The president of Argentina, Javier Mileihas returned to criticize the president of the Government of SpainPedro Sánchez, whom he has called a “coward” for “sending” the Spanish ministers to insult him and for having the same “model” of freedom of expression as the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.

“I do not use the repressive apparatus of the State to persecute. (…) The same thing happened when the coward (Sánchez) sent all his ministers to insult me,” Milei expressed during an interview with the Argentine television channel ‘ All News’.

After that, he assured that Sánchez “started” with the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, who implied that Milei consumed “substances.” “And then, since I did not respond, he very cowardly sent the women to attack me. And then he called me a misogynist. Since I did not respond later, then he joined in,” he added.

These words refer to the statements of the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, who asserted that the Argentine president is an example of “denialist model” that “attacks democracy itself”; and those of the second vice president and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, who expressed in December that Milei “returned with cuts and authoritarianism.”

“(Sánchez) is advancing freedom of expression, that is, it is clear that it is Maduro’s model that he is applying. What would happen if I did that here? What would the whole gang say?” Milei stated.

Without a doubt, these statements, which occur when There are only a few days left for Milei to return to Spain, contrast with those made by Manuel Adorni. The spokesperson for the Government of Argentina has assured that the controversy between Sánchez and Milei is “settled”, calling it a “discussion between two presidents”.

A moment that he took advantage of to highlight that he does not believe that the president of Argentina will have a meeting with the Spanish authorities during his visit to the country.

Spain and Argentina experienced a diplomatic crisis last month as a result of Milei described Begoña Gómez as “corrupt”the wife of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and has been increasing to the point that Madrid has permanently withdrawn the ambassador in Buenos Aires, María Jesús Alonso, a gesture described as “nonsense” by the Argentine president himself.