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Argentina’s Vice President Villarruel Calls for Peace and Unity in Religious Christmas Message

Her faith-centered post comes after she protested a lack of Senate funds assigned by the Executive.

Overview

  • Victoria Villarruel shared a Christmas greeting invoking the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family, asking Argentines for peace, strength, and unity.
  • The message, featuring explicit religious imagery such as a humble manger, was published on her social media on December 24.
  • The greeting arrives after her public complaint that the Senate began December “in the red,” citing an unprecedented zero in a budget line that she said the Chamber of Deputies had recognized.
  • Recent coverage also notes her gestures of closeness to the Catholic Church as part of her public positioning.
  • Media contrasted her festive tone with President Javier Milei’s holiday video that reviewed government actions, promised more reforms, and ended with “¡Y viva la libertad, carajo!”