Javier Milei Slams Lula Over Block on X, Calls Him a “Tyrant”

At the Madrid Forum, the Argentine President also referred to Venezuela as a “human cemetery” that is “in the hands of a murderous dictatorship.”

Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, true to his style, launched a fierce attack against his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Speaking at the Madrid Forum held this Thursday in Argentina, Milei labeled Lula a “tyrant” following the ongoing dispute with Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), after the platform was suspended by order of the Supreme Court.

“We have to look at Brazil, where justice is dictated by the Workers’ Party (PT),” Milei began, using this as an example of what must not be done to advance freedom. “Now X, the public square where citizens can express themselves, is under attack,” he continued, adding, “A tyrant, who is wrong on everything, wants to impose this oppression,” he emphasized.

Milei also visited the offices of Mercado Libre, where he declared, “Our government is an unconditional ally of the private sector.”

He then turned to Venezuela, where presidential elections on July 28 generated controversy, with ongoing claims of electoral manipulation that saw Nicolás Maduro declared the winner.

Milei stated, “The murderous dictatorship of the criminal Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, a human cemetery, has moved Christmas to October to cover up the fraud and is trying to imprison the rightful winner, Edmundo González, while the free world stands idly by.”

Using these cases as context, Milei criticized the lukewarm stance of other countries in the region and around the world. “For evil to triumph, it only takes good people to do nothing, with these lukewarm, politically correct positions,” he emphasized.