Argentina Has Really Fallen Out With Its No. 2 Foreign Investor
- Spain spat worsens as Madrid yanks envoy and Milei digs in
- Libertarian leader says socialist PM has ‘inferiority complex’
The Spanish Embassy in Buenos Aires .
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What began with a Spanish suggestion that Javier Milei took drugs has rapidly descended into an all-out diplomatic brawl that’s among the worst since the UK ambassador flew out of Buenos Aires over the Falkland Islands more than four decades ago.
“From now on there won’t be an ambassador in Buenos Aires,” Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced on Tuesday at a press conference.