr Milei’s letter, sent via the Office of the President of Argentina, started by thanking US President Joe Biden, stating the leaders committed to “strengthening of bilateral relations”.<\/p>\n

The incoming president also spoke with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Dina Boluarte, the president of Peru.<\/p>\n

When the note reached the UK, instead of thanking Foreign Secretary David Cameron, he thanked “British Chancellor James Cameron”.<\/p>\n

Mr Cameron returned to Government for the first time since 2016 when he became Foreign Secretary last week, while James Cameron has a decades-long established career in filmmaking and is Canadian.<\/p>\n

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