The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, continued his attacks against his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this Sunday, accusing his government of financing an “anti-Argentine campaign,” after his insults provoked a diplomatic conflict between both countries.
On Saturday, the trans-Andean president was part of the convention in São Paulo where the Liberal Party endorsed the presidential candidacy of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, giving a speech where he referred to Lula as “the leftist,” “the thief,” and “the convict.”
In response, Brazil reacted by recalling its ambassador to Argentina for “consultation,” Julio Bitelli, in a measure adopted by Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, which could lead to a breakdown in the bilateral relationship, as reported by the Argentine newspaper La Nación.
Milei reacted to this decision during a conversation this Sunday with Radio Mitre, where he renewed his criticisms of global progressivism and maintained that with his administration now “Argentina is a beacon of the West, which is why there is such a media campaign” against the country since the end of the 2026 World Cup.
“Do you know who put the most money into this anti-Argentine campaign? The government of Brazil. 25% of the resources came from there… and then they come to talk about interference,” said the libertarian leader from the Exposición Rural de Palermo.
But it didn’t stop there, as he maintained that “Mexico and the Democratic Party of the United States have also financed this anti-Argentina campaign.”
“(Those) are the progressive minds that don’t want the ideas of freedom to work, because if you start to show that by removing these parasites from the state, people are better off,” he stated.
Then he added: “Furthermore, (the Brazilians) played a very active role in the 2023 campaign, or do you forget that the advisors of (Sergio) Massa – Milei’s former contender in the 2023 elections – were a group of Brazilians sent by Lula? They actively participated in that campaign.”
Afterward, he again referred, albeit indirectly, to the president of Brazil, when he alluded to his recent visit to that country.
“I wanted to go see my friend Jair Bolsonaro and they wouldn’t let me, but here the ex-convict (referring to Lula) came to greet the criminal (referring to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner), right?. Nobody forbade him anything. However, they wouldn’t let me visit my friend, who is also unjustly imprisoned,” Milei concluded.
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