Argentine President Javier Milei has confirmed he will not travel to the United States for July 4 Independence Day celebrations, opting instead to focus on domestic affairs following a cabinet shake-up that saw chief of staff Manuel Adorni replaced by Diego Santilli. It is the second international commitment Milei has set aside in quick succession — he also skipped a Mercosur summit in Asunción earlier in the week — amid efforts to consolidate his governing coalition and advance key reforms, including changes to the Central Bank's charter. Milei will instead lead Argentina's own independence anniversary vigil on July 8 at the Historic House in Tucumán (the city where Argentina declared independence in 1816), with the government stressing that ties with the Trump administration remain a foreign-policy priority.