The diplomatic crisis between Spain and Argentina following an appearance by Argentine President Javier Milei during an election rally organized by the right-wing populist party Vox deepens now that the government in Madrid has withdrawn its ambassador from Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, the Argentinian continues to rail against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife.
The ultra-liberal Milei sharply attacked Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid on Sunday, describing the socialist’s wife, Begoña Gómez, as “corrupt”. Sánchez then called the ambassador back to Madrid for consultations and demanded a “public apology” from the Argentine president.
But Milei did not simply refuse any apology. Instead, he continued his verbal attacks. “The socialists are capable of anything. “This is diplomatic nonsense,” he said in an interview with the newspaper La Nación on Tuesday. But Milei does not want to recall his ambassador because: “If Pedro Sánchez makes a big mistake, I will not be stupid enough to make the same mistake. You must explain to Mr Sánchez that he is not the state, that he is not Spain and that he is even less a woman.”
Spain defends itself against “frontal attack”
Spain accuses the South American politician, who describes himself as an ‘anarcho-capitalist’, of, among other things, ‘interference in internal affairs’ and a ‘frontal attack on our democracy, on our institutions and on Spain’.
Milei celebrated Spain’s rights like a rock star
At the campaign event last weekend, Milei herself was celebrated as a rock star. He thrilled the more than 10,000 participants at the meeting with statements such as socialism leads ‘to slavery or death’ or social justice is ‘always unjust’. Many high-ranking politicians from abroad were also present, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Portugal’s André Ventura and Israel’s Minister of Social Equality, Amichai Chikli. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni participated via video and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a message.
Source: Krone
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