Milei Storms Spain's Election Campaign: Calls Sánchez a 'Dictator' and Praises Conquest

Argentinian President Javier Milei bearing a medical plaster on the neck talks to media after taking part in an economic forum in Madrid on October 21, 2026. Milei's visit comes less than six weeks before Spain's tightly fought legislative elections on November 29. He is set to meet leaders of the far-right party Vox, as well as the right-wing leader of the Madrid region. (Credit: Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP via Getty Images)

The Briefing

• Argentine President Javier Milei called Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez an "unpresentable dictator" at the Nueva Economía Fórum breakfast in Madrid on Wednesday — his seventh trip to Spain since taking office and his third visit in 2026 alone.
• Speaking 39 days before Spain's November 29 general election, Milei urged Spaniards to "kick the Socialists out," defended the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and accused Sánchez of enabling irregular migration for electoral gain.
• Spanish political analysts caution that the intervention could backfire, energizing progressive voters who might otherwise stay home and handing Sánchez a turnout boost that current polling does not yet capture.