Madrid Forum brings far right together in Santiago and declares a ‘new era’ for the region

The Madrid Forum gathered Latin American and international far-right figures in Santiago with a message that the region could be entering “a new era of freedom.” The meeting was organized by the Spanish far-right Disenso Foundation and marked the alliance’s fifth regional gathering.

Organizers pointed to conservative electoral victories in Honduras, Peru and Colombia. They said traditional right-wing and far-right forces now govern 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, aligning the regional project with the hemispheric agenda of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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today Ibero-America is the continent of hope

Ignacio Garriga, secretary-general of Spain’s Vox party, welcomed participants on behalf of party leader Santiago Abascal, who did not travel to Santiago. The organization attributed his absence to his attendance in Spain’s Parliament, where Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was appearing over the migration crisis affecting Ceuta.

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remove the cancer of the left from its institutions

Argentine President Javier Milei opened the event by urging greater unity among right-wing movements across the region and around the world. He said the right needed its own international network and called on it to “remove the cancer of the left from its institutions.” Milei also warned that preventing a return of the left to power required a common front and an internal political organization in each country.

Milei presented the right as the force that supports tough punishment for criminals and confronts organized security problems such as drug trafficking. He also sharply criticized Sánchez, accusing him of facilitating uncontrolled immigration and clearing the way for foreign groups that would eventually replace Spaniards. Milei described the Spanish prime minister as “dirtier than a potato” and said he was surrounded by “scum.”

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The right also has to organize. If they had their Socialist International, we have to deepen our bonds of friendship in our own international network, both in the region and around the world

The meeting also featured Sarah Rogers, U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. She was the first senior U.S. government official to participate in the Madrid Forum, and focused her remarks on mass immigration as a problem for countries in the region.

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dirtier than a potato